{"id":33144,"date":"2016-01-28T08:26:09","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T15:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/?p=33144"},"modified":"2019-07-10T13:01:07","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T20:01:07","slug":"reasons-to-install-a-hitch-on-your-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/28\/reasons-to-install-a-hitch-on-your-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Reasons to Install a Hitch on Your Car"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I own a small sedan and I love it. I really do. It’s good on gas and easy to park. Yet, there are times when I can see the downsides of a small vehicle. I recently moved and I was able to fit a total of four medium boxes in the car. Truck and interior space included. I obviously rented a moving truck, but it got me thinking. How nice would it be if I could rent a trailer and tow that behind my car? Here’s the thing, I can do that. All I needed to do was install a hitch<\/a> on my car. Simple enough. But is it a wise investment to do this if I will only move once every 12 – 18 months? YES! Installing a hitch on your car opens up the possibilities of what you can do with your car. This is especially true for people who spend a lot of time doing sports activities outdoors.<\/p>\n

Hiking\/Camping<\/h3>\n

I’m not talking about the short drive to your local mountain trail. Adding a hitch to your car can make hiking and camping a lot easier. Use a trailer or cargo carrier <\/a>to fit your tent, sleeping bags, backpacks, climbing gear, etc.<\/p>\n

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Biking<\/h3>\n

If you’re lucky, you can stuff a bike in your car but this isn’t ideal. It’s especially unhelpful if you need to bring more than one bike. With the help of a hitch and a bike rack<\/a>, your car can easily fit up-to four bikes.<\/p>\n

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Vehicle Towing<\/h3>\n

If you’re into fixing-up cars or have a project car stuck in your garage, at some point you’ll need to move these. The hitch plus vehicle trailer<\/a> combo is the way to go.<\/p>\n

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Transporting Snow Sport Gear<\/h3>\n

Carrying the gear for snow sports and water sports can be tough, even in a truck. Make use of towing accessories like cargo carriers and snow sport carriers<\/a> to transport these safely.
\n<\/a> \"snowsports\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Moving Large Items<\/h3>\n

Unless you have super strength, hauling around appliances or large electronics is not easy. It’s especially hard to lift these into the bed of a truck. So, for the times you need to pick up any of these, you’ll want to rent a trailer<\/a> instead. These have a lower deck height and some have ramps. But again, you can’t tow a trailer without first installing a hitch. Sure you can rent a pickup truck or borrow one from a friend, but if you’re the kind of person who participates or plans on participating in any of the mentioned activities, it’s more efficient and cost-effective to install a hitch on your car.<\/p>\n

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I own a small sedan and I love it. I really do. It’s good on gas and easy to park. Yet, there are times when I can see the downsides of a small vehicle. I recently moved and I was able to fit a total of four medium boxes in the car. Truck and interior space […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"featured_media":33923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[999],"tags":[82,2264,175,178,184,185],"class_list":["post-33144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-towing-trailers","tag-hitch","tag-hitch-install","tag-towing","tag-trailer","tag-u-haul","tag-uhaul"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33144"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49519,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33144\/revisions\/49519"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}