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First off im from alvin texas and im new here and ive grown up around sports cars and trucks but i bought my first 4wd earlier this year, a 96 jeep cherokee for use at the deer lease. After replacing the trans and taking it offroad a little i put a budget boost and 31" km2s on it and now i like driving it even more than my 06 silverado. Well this jeep is going to get dropped off at the lease this fall and im planning on selling/trading my truck towards an '12 rubicon next summer. In the mean time im planning on a trip to ouray in june. My dillema is i cant find anyone that rents jeeps to a 23 year old. I could only find 2 places that rent jeeps and both of them are 25 and up... Anyone know of any others not on the internet? I was really hoping to rent a jeep to run some trails prior to buying my rubicon.... I would delay the vacation but my fiance only has a week gap she can get away from school... Sorry for the long post but i plan on frequenting this site alot lol..
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Good luck, but from what I understand this isn't just a Jeep rental in Ouray problem. My 21 year old son travels quite a bit, and he's commented that he can't rent a car anywhere--25 is the going age limit. FYI, unless you've just got your heart set on driving a Jeep, I saw plenty of other 4WD vehicles on those trails last week. Anything from all-stock Explorers to Suburbans to Lexuses. If your truck has 4WD and decent tires, it would probably do just fine--most of those trails are not very difficult (even ones rated difficult). It's more about exposure to narrow roads with steep, deep drop-offs. Being able to make sharp, switchback turns is necessary, however, so extra long bed, dually, six passenger, Super King cab pick-ups would be at a severe disadvantage.
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My truck is an extended cab 2wd... It has factory 20" wheels and barely any ground clearance... Its served me well but just useless offroad, and I dont want to put any money into it if im just gonna trade it in, My cherokee would work but I just dont want to risk taking it on a 2000 mile roadtrip and have something ruin this trip, its been a while since ive had time to go anywhere..Thats also whybim getting a new wrangler next summer, we plan on doing yearly roadtrips to do trail riding. Rental places do suck.. A few willbrent to under 25 with an additional fee but none of the specialty vehicle rental places will. Guess we will just stick to the pavement this year...
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Good luck, but from what I understand this isn't just a Jeep rental in Ouray problem. My 21 year old son travels quite a bit, and he's commented that he can't rent a car anywhere--25 is the going age limit. FYI, unless you've just got your heart set on driving a Jeep, I saw plenty of other 4WD vehicles on those trails last week. Anything from all-stock Explorers to Suburbans to Lexuses. If your truck has 4WD and decent tires, it would probably do just fine--most of those trails are not very difficult (even ones rated difficult). It's more about exposure to narrow roads with steep, deep drop-offs. Being able to make sharp, switchback turns is necessary, however, so extra long bed, dually, six passenger, Super King cab pick-ups would be at a severe disadvantage.
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My truck is an extended cab 2wd... It has factory 20" wheels and barely any ground clearance... Its served me well but just useless offroad, and I dont want to put any money into it if im just gonna trade it in, My cherokee would work but I just dont want to risk taking it on a 2000 mile roadtrip and have something ruin this trip, its been a while since ive had time to go anywhere..Thats also whybim getting a new wrangler next summer, we plan on doing yearly roadtrips to do trail riding. Rental places do suck.. A few willbrent to under 25 with an additional fee but none of the specialty vehicle rental places will. Guess we will just stick to the pavement this year...