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Yes, please post your GVWR and GCWR. Also post your hitch rating ...you'll need a hitch that's rated for at least 8,000 lbs.
What you're describing is awfully heavy. I believe some F53 chassis will be able to tow 8,000 lb. but some have as little as 5,000 lbs. tow rating and hitch rating.
I know this is none of my business and not what you're asking but is the Land Rover what your son will be using at college? Are you transporting it for him to use and coming back to Reno without the Land Rover?
If so, it may be better for him just to drive the car there or follow you in the mothorme. You'll make better time (U-haul limits --or at least recommends-- that you keep speed to 55 MPH and although some "poo-poo" that rule, should be in involved in an accident towing that U-Haul car hauler and it's proven you were exceeding 55 MPH by a significant amount where the trailer starts to sway or hits another vehicle, etc., you may (or may not) be facing more than you bargained for from a legal standpoint. I look at it as a bit different than California's "55 MPH then towing" (even when flat towing a toad) as many, including myself, disregard that and freely fudge it as 55 MPH on California's interstates is actually more unsafe than keeping a 62 to 65 MPH speed with in the motohome with a toad. When I rented a U-haul truck and car hauler for a trip from Seattle to Las Vegas years ago, keeping it at about 57 MPH felt pretty comfortable. But I'd be very hesitant in exceeding 55 MPH rule by too much when renting a u-Haul car hauler. <---my personal opinion only as obviously, you can do as you wish.
If the Range Rover is just for transportation when you arrive in Alabama and then you'd be hauling it back to Reno, have you thought about renting a car there?
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