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Any Soft Tops Tried Renting a Uhaul Trailer Yet

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Anyone with a soft top Bronco tried renting a Uhaul trailer yet? Wondering if the Jeep soft top ban is going to be carried over to the Bronco. That is a long time issue that was around back in the CJ days. I jumped on the Uhaul website and the Bronco is not listed yet but the Bronco Sport is. Just curious.
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Forgot about that. What was their reasoning again? Are all convertibles banned?
 

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Unfortunately all soft top vehicles are band. It’s a policy for all vehicles not just the wranglers.
I know because I rented a trailer over the summer for my cross country move and it is listed in the exclusions.
 

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Well crap. That throws a wrench in my new vehicle plans.
 

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That doesn’t mean that if you know someone who knows someone who works at U-Haul they won’t make it happen 😈
 

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Thought I would ask. I forgot about it until this evening. Not sure that folks that switched to soft tops would have factored it in.
 

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Are they banned from renting for towing the trailer with a convertible? or towing a convertible?
 
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Are they banned from renting for towing the trailer with a convertible? or towing a convertible?
Towing a Uhaul trailer with a convertible vehicle is the issue. They won't rent to you.
 
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Just don’t show them the bronco, no?
That is not how it works. They record the information of the tow vehicle...and they hitch it up. Kind of hard to hide.
 

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That is not how it works. They record the information of the tow vehicle...and they hitch it up. Kind of hard to hide.
Oh I guess that makes sense. I’ve only rented a truck before. What about picking up the trailer with a different vehicle?
 
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Oh I guess that makes sense. I’ve only rented a truck before. What about picking up the trailer with a different vehicle?
You could but if you go to that trouble just use that vehicle to pull the trailer. I doubt any insure you purchase through them for trailer damage will be honored because you're lying on the forms you sign.

I don't think I've rented a trailer from them more than one every 3-4 yrs. At that rate, I'll just rent a truck. Worst case my wife's Subie will get a hitch (which she doesn't want). Oh, I could use my 1975 Bronco that has a hard top. I actually went through the Uhaul site and it allowed me to select it and showed as an OK tow vehicle.
 

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Any ideas why the ban? What is the history behind it? Was it during times no roll-bar existed?
 
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Any ideas why the ban? What is the history behind it? Was it during times no roll-bar existed?
No idea and no way of telling. It has been that way for at least the last 25 years.
 
 


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