{"id":7710,"date":"2013-02-25T09:46:05","date_gmt":"2013-02-25T16:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/?p=7710"},"modified":"2019-07-10T13:44:31","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T20:44:31","slug":"how-can-i-determine-what-my-vehicle-can-tow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/25\/how-can-i-determine-what-my-vehicle-can-tow\/","title":{"rendered":"How Can I Determine What My Vehicle Can Tow?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/towing-photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1214\" title=\"Towing Photo\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/towing-photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"tow\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/towing-photo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/towing-photo.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>How Can I Determine What My Vehicle Can Tow?<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">-Kathy D. San Diego, CA<\/p>\n<p>There are several factors that determine what your vehicle can tow. Two of the most important factors are your vehicle&#8217;s curb weight, and the <a title=\"towing\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/Trailers\/?utm_campaign=uhaulsm&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=trailer&amp;utm_content=20130225-howcanidetermine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">towing<\/a> equipment that you have installed on your vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>When you are making your <a title=\"trailer reservation\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/Trailers\/?utm_campaign=uhaulsm&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=trailer&amp;utm_content=20130225-howcanidetermine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trailer reservation<\/a> with U-Haul, they will also ask you about the make, model and year of your vehicle to help you determine <a title=\"trailer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/Trailers\/?utm_campaign=uhaulsm&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=trailer&amp;utm_content=20130225-howcanidetermine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">which trailer<\/a> will work best for you.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t have a <a title=\"trailer hitch\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/MovingSupplies\/Trailer-Hitches\/?utm_campaign=uhaulsm&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=hitch&amp;utm_content=20130225-howcanidetermine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trailer hitch installed<\/a> in your vehicle, you can get help having one installed prior to your trailer rental.<\/p>\n<p>Choosing the right trailer to rent isn&#8217;t just about your vehicle though. It is also about what you are wanting to haul.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>If you have a question for the expert about anything moving or storage related, let us know below in the comment\u2019s section!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Can I Determine What My Vehicle Can Tow? -Kathy D. San Diego, CA There are several factors that determine what your vehicle can tow. Two of the most important factors are your vehicle&#8217;s curb weight, and the towing equipment that you have installed on your vehicle. When you are making your trailer reservation with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"featured_media":6995,"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":[497,548],"tags":[82,175,178],"class_list":["post-7710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ask-the-expert","category-safe-trailering","tag-hitch","tag-towing","tag-trailer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7710","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=7710"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49877,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7710\/revisions\/49877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}