looking for a hitch for a cross country move

im going to be moving 1500 miles away from where i am now and im wondering what class of hitch i would need, im moving about 400 to 500 pounds worth of stuff with me. ive been looking at u hual but im not that educated about this subject. maybe i would also tow a small camper after the move too.

 

i am looking at the u haul class 1 hitch, my main concorn is will it be enough to move all of my stuff without worrying about a failer? im maining looking to tow a washer/dryer and a qween bed with box spring in a trailer. the route goes through the rocky mountains so im a little worried about this.

i am planning to install it my self but i have a deadline of 20 days to get it on so i dont trust some of those hitch sits since their arrival date is so close to move out time. there are trailer hitch store near me too.

 

i did see that in the manual say i have zero towing cap but i did see that other people have hauled trailers before and its far cheaper to install a hitch and rent a trailer then to rent a truck lol the total price for uhaul is about 230$ i mean the 300$ class 3 hitch is temping but sadly im trying to move on a budget lol

ill have to take it slow and easy on the speed and watch how much i push it during my trip. i orded a complete kit from uhaul so im hoping itll all go good

 

thanks guys, i dont have much to move, i think its about 350 pounds alltogether, i do my own oil and use fullsyth, i recently cleaned out my air intake and EGR, also installed a oil catch can, im even thinking about changing the fuel filter but im pretty sure thats in the tank so itll take me a while to for that lol thank god i drive a prius, takes 20$ for a full tank in denver, in LA where im moving too it might be 25-30$ im not looking forward to that!

ill post some updates based on my trip and install, might help others with these ideals

 

i cant believe we have to worry about our catalytic converters being cut off our cars ever since i heard about it ive been paranoid about leaving my car outside lol

the gasbuddy app is telling me costco is around 3.50$ around LA so thats not that bad, im not looking forward to all the extra taxes down there, if i didnt get free room/board down there i would never consider it

 

i did it! i fully loaded this trailer with 2 queen sized mattresses a washer and dryer and the rest of my stuff including some heavy tools. before i lefted for my 1200 mile drive i did a full oil and cooling system fluid change. it drove pretty smooth for the most part and i planed ahead knowing its going to drink oil no matter what i did so i bought 5 qt of oil just in case.

Driving challenges weren't that difficult to get used too unless you never towed anything in other trucks, i had to reduce speed going up inclines to about 35 mph since my trailer was pretty heavy and i didnt want to blow it with overworking it to death, i ended up having to use 4.5 qt of oil after i got out of utah since i basically burned all of my oil by then. my avg mpg was 32 so doing this was vastly cheaper then using a truck. avge speed 65 mph

i was worried about long term damg i could have done by towing this much weight so after i got in LA on the 2nd i did alot of driving without the trailer, long highway driving to see if my mpg was effected, i noticed no change so im still gettting the 48 mpg i was getting back in denver. i havent lost any oil in the 500 miles i drove since i got here either so, i would recommend towing with the prius v! ill be doing the same thing when i move back to colorado and out of this blast furnace hell scape these people call California lol

on a side note i did love seeing people look at me on the highway like they couldn't belive a prius couldn't tow anything lol