Transporting a J10

[eaglejeeper]

Does anyone know of how to safely and legally tranport a J10?
Luckily I have had two picked up by my local flatbed wrecker
service at $2.00/mile loaded (oneway). This works only for me
if there is something close. UHAUL and Penske will not let you use
a dolly or a vehicle tranporter....I have a Durango with factory 5K
hitch. As I understand it, you can not transport a vehicle unless it
weighs less than 80% of your vehicle weight. Durango is about
6700 lbs. with J10 at 6200 does not work. So, would anyone like
to make suggestions other than an auto transport company, which
I have used twice, and a fifth wheel which I do not have...

[Artisan]

Does anyone know of how to safely and legally tranport a J10?
Luckily I have had two picked up by my local flatbed wrecker
service at $2.00/mile loaded (oneway). This works only for me
if there is something close. UHAUL and Penske will not let you use
a dolly or a vehicle tranporter....I have a Durango with factory 5K
hitch. As I understand it, you can not transport a vehicle unless it
weighs less than 80% of your vehicle weight. Durango is about
6700 lbs. with J10 at 6200 does not work. So, would anyone like
to make suggestions other than an auto transport company, which
I have used twice, and a fifth wheel which I do not have...


Do you have AAA ? :D

[eaglejeeper]

No, I don't have triple A, but I could get it.
Why?

[jeepskater433]

how far you towing it? i brought my j10 from buffalo(little south of dallas) to houston with my moms expedition and a 24ft flatbed trailer, it struggled a little on hills but didnt do too bad, also towed an 89 wagoneer with the same trailer from dallas to houston with my dads 4.6 f150, kept it at a normal speed let off the gas going uphills, it did alright

[eaglejeeper]

We are talking about the Utah Sportside possible
that we have been PMing about this weekend.
Road trip to Madison, Wis or about 1400 miles.
Maybe a Penske Truck and some type of legal
trailer.....have to do the math on that vs one of
the auto transport companies...

[jeepskater433]

We are talking about the Utah Sportside possible
that we have been PMing about this weekend.
Road trip to Madison, Wis or about 1400 miles.
Maybe a Penske Truck and some type of legal
trailer.....have to do the math on that vs one of
the auto transport companies...

awesome did you make a deal with the guy? yea, youre going to want to use something better than my set up, my buddy found a rental car place that rents out f250s and other HD trucks, he had to rent one to tow his dads race porsche to the track since his truck was in the shop, i dont think they have the place up there, but you could try enterprize and maybe rent a 3/4 ton van or truck, with that you could rent a uhual trailer and tow it, if not another thing i can thought of would be to rent a uhual truck and trailer

[HOOT]

How soon you need it?
There is a bed in CO. that needs a ride back as well.
I need some time away....I've never been to ID

[Jeff in north Texas]

There is no way you can go get it and haul it home for less money than an auto transport company will charge. You can do it cheaper for a short haul, like maybe 200 miles. I have worked the numbers many times for long hauls, and always have gone ahead and used a transport company. I even have my own 3/4 ton pickup and gooseneck car hauler trailer.
Check with GT Auto Transport or McNutt Auto Transport. They have good service and fair prices.
Jeff

[jks06]

I have hauled back a 77 wt cherokee on a uhaul tow dolly and never had a problem. I just tell them it is a cj 7 and I put grand wagoneer front tires and rims in the front so its no too wide. My tow vehicle was a 2005 grand cherokee. Ive done this with a fullsize blazer and cherokee. The jeep j10 doesn't weigh 6200 lbs much closer to 4500-5000 lbs at least mine do.:drivin:

[ClovisMan]

Check around because auto transport companies are usually between 300-400 dollars. Cost of gas and trailer rental would be close to that.

[Jeepstress]

Put a bid request out on uShip.com.

We used them to get our dually camper special hauled from NC to CO and paid about $900. We had to wait a while to get the best offer, but it was worth it. We couldn't have done it ourselves for that price.

[dlowrance]

Put a bid request out on uShip.com.

We used them to get our dually camper special hauled from NC to CO and paid about $900. We had to wait a while to get the best offer, but it was worth it. We couldn't have done it ourselves for that price.

Ditto...there's several of the mass brokerage sites on the net...I've used a couple...had rigs (inop in one case) brought cross-country for about the same as the fuel cost would have been had I used my truck to get it...not even counting my time!

When I had Lucy brought home I talked to the driver, he said the broker was paying him MORE to move the truck than I paid THEM! No idea how that worked out, but I didn't care...

[grand_wag_85]

The GVW on that truck may be 6200 but the actual weight of that truck should be right around 4K. A stock Durango should be able to pull a J10 on a Uhaul trailer.

I used a towbar to haul my J10 home and pulled it with an XJ
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b360/spf150/100_4702.jpg

[The PIG Smith]

I just tell them it is a cj 7 I hate to agree...but its true.
You will just need to lie...it's sad, I know.

My brother owned 1986 Chevy Sprint, he wrecked it in the winter 1995.
Since then, I have hauled that thing a bunch of places over using Uhaul equipment! ;)
Here I am towing that Chevy Sprint once again! :eek:
http://www.fullsizejeeps.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10055/normal_DieselDonorLoaded.JPG

Now...understand why Uhaul is behaving this way...you have some idiots out here that wanna tow a concrete truck with a Toyota Prisa.
It's just not safe!
Be safe, take your time, slow and easy.
Use your brain and you will just fine.

[fulsizjeep]

Sad but true Bryan... here we are towing an XJ! ;) ;) ;) :thumbsup:
http://jubileejeeps.org/ourfsjs/phoebe/luna_phoebe093000.jpg

[jks06]

Lmao I love my fullsize cj7's !!!!:thumbsup:

[ClovisMan]

I used the 1993 XJ as well when I rented a U-Haul trailer and brought home my parts Waggy.


Sad but true Bryan... here we are towing an XJ! ;) ;) ;) :thumbsup:
http://jubileejeeps.org/ourfsjs/phoebe/luna_phoebe093000.jpg

[jeepskater433]

I towed a Grand "Cherokee":D and they gave me a tow dolly for it and used my dads 4.6 f150

[janie]

We've done it both ways. Retrieving it ourselves and hiring a transport company. We came out money and time ahead hiring someone else to do the haul.

[jks06]

I have also used shipping companys and agreed they do save time and sometimes money but I love the adventure of going and picking them up.Sometimes you get the previous owners that give extra parts that you didnt know about when you go in person. I've scored big time on a couple of jeeps I picked up.:thumbsup::drivin::fsj:

[eaglejeeper]

There is no way you can go get it and haul it home for less money than an auto transport company will charge. You can do it cheaper for a short haul, like maybe 200 miles. I have worked the numbers many times for long hauls, and always have gone ahead and used a transport company. I even have my own 3/4 ton pickup and gooseneck car hauler trailer.
Check with GT Auto Transport or McNutt Auto Transport. They have good service and fair prices.
Jeff
Thanks, I thought that is what would be best, since I really do not want the hassle and road trip time myself.
Neil

[eaglejeeper]

I have hauled back a 77 wt cherokee on a uhaul tow dolly and never had a problem. I just tell them it is a cj 7 and I put grand wagoneer front tires and rims in the front so its no too wide. My tow vehicle was a 2005 grand cherokee. Ive done this with a fullsize blazer and cherokee. The jeep j10 doesn't weigh 6200 lbs much closer to 4500-5000 lbs at least mine do.:drivin:
If you look at your JEEP literature and the door jam sticker on the J10's,from the factory, the GVW is 6200 lbs.

[eaglejeeper]

Thanks to all. On the weight, I have been going by the literature
and the door jam sticker of 6200 lbs. I will have to go to the scales
and weight one.
I also have a set of thin 6 bolt rims with 235's, so that would get the
big tires off and fit on a trailer.
I think I will either talk to HOOT or get a price from an auto transporter.

[jks06]

A gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) is the maximum allowable total weight (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weight) of a road (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road) vehicle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle) or trailer when loaded - i.e including the weight of the vehicle itself plus fuel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel), passengers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger), cargo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo), and trailer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trailer) tongue weight.
The difference between gross weight and curb weight (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curb_weight) is the total passenger and cargo weight capacity of the vehicle. For example, a pickup truck with a curb weight of 4,500 pounds (2,000 kg) might have a cargo capacity of 2,000 pounds (910 kg) pounds, meaning it can have a gross weight of 6500 pounds when fully loaded. Thats what 6200 lbs gvwr means. :thumbsup:

[J10/J20 Project]

Sad but true Bryan... here we are towing an XJ! ;) ;) ;) :thumbsup:
http://jubileejeeps.org/ourfsjs/phoebe/luna_phoebe093000.jpg

That XJ look's like it will go place's.

Paul

[grand_wag_85]

Uhaul was under the impression this was an '86 XJ Wagoneer
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b360/spf150/RoadTrip002.jpg
Dunno if I needed to lie on that one especially with that big Dodge but Uhaul is wierd sometimes

[Jim Blair]

I haul my own. Usually a Jtruck to haul anything else. I wanted to turn my J4000 into a ramp truck, but rolling it on the back road to my cabin made me think otherwise