Trailering options without buying truck/trailer?

do you have a neighbor with a truck? Or may be who lends you their trailer might want to go to the show themself. Try to work something out where they pull the trailer with the two horses and you can ride in their truck with them.

I can't think of any national rentals off-hand that will let you tow with their vehicles or even have vehicles equipped with hitches for towing- it lends a whole other side to liability and insurance that they don't want to deal with. You may have better luck checking with places that rent motor homes and other recreational vehicles.

You are taking a big liability using someone else's trailer. Especially on a rented vehicle. Insurance is generally with the vehicle, not the trailer and you need insurance on said vehicle that covers anything hooked up to it. Not all policies are the same in this aspect. You are going to be spending a lot of time talking to the insurance companies to sort this out and make sure everything is covered if you go this route.

Honestly, even if you are only going to a few shows a year you might be better off just getting a tow vehicle yourself. You could upgrade your current vehicle to a truck or SUV, or buy a second vehicle used. Trucks are cheap right now because of fuel prices, especially if you just get a used gas engine that doesn't have 4WD, which is all you'd really need. Adding it to your current policy as a second vehicle really isn't going to cost you much more than you are already paying for insurance (my truck costs me an extra $20/month to insure with liability coverage that covers towing, for example).

If you break down the cost of rental a suitable tow vehicle and associated expenses you'll probably find you won't be paying that much more to get a truck of your own. Especially if you do a little saving and pay cash for a used truck. Add to that you will have the piece of mind of knowing you have a tow vehicle at-the-ready whenever you need one. Just make sure you get an appropriately-sized truck that can handle your towing needs.

I know someone who wanted to rent a truck to tow a car trailer. U-haul does not rent trucks for towing (and it was a u-haul trailer he wanted to tow). He ended up finding a truck to rent from a Chevy dealership.

There are companies out there who will haul your horse to shows for a fee. It might be worth it. If you own the truck/trailer, you have to pay for maintenance/repairs, registration fees, etc, so even if the hire rate seems high, it might be cheaper in the long run unless you need to trailer your horse somewhere all the time.

make new friends at the shows and see what kind of circuit they're riding in - possibly can give you a ride. or talk to someone else at your barn. i would suggest not to haul ur own horse if you don't know what you're doing and are unable to practice. but a two horse trailer with only one horse should max out at about 3000 lbs.

I'm not sure if you happen to have an Enterprise Truck Rental Location near you but if you do they rent out pick-up trucks with trailer receivers. [You would have to purchase your own hitch and ball for the size trailer.]

i don't have a truck or a trailer either so i just get them from my uncle anytime so you could see if any of your family members to see if they have a truck but i would just ask the person who is loaning the truck to you if they can because i don't really know how much trailers weigh

talk to whoever is going to loan you trailer. they may loan truck or go with you as driver.