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Re: UHaul's ban on Ford Explorers [46march]
by bioman
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Apr 05, 2009 (4:43 am)
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Replying to: 46march (Oct 31, 2007 3:11 pm)
The arrogance of your reply is amazing. You are telling people to get another car or rent a truck because of the corporate decision made by U-Haul based upon the advice of council.. Shame on you. Do you think most people have the money to spend on such a solution? The stupidity of the decision to not rent to Explorer owners is surpassed only by the guideline that U-Haul will rent a trailer to owners of Mercury Mountaineers. 
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Re: UHaul's ban on Ford Explorers [randyeme]
by c_baroody
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Apr 12, 2009 (7:04 am)
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Replying to: randyeme (Oct 23, 2007 12:17 pm)
Yes, here in Tucson I got the same answer. Solution was simple: Went to a body shop and bought a "used" Expedition plate for the back of the vehicle for $1.00. Then removed the Explorer one and replaced it with the Expedition. A little touch-up paint was required, but that was easy.
Went back to U-all-haul and told them I had an Expedition. Pulled around and they put a 12 foot trailer on the existing hitch. No sweat.
Note: Keep the old Explorer plate to replace if case you want to sell it!
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Re: UHaul's ban on Ford Explorers [c_baroody] - #2
by c_baroody
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Apr 12, 2009 (3:50 pm)
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Replying to: c_baroody (Apr 12, 2009 7:04 am)
I forgot to mention the reason I was given - seems that U-Haul lost trailers because of the Firestone Tires defect blow-out issue that came OEM on Explorers, causing the high rate of roll-overs. Even after the cause was determined that it was the tires, not the vehicle, U-Haul must not have been happy with the settlement, so they decided to screw Explorer owners/Ford and prevents their trailers from hooking up. (story given by U-Haul employee, sounds right, but I cannot verify it).
Funny thing is - you can take your Explorer to a U-Haul dealer and buy a hitch for it and they will even intall it! Randyeme is right - you can even get a trailer for a Yugo, probably a bicycle if you want, but no Explorer.
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Re: UHaul's ban on Ford Explorers [c_baroody] - #2 [c_baroody]
by steve_ HOST
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Apr 12, 2009 (7:29 pm)
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Replying to: c_baroody (Apr 12, 2009 3:50 pm)
As far as I know, U-Haul will rent you a trailer if you show up in a Mercury Mountaineer too. And the Mountaineer as I'm sure you know is a twin to the Explorer.
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Re: UHaul's ban on Ford Explorers [randyeme]
by rbr3
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May 05, 2009 (6:20 am)
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Replying to: randyeme (Oct 23, 2007 12:17 pm)
In order to find the most ironic thing about this whole mess, one does not need to look further than U-Haul's website. You can purchase various items from U-Haul's website including hitch covers...included in the store is a Ford Explorer hitch cover [insert obvious sarcasm here]. Copy and paste the link below.
http://store.uhaul.com/Hitch_covers/Vehicle_receiver_covers/Ford_Explorer_Receiv- er_Cover
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Re: UHaul's ban on Ford Explorers [c_baroody] - #2 [c_baroody]
by wwest
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May 25, 2009 (9:44 am)
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Replying to: c_baroody (Apr 12, 2009 3:50 pm)
"..cause was determined....."
NOT....!!
The "cause" was the idiot Ford engineers who decided that lowering the tire pressure would lower the propensity of the Explorer to rollover....!!
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