U-Haul: An Important Public Service Announcement

[Grant H.]

U-haul sucks.

I know this isn't what you were talking about, but for anyone reading this, U-haul cardboard boxes suck as well. They tear to easily, and their glue comes apart after about 2 weeks I think. Same can be said of Home Depot and Lowes boxes.

As we have been selling stuff, cleaning, packing, etc to get ready to list our house in Longmont, I have been buying these: http://www.globalindustrial.com/p/st...x15-1-4x12-1-2

My company buys up-tower cable management stuff in them and they are extremely durable. The only one we have broken is the one that got the corner crunched by the truck (freaking new guys...) They are a little more expensive than wally-world rubbermaids, but they are more than worth it.

[HoneyBadger]

U-haul sucks.

I know this isn't what you were talking about, but for anyone reading this, U-haul cardboard boxes suck as well. They tear to easily, and their glue comes apart after about 2 weeks I think. Same can be said of Home Depot and Lowes boxes.

As we have been selling stuff, cleaning, packing, etc to get ready to list our house in Longmont, I have been buying these: http://www.globalindustrial.com/p/st...x15-1-4x12-1-2

My company buys up-tower cable management stuff in them and they are extremely durable. The only one we have broken is the one that got the corner crunched by the truck (freaking new guys...) They are a little more expensive than wally-world rubbermaids, but they are more than worth it.

This is contrary to my experience. I have moved 3 times in the past 5 years (twice more than 1000 miles, once less than 10 miles). In my most recent move (last June) I reused about 30 Uhaul boxes from our very first move in 2011. In between moves, I use the boxes for storage and have some stacked 8ft high in my garage with lots of stuff in them. I've had to reinforce the cutout "handles" on most of them with packing tape, but that happens with any box. In my last move, I use some successfully held 50+ lbs of stuff without incident.

I also have about 20 large rubbermaid tubs that I use for storage and moving. They have already paid for themselves several times over.

I have also used a Uhaul trailer (their biggest enclosed trailer - I think it's 12'x6') for 2/3 recent moves and I KNOW I got lucky on some of the BS that BaileyGuns talked about. Some things are worth moving yourself. Some things are worth letting movers handle. I took all of our valuables and irreplaceable stuff in the trailer, along with enough stuff to comfortably live for a few weeks without the rest of our household goods. I let the movers handle all the furniture and other heavy stuff. They broke and lost some of our stuff and it has been a big PITA getting reimbursed for it, but it still sounds like a better experience than what BG is dealing with.

Thanks BG for the details on the U-Box scam. I'll be sure to avoid that as an option.

[Grant H.]

This is contrary to my experience. I have moved 3 times in the past 5 years (twice more than 1000 miles, once less than 10 miles). In my most recent move (last June) I reused about 30 Uhaul boxes from our very first move in 2011. In between moves, I use the boxes for storage and have some stacked 8ft high in my garage with lots of stuff in them. I've had to reinforce the cutout "handles" on most of them with packing tape, but that happens with any box. In my last move, I use some successfully held 50+ lbs of stuff without incident.

I also have about 20 large rubbermaid tubs that I use for storage and moving. They have already paid for themselves several times over.

I have also used a Uhaul trailer (their biggest enclosed trailer - I think it's 12'x6') for 2/3 recent moves and I KNOW I got lucky on some of the BS that BaileyGuns talked about. Some things are worth moving yourself. Some things are worth letting movers handle. I took all of our valuables and irreplaceable stuff in the trailer, along with enough stuff to comfortably live for a few weeks without the rest of our household goods. I let the movers handle all the furniture and other heavy stuff. They broke and lost some of our stuff and it has been a big PITA getting reimbursed for it, but it still sounds like a better experience than what BG is dealing with.

Thanks BG for the details on the U-Box scam. I'll be sure to avoid that as an option.

I must have gotten a bad batch from U-Haul.

I've never had to use a U-Haul trailer as I have always owned good sized enclosed trailers of my own.

[OldFogey]

Go to any local brewery and see if you can get crown boxes. They come in boxes of 10000 crowns. Strong as hell.

[Alpha2]

Three of us Colorado trapshooters were going to Washington state for a competition. I tried to rent a 4x6 trailer for the trip. They said they couldn't rent a trailer for that many days, as they would lose revenue due to the trailer being gone for so long. So, after explaining that they would be renting the trailer for over a week, when it would sit on their lot for that week if I didn't rent it, I finally had to rent it for a day. 7 days in a row. Yep, same time, but that would be alright. (It was painful to watch, it really was).
Then, when I arrived to pick up the agreed upon (reserved) trailer for the trip, they didn't have a 4x6 trailer. But, they had "UPGRADED" me to a 5x8 trailer, at no additional cost!!! So, now, I had to haul a trailer that DIDN'T fit nicely behind my SUV, with the additional $hitty mileage of a trailer that would be acting like a sea anchor all the way to Washington and back. THANKS, U-HAUL!!!!! It was RESERVED, DAMMIT!!! Now, because they were SO nice to me, I was hauling a half-empty trailer against the prevailing westerly winds. THANK YOU AGAIN, U-HAUL!!!
I'm okay, really, I just need another Jack and everything will be fine...until the next time I think about U-Haul.