Question for anyone that’s towed one of these trucks. I’ve got a 1978 F-350 and I need to haul it across Oklahoma to my uncles farm who is making a flatbed out of it. It doesn’t run great right now and I don’t feel really comfortable driving it. I’ve got a 2005 F-350 that I can tow it with and was thinking of getting a uhaul car tow trailer to pull it. They are saying that it would work but asked for the dimension of the width of the front tires from outside to outside and I didn’t have that dimension and was wondering if someone could help me with that. I can measure tonight if needed but was hoping someone had experience towing one of these and could give suggestions.

 

Unless you've got aftermarket wide wheels, it should be 78" wide at the tires. I've trailered a few trucks. Just make sure you get the truck positioned on the trailer so you've got good tongue weight to prevent jack-knifing. And don't even consider flat towing with a dolly or tow bar. That's a good recipe for a jack-knife.

 

Welcome to FTE. X2 on stock truck and stock rims/tires you should be ok. Unless is it a F350 dually then you might have to take the rear outer rim set off to fit on the U haul trailer. Here are some F250 measurements. For the most part should be the same, but a 2wd F350 might have those different front rims? I am surprised that U haul even said yes, I figured that vehicle weight would exceed their trailer limits. Here are some fellow FTE members that made the tow. And worse case maybe just get a towing company with a roll back to do it, unless it is from one side of the state to the other. And just strap/chain the axles/tires and let the body bounce.

 

I dont think an F350 with 140" wheelbase is going to fit on the UHaul trailer. The 133" wheelbase trucks barely fit.

 

Back in the day that is how it was done with a tow bar, pull the drive shaft and flat tow it and never any issues.
Heck I flat towed a VW van with a 68 Dodge van thru the hills of New England for a class mate when I was in high school even skipped school to do it.
You just have to use your head is all as the towed truck will not have any braking.

The only thing I can see being an issue is if the front end is junk and it will not track behind or go around corners.
That is where the tow dolly comes in if the tires will fit between the fenders.
Dave ----

 

You will need a larger trailer than the UHaul. All the rental companies like United, Sunbelt and Herc rent large equipment trailers for about 100 a day.

 

Yep, back in the day! I did it a few times myself. I learned the hard way in the Army, about flat towing with similar weight vehicles. I thankfully didn't do a lot of driving in the Army, but one day I had to tow a HMMV w/ another HMMV. I found out really quick how dangerous that was. I was lightly braking during a right turn on a gravel road, and the rear HMMV shoved me, and jack knifed. It bent the pintle hitch and tow bar. It was one of the older tow bars that was damn near a two-man lift unit. Thankfully, neither vehicle was otherwise damaged.

I said not to use them, but Uhaul tow dolly's are actually not too bad. The towed vehicle's tires and engine are forward of the dolly's wheels, which does put tong weight on the tow vehicle. I'd do that before using one of Uhaul's trailers.