Sonic UHaul hitch

[Swordsmith]

I use my Sonic as a cargo vehicle. I can cram a lot of stuff inside. I have cheap temporary roof racks that let me haul a lot of stuff on top. But recently I decided to go one further and get a trailer hitch. I've been very pleased with this decision.

I got the hitch from UHaul, and had them install it. There are certainly much cheaper ways to do this, but it was my intention to use it mostly to rent trailers from UHaul, and I figured that being able to say "you guys installed the hitch" would take care of most of the argument from the folks behind the counter who might say my tiny car can't actually tow anything.

Since getting the hitch I have hauled two heavy loads, one of steel and one of copper, and a bulky torn down plastic shed, and just today 13 boxes of wood roses. In every case the Sonic has handled well and had no real trouble with accelerating, breaking, or general driving under load, with the exception of my original loadout of the roses, where I put most of the weight behind the axle. Don't do that! Moved the boxes around and then I could barely tell the thing was back there.

 

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[Swordsmith]

WRONG!

 

[orcusomega]

What did you pay for the hitch, if you don't mind me asking? I am thinking a bike rack or cargo platform at worst just to get a little extra room in case its needed.

Bob

 

[Palmaris]

No pictures visible!

 

[Sailurman]

What did you pay for the hitch, if you don't mind me asking? I am thinking a bike rack or cargo platform at worst just to get a little extra room in case its needed.

Bob

http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_nr_n_1?fst=as%3Aoff&rh=n%3A15684181%2Cn%3A%2115690151%2Cn%3A15857511%2Cn%3A15737251%2Cn%3A15737421&bbn=15737251&ie=UTF8&qid=1443728074&vehicle=2013-47-21517-430--18-9-5---1-1---5-0&rnid=15737251

 

[Sailurman]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_nr_n_1?fst=as%3Aoff&rh=n%3A15684181%2Cn%3A%2115690151%2Cn%3A15857511%2Cn%3A15737251%2Cn%3A15737421&bbn=15737251&ie=UTF8&qid=1443728074&vehicle=2013-47-21517-430--18-9-5---1-1---5-0&rnid=15737251

I got this guy http://www.amazon.com/CURT-11258-Class-Trailer-Hitch/dp/B007JEJMYU/ref=sr_1_1?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1443728161&vehicle=2013-47-21517-430--18-9-5---1-1---5-0&sr=1-1&ymm=2013%3Achevrolet%3Asonic
I backed my Sonic onto my ramps (http://www.amazon.com/CURT-11258-Cl...5---1-1---5-0&sr=1-1&ymm=2013:chevrolet:sonic) and it took about 30 minutes including torquing to 100 ft/lbs.

 

[Swordsmith]

Hmm I see all the pictures. Some sort of weirdness with dropbox maybe?

 

[pabst_tom]

I did not think these cars are rated for towing small cargo trailers... Hitches for bike racks and cargo racks...

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[Uncletom]

There are no pictures here either. I thought it might be because I recently changed to windows 10 so I got out my Chromebook and tablet and the pictures do not show up on either of those.

I'm thinking your hosting site is in conflict with this site maybe.

This site is very slow to load on my machines anyway, I keep getting a popup information bar at the bottom of the screen that says 'an add-on for this website failed to run', sometimes it says something about how a long running script failed.

Also when I change pages many times I get a screen that tells me that my computer is working right and that the cloud is ok but the server at the other end is off line. Usually I have to click a little button at the top of the screen to try for a live version.

Sometimes I get the standard windows screen telling me to fix my connection problem.

Other sites that I go to are unaffected.