Towing hitch addition.....Ford Escape...expensive!
I like to drive my car only because I am used to it. I have a HUGE go-cart thing I plan on selling so my plan was to get a tow "thingy" added to my Escape so I could drag it to and from the store with a for sale sign on it each day.
U-haul wants just under $200 smackerooos to add this little gleaming ball to the rear of my car!!!!! That seems a bit much for what that actually is.....isn't it??
U-haul wants just under $200 smackerooos to add this little gleaming ball to the rear of my car!!!!! That seems a bit much for what that actually is.....isn't it??
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Why don't you drive the go kart to the store?[:D] 0 -
$200 for a permenent hitch and installation is not that bad.
I got my hitch from here and put it on myself - about 1/2 hour.
http://www.etrailer.com/hitch-2006_Ford_Escape.htm0 -
If I start NOW....I may make it half way before someone squishes me! 0 -
200 is what i paid uhaul 0 -
Why are you going to UHaul? Try a truck accessory place, or a welding shop. Materials should be under $100 and labor about $50 if that. My experience has been that UHaul has usually been 1 1/2 to 2 times as expensive as almost any other place. 0 -
quote:I have a HUGE go-cart thing
Don't know what kind of outfit you have, but if the trailer is a you say "huge", you may be in for some added expense for spring assist shocks or a load leveling hitch and either will be as much as the
quote: tow "thingy" = receiver.
you also need trailer light will U-Haul include them in the $200?
Are there any RV/camper dealers nearby, they might be more helpful and cheaper. The flunkies they have at U-Haul around here have a hard time helping a person carry the boxes you just bought from the store to the outfit let alone wiring or installing a hitch.
Just a couple copper Lincolns from me.
On second thought, maybe I'm off base . Is this going to be a rental receiver and hitch, and not permanent ??
Inquiring minds want to know?0 -
Give us a pic of the go cart
penny auction for a go cart[8D]0 -
make sure it is a custom fit hitch. If it is a universal hitch then it is not a good deal at all.
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Check out your local junk yards, you can probably find one for next to nothing 0 -
What year Escape is it? 0 -
An escape is probably only have a class II or I hitch. Tongue weight rating of 300#'s or less. I don't know how much your "go kart thingy" weighs, but make sure the hitch is up to task. 0
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