Smart Car: Tiny bundle of power?

[hoosierdoc]

I am looking at renting a Uhaul enclosed trailer to take to SC on our vacation. On a whim I said I had a Smart car, gave it year and model info and then "show trailers you can tow".

It would let me rent a 6x12 enclosed trailer! I could drive one smart car and have a spare in the trailer in case anything happened.

Is this a programming error at Uhaul or are Smart Cars truly little bundles of power?

 

[Brandon]

I would take a wild guess if you had to try to stop a loaded trailer of that size you would be unable to. I would not do it.

 

[eldirector]

I'm guessing that's a Uhaul error. Can you even put a hitch on a Smarty? I wouldn't tow a bicycle with one!

 

[hoosierdoc]

I would like to see 300lb tongue weight flip the front tires in the Air on it. Heh

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

You might get it up to 60 by the time you got to SC.

 

[hoosierdoc]

For the record I do not own a smart car, just added it in their form to see.

If I had $20k to spend it would be an automatic, but no tires

 

[shibumiseeker]

No, you got it mixed up. You can fit a Smart Car IN one of those but you need a real car to haul it

Funniest thing I ever saw was a new Beetle trailering a monster Goldwing. The 'wing and trailer were bigger than the Beetle and probably had more horsepower.

 

[tocaman]

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Funniest thing I ever saw was a new Beetle trailering a monster Goldwing. The 'wing and trailer were bigger than the Beetle and probably had more horsepower.

Wife's 2008 New Beetle Convertible 2.5l - 150hp/168ft-lb
20xx 1800 Honda Goldwing - 118hp/125ft-lb (~800lb curb weight)

Funny looking yes, but completely do-able

 

[printcraft]

I think I found one of those smart cars stuck in the radiator of my motorcycle.

 

[williamsjr22]

Could you imagine trying to pull that through the mountains on your way to SC

 

[04DarkShadowGT]

My sister has a 2012 Explorer and she tried to rent a trailer from uhaul, not even an enclosed trailer. They would not rent it to her due to her owning an explorer. Nevermind the fact that hers is a brand new design and nothing even remotely close to the older explorers that had rollover issues.

 

[PeaShooter]

I would hate to see the squirrel under the hood at the end of that trip...

 

[mcolford]

My sister has a 2012 Explorer and she tried to rent a trailer from uhaul, not even an enclosed trailer. They would not rent it to her due to her owning an explorer. Nevermind the fact that hers is a brand new design and nothing even remotely close to the older explorers that had rollover issues.

Weird.. A buddy of mine got a Explorer and Uhaul trailer issued to him by his employer (CAT) to move his most personal belongings and motorcycle to GA from IN last year. They got him set up with a moving company for most his stuff, but they said he could (or maybe needed to) move is two wheel-torque monster.

 

[actaeon277]

The smart car can pull the trailer. You just can't put anything in the trailer, or the car.

 

[Horse-Power]

You can get a hitch set up for a smart car, our business actually uses one with a trailer for deliverys.

Theoretically you can haul up to something like 1200 extra pounds but we found it to be safe at about half that.

I will get some pictures, I think it may be off getting a vinyl wrap though.

 

[Leo]

Made the mistake of pulling too big of a boat with a CJ5 once. It had a built up 401 V8, so there was plenty of power. Between the short wheel base and the lack of chassis weight, the unit allmost killed us. We had to make a firm (not panic) stop at about 60mph. The next thing I knew we were jack knifed in the median and the cuddy cabin starboard window was even with my face. Totalled the jeep and the boat. The roll bar bent pretty bad but stayed in place long enough to save our lives. I would have to belive that the little square wheel base of a smart car would be as directionally unstable as the CJ5 if the trailer would fishtail at all.

 

[Tactical Dave]

I am looking at renting a Uhaul enclosed trailer to take to SC on our vacation. On a whim I said I had a Smart car, gave it year and model info and then "show trailers you can tow".

It would let me rent a 6x12 enclosed trailer! I could drive one smart car and have a spare in the trailer in case anything happened.

Is this a programming error at Uhaul or are Smart Cars truly little bundles of power?

You know Arnold's shoe is bigger then that car... Haha

 

[actaeon277]

You can get a hitch set up for a smart car, our business actually uses one with a trailer for deliverys.

Theoretically you can haul up to something like 1200 extra pounds but we found it to be safe at about half that.

I will get some pictures, I think it may be off getting a vinyl wrap though.

You know when they quote you 1200 pounds (probably only 1000), that's the tow weight. You have to deduct the weight of the trailer, and any car passengers.
One passenger, and the trailer weight, takes you down probably less than 500 pounds.

 

[PeaShooter]

The smart car can pull the trailer.

Only if you push the car off a cliff.....

 

[DownByTheTracks]

Maybe they thought you were this guy:

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