Moving trucks
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Penske period. Try to negotiate with them by calling. If you get a better price (from say U-haul who you should never trust with a truck), then call back and tell them what u-haul said. Usually they price match.
Difference is, Penske takes care of their trucks and the customer service is amazing. I've done 2 cross country trips towing as well with their 20 foot trucks and never had a single problem. Plus the diesels they have in their trucks are fairly good.
Fiance and I from 3 years back moving from Ohio to Texas:
Difference is, Penske takes care of their trucks and the customer service is amazing. I've done 2 cross country trips towing as well with their 20 foot trucks and never had a single problem. Plus the diesels they have in their trucks are fairly good.
Fiance and I from 3 years back moving from Ohio to Texas:
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3-man rules!!!!
Totally agree with whats already been said here.
Penske I've heard nothing but good things about as far as truck quality/maintenance is concerned.
But Uhaul prices decimate them pretty badly unfortunatly, especially if you are doing a rather local move.
I need to move 10 miles south down route 59:
Penske offered me $55 a day for a 17 foot truck at 89 cents per mile with my AAA Discount. Their 26 foot truck is $119 a day with my discount
Uhaul offered me $29 a day for an 18 foot truck at 1.19 a mile.
However-
Uhaul also offers the fucking 26 foot truck for $39 a day still at only 1.19 a mile.
Needless to say, I have a 26 foot truck reserved for my move.... TOTAL over-kill, but there is a solid chance of needing two trips with the 17 foot truck that I REALLY rather not deal with, and then obviously its $15-16 cheaper to rent the big truck between fuel and mileage costs if I need two trips in the 18 foot truck Vs. one trip in the 26 foot truck... Also, its going to be a bitch driving this fucking thing (but that's what insurance is for).
Another little tidbit, most of Uhauls 24 and 26 foot trucks are TopKick chassis cabs, and are relativity newer, at least in our area, which I'd imagine will be less run-down and a bit more reliable than some of the other shit I've seen in their 18 foot fleet... My local store has a Pre 97 F-250 chassis cab still in active service...
If I was in that kind of situation, I'd expect to not pay a dime in mileage, I sure hope you didn't.
Think about it this way:
You are renting a vehicle that you get billed by the mileage for.
Mileage seems to be the same almost regardless of the size of the truck almost across the board.
Why would any rental company recommend a truck 'bigger than what you need' when they in fact make more money if you have to take additional trips?
Even with just my 10 mile move, 2 trips in a 18 foot truck between fuel and mileage costs is about $5 more than renting the bigger truck and only having to make one trip.
That and the bigger the floorspace of the truck, the easier it will be to load and unload, Vs. piling your shit to the roof in boxes.
100% agreed. I moved a few months ago and I thought a smaller truck was needed. I was wrong and did the move in one trip. Well worth it. Good luck!
Ok, I own and manage 2 Uhaul dealerships in East Dundee and Rockford. Uhauls trucks are designed for household moves whereas Penske is designed for commercial trucking, the box on the Uhaul is much lower and easy to load. Also, Uhaul has been cranking out newer trucks for a few years now and has a younger fleet than Penske now. There are still some older trucks floating around for local rentals but they are pretty decent.
I would say you could get away with our 14' truck for a 2 bedroom apartment move but if you aren't sure go with the 17' it's not much more $.
On a local rental the 17' truck is $29.95/ day plus $.79/ mile Sun-Thursday and $1.19 Friday and Saturday.
Des plaines to Waukegan is about 30 miles so round trip 60 miles would be about $72(on the weekend) plus the $29.95 so you should be able to do it for right around $100!
I would say you could get away with our 14' truck for a 2 bedroom apartment move but if you aren't sure go with the 17' it's not much more $.
On a local rental the 17' truck is $29.95/ day plus $.79/ mile Sun-Thursday and $1.19 Friday and Saturday.
Des plaines to Waukegan is about 30 miles so round trip 60 miles would be about $72(on the weekend) plus the $29.95 so you should be able to do it for right around $100!
My friends rented a uhaul to move to college, thing caught on fire. Uhauls customer service was a joke too...
Maybe your dealership has better trucks but the ones around here are cruddy compared to Penske.
Of course I live in the south side ghettos so we don't get nice things...+
http://truck-rental-services-review.toptenreviews.com/u-haul-review.html
Might be out of date, no reference given.
Maybe your dealership has better trucks but the ones around here are cruddy compared to Penske.
Of course I live in the south side ghettos so we don't get nice things...+
http://truck-rental-services-review.toptenreviews.com/u-haul-review.html
Might be out of date, no reference given.
The way Uhaul works is that they take the older trucks and retire them to local rentals only. The one way or long distance trucks are the newer models which tend to be under 75,000 miles.
I have 5 local trucks here in Dundee:
1 has 4900 miles
1 has 52,000 miles
2 have around 80,000 miles
And 1 has 211,000 miles that I have had for years and it has been an amazingly reliable truck. Basically, the next major maintenance it needs then Uhaul will retire the truck permanently.
I have 5 local trucks here in Dundee:
1 has 4900 miles
1 has 52,000 miles
2 have around 80,000 miles
And 1 has 211,000 miles that I have had for years and it has been an amazingly reliable truck. Basically, the next major maintenance it needs then Uhaul will retire the truck permanently.
Which location? The truck should never be $69.95/day? Did you go to the corporate center in Des Plaines? When do you need the truck?
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