Why Do I Keep Doing This to Myself?

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Originally Posted by jgrote

I rented a truck and trailer from Uhaul. After all the paperwork, they told me in passing " it's only RWD, so be careful!" The truck is a brand new Chevy 1500. The tires are such crap, it had a hard time getting going in any kind of snow. It was what I had, so I tried to make it work. I headed out of town, and we got a freak wind storm. That shut down the pass I had to go over. I slept for 4 hours on highway 285 last night before giving up and turning around. While sitting for 4 hours with the engine running, The CEL came on. I noticed that it was sort of idling rough the whole time, so I am guessing that had something to do with it. Basically, that thing was a scary setup with nothing on it. It would have been undrivable with the truck on it. It sucks, but you got to know when to say when. It isn't worth wadding up some cars, or worse, over.

Good times... good thing you turned around that could have gotten ugly. I used the uhual car hauler to drag my 72 home. I used my 3/4 ton 98 Chevy to pull it. The surge brakes on those trailers suck bad. The truck will fit the trailer but just barely.