Good moving companies rated????

[cute fuzzy bunny]

I guess I shouldnt have used all of those feminine pictures.

I prefer to avoid u-haul at all costs myself. But sometimes they're you're only option.

My favorite u-haul story is getting a truck from them and besides it being a huge piece of crap, noticing that it only had 3/4 of a tank of gas when I got 3 miles away. I picked up some furniture, doing about 10 miles total and then put 8 gallons of diesel in it to fill it.

Took it back and told the guy it wasnt full. "All of our trucks are filled, sir". We then had a brief discussion around gas mileage, where he admitted the truck gets about 8-10 miles per gallon...but he couldnt offer any solutions as to why I only went 10 miles and the truck needed 8 gallons other than "all of our trucks are filled, sir".

So no fanboy here... :

 

[Brat]

The UHaul places I am familiar with are franchises, staff quality varies. The equipment itself belongs to the corporation, based in AZ. The UHaul corporation has had financial problems which, I hear, have been resolved in the last year or two (they were on the verge of bankruptcy).

The franchisees are stuck with the vehicles in their area brought in by customers. I feel sorry for the franchisees, but I will make significant effort to avoid using their trucks. The effort expended to use another vendor depends on cost, safety concerns and criticality of schedule.

 

[Nords]

The franchisees are stuck with the vehicles in their area brought in by customers.

That excuse doesn't fly on Oahu; U-Haul trucks can't fit into the Long Beach Tunnel!

 

[Brat]

That excuse doesn't fly on Oahu; U-Haul trucks can't fit into the Long Beach Tunnel!

 

[Orchidflower]

Good news! Small article titled, "U-Haul Safety Practices Found Wanting" in today's, 6/26/07, Wall Street Journal, page B5 right hand corner.
Uh...yeah...I'd consider having no side mirrors at all unsafe like I had when I rented a falling apart piece of crapola from U-Haul. Never again...and you can quote me on that one.