Isn't me?

[michael a]

Just when I think I have got the modern-day world by the tail something like this comes along. I bought a 49 Ford Sedan in Chicago. I live in Kansas City Missouri area I want to rent a U-Haul trailer to bring it home. If I rent the trailer in Chicago and bring it back to KC it will cost $450. If I rent the trailer here pull it to Chicago and come home the next day it will cost me just a tad over $100. Am I crazy or missing something here? I realize at some point it has to return to Chicago but at $350?

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[nickthebandit]

It's a no-brainer. Rent it in KC, go to Chicago, and return it the next day.

 

[JSeery]

Yep, return issue. I would guess they have way more trailer leaving the area than coming in.

 

[Alaska Jim]

It is the same way with rental cars. If you rent one in one city, say, L.A. and drive to Phoenix and turn it in there , it cost more than if you drove it back to L.A. and turned it in.

 

[flatford8]

I’ve run into this renting a small moving van. They refused to rent it to me unless I returned it to the original location. I had to rent a bigger truck....... Mark

 

[mrtexas]

That is because car and trailer rental businesses are locally owned. Cost money to get their equipment back.

 

[Dave Castle]

Remember when u could go to the hardware store & buy 1 of whatever u needed ? Now it comes in a pack of 10, 9 of which u will never use in your lifetime !!

 

[rbullockv8]

Yep, done the same. Always much cheaper to rent local and pull the trailer both ways.