The recommended speed while driving with a trailer is 55 mph but you can speed up to 65 mph, depending on your state regulation. This rule is more of a towing safety guide, especially for inexperienced drivers, and is not enforced legally. You can go as fast as 55 mph when hauling a trailer.
Some states in the U. Make sure to confirm which driving speed applies to you before moving. If you drive a UHaul trailer faster than 55 mph, you risk losing control of the trailer if swaying or whipping happens.
Also, you will be breaking trailer regulations, and can be charged penalty points which can ultimately lead to your license being suspended.
Knowing the maximum Uhaul speed limit for driving a Uhaul trailer is important before setting out on a move. Truck Rental. So I've been asked to rent a u-haul trailer to move a table from my home in Philadelphia to central Illinois around Christmas. I'd only need a trailer the size of the one seen at the link below 4' x 8'. The first u-haul guy I spoke with said, yeah it can go 65 mph, that speed recommendation really just refers to an unloaded trailer that can bounce around a lot.
The next u-haul guy I talked to said, he couldn't really comment, other than to say that he'd towed them at faster than 45 MPH. What say ye, oh wise members of the MacResource forum? I probably won't have more than pounds worth of stuff in the trailer, so it won't exactly be weighted down. Doug [ www. Posted by: Ken Sp. Have you thought about a rental van? Just a thought incase a trailer is not really needed.
The speed thing might be an issue depending on local Trailer Speed laws. Posted by: SteveJobs. I grew up with the owners of a place that did a LOT of u-haul. Their policy at that time was you agreed to drive 55 or slower. My personal opinion is that you need to be careful at 60 or higher.
Those trailers take a lot of abuse and maintenance amongst all the places it has been many diff dealers can be sketchy. I wouldn't go over Posted by: davester. In our state it is illegal to tow a trailer over 55 or in any lane except the slow lane except to pass.
I'd guess that your state has similar laws. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day.
I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion. Posted by: Buzz. I suspect the bigger the towing vehicle, the less impact the trailer will have on the experience. Sometimes it is what it is Posted by: Pat. What are you towing it with? You don't want the tail wagging the dog effect if it starts getting squirrelly back there. Going over the Tennessee mountains was slow and gas heavy. I just rented a 16 ft.
Penske truck, about 4, pounds of stuff plus a car carrier and my car towed behind it. It did fairly well but did struggle a little on the hills of Missouri on I and on I through Indiana. It did fairly well on the straighter portions. A sticker on the dash says the truck has a speed limiting device at 75 mph anyway.
Originally Posted by tnff. Originally Posted by Slivvy. Rental trucks, are not meant to have a lot of power, so they can be driven at automobile speeds. Truck rental companies learned a long time ago, a high powered truck in the hands of people that do not understand driving trucks and how they differ from driving cars at higher speeds, that by lowering the power, the accident rate went way down, and their insurance costs did the same, and wear and tear on the trucks went down.
It saves them money in the long run, and they will not rent trucks that are able do go as fast as cars. They simply cannot afford it. Perfectly normal I think I can Back in my college days I remember that the U-Hauls had governors preventing you from going too fast Luckily I was moving from one Plains state to another! But it was tiring even keeping the gas pedal going enough to hit the speed limit.
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