Unloaded uhaul auto transporter Carlisle tire failure

[GON]

Going to pickup a vehicle using a rented uhaul auto transporter. Rear passenger tire failed. No vehicle loaded. Tire looks fairly new. Carlisle is the tire manufacturer.

Never had a tire failure on a uhaul. No spare tire provided. Waiting on uhaul roadside assistance. Uhaul unable to provide a ETA. I Am sure uhaul will try and charge me for this. Uggghh. On a i10 westbound entrance ramp in Deming, Nm

 

[nwjones18]

Why not keep dragging it to someplace more comfortable to wait?

 

[Rand]

tire failed or went flat?

 

[ctechbob]

I think Carlisle just recently rebranded to Carlstar, so that should be a fairly new tire.

 

[GON]

Why not keep dragging it to someplace more comfortable to wait?

Trying my best not to give a reason to charge me. I don't believe any negligence on my part. But uhaul is the only game in town, and if I dispute the charges, they will likely ban me.

 

[GON]

tire failed or went flat?

Not sure what happened. Stopped to fuel up, didn't notice anything, coming up the entrance ramp someone pointed at the trailer, I pulled over and saw the flat

 

[racer12306]

I had a U-Haul tire failure. Fortunately it was observed at home. Contractor came out, popped a new tire on and billed U-Haul, no charge to me.

 

[cptbarkey]

I used to own one for several years. It will run ok unloaded with only 2 tires in case they take too long. Good luck.

 

[IndyIan]

I used to own one for several years. It will run ok unloaded with only 2 tires in case they take too long. Good luck.

That was going to be my suggestion, try to run it with 3 or just the one axle if nothing is dragging.

 

[Egg_Head]

Hope you get back on the road soon. I'll be surprised if they ding you for that.

 

[GON]

Thanks for all the kind words. Big screw in the tire. Back on the interstate. Will update if I get a bill.

 

[Elkins45]

I rented a UHaul tow dolly last month. I got about 500 yards out of the parking lot with it and as soon as I got up to surface street speeds it started hammering like a jackhammer. Turns out there was a split down the middle and cords were showing. Fortunately they had another one at the dealer so we just swapped them out rather than waiting for a tire change.

 

[c502cid]

I always buy the full insurance, costly as he77 but it's paid for itself 1000 times over the years. When I asked years ago what does it cover, he said if you bring back just the steering wheel, it's covered!
I know with Ryder, or whomever I used last, they don't ever fix tires, they always just replace them.

If you are going to be doing this a lot, and not buying their insurance, it won't hurt to have a plug kit with you.

 

[SwampSurvivor]

When I used to rent Uhaul auto transports for longer trips, I would always carry my own spare. Just in case.

Now that I no longer have a truck and rent trucks from them, I always make sure to have oil. Because for some reason their pickup trucks never have oil

 

[SwampSurvivor]

I always buy the full insurance, costly as he77 but it's paid for itself 1000 times over the years. When I asked years ago what does it cover, he said if you bring back just the steering wheel, it's covered!
I know with Ryder, or whomever I used last, they don't ever fix tires, they always just replace them.

If you are going to be doing this a lot, and not buying their insurance, it won't hurt to have a plug kit with you.

I rent the pickups a few times a year for out of state Jeep trips. It's cheap insurance. If it breaks down, I hit something, etc ... they give me a different truck! I have no worries about the truck or my trailer.

 

[55hambone]

I had a U-Haul tandem axle trailer and while returning home with it a couple pulled up next to me and pointed back at the trailer. I pulled over and found one tire only had the sidewalls left. They replaced it at no cost to me, but since then I always check the tire pressure before I leave their lot. I haven't found one yet with all the tires fully inflated.

 

[Vercingetorix]

Actually in Deming for the night. Rock Hound State Park.

 

[Astro14]

My U-Haul tire failure story is a bit more involved...

My son, then 10 years old, and I were towing the Packard on a U-Haul trailer behind out Ford Expedition, on Route 107, near Stockbridge, VT. No cell coverage. No town, even, when the tire blew. Middle of nowhere.

I pulled over immediately. No way we were going to go any farther.

We had just passed a lonely farmhouse on the right, which didn't even appear to be occupied, and up ahead was a gravel driveway, leading up a hill into the woods. With no cell coverage - what choice did we have?

I pulled the truck and trailer over at the bottom of that driveway, and we struck out up the hill. At the top of a hundred yards of gravel drive was a set of one story buildings, with a bit of an industrial/business look.

We opened the front door, and walked into the reception area. An animatronic receptionist looked up, turned towards us, welcomed us to "Advanced Animation", and asked us to have a seat. Completely robotic. Clear plastic skin with flashing lights and wires inside. She gestured and tilted her head as she spoke her greeting

https://www.advancedanimations.com/

We had stumbled on to a studio that made robots and dinosaurs. Robots and dinosaurs! Including robot dinosaurs!

Does it get any better for a 10 year old and his Dad? After we called U-Haul -Advanced Animations graciously offered us a tour. They built the Terminators for the Universal Studios ride - 8 foot tall animated robots that talked and moved, with guns that flashed - they had one on display in their "model room". We got to see it in action - breathtaking!

They were making animatronic dinosaurs for another project, and an entire school of clownfish were getting finished for a "Finding Nemo" attraction, and a tiger in the model room was following us with its eyes while its chest slowly heaved up and down as it breathed. Occasionally, its tail would flick back and forth.

They were all incredible.

Took U-Haul 2 hours to show up with a tire.

We didn't mind the wait. We had the most amazing tour, of the facility that makes many of the animatronics that you see in places like Disney, Universal, Walking with Dinosaurs, and others.

I would complain about the tire failing on that trailer, but how could I? We got to see an incredible place...what a serendipitous moment.

 

[RoadDukie]

Why not keep dragging it to someplace more comfortable to wait?

" Somewhere more comfortable" is a long way away if you're broken down in Deming NM. I can't think of a more wicked place to have a tire failure than Deming...

All we can do is to wish @GON good luck. Wish I could help.

 

[bullwinkle]

Of the U-Haul Auto Transports I've rented, there's been only ONE that didn't have a nail or screw in a tire! ALL of them were low on air when picked up, and a spare is a definite necessity-or you'll be waiting for them to bring you a tire! I've even had them need air added during a 100 mile run, several times, to get the trailer & vehicle home.