Penske® Reviews
The truck was clean and we had no issues with it. We reserved a 22 foot truck, but were given a 26 foot truck. The two 22 foot trucks that were brought in to the location earlier that day both arrived with issues. We were given the choice to take the larger truck, or they offered to call around to get the smaller one from another location. I appreciate that they gave us options and did not send us out in a truck with issues. Thank you!
The truck that I drove had a defective fuel gauge indicator on the dash panel. I was charged for 3.5 gallons of diesel fuel @$8.00/gallon even though I filled up the tank prior to dropping it off at Penske's location ! The fuel gauge did not read less than a full tank! I called them and the charge was not reduced 100%! Not using them again!
I rented a 26’ truck with a Diesel engine, from All-Ways Moving & Storage / Pittsfield, MA. Joe at All-Ways was wonderful in getting me a truck ASAP when I realized the 16’ U-Haul I had already rented was not going to do the trick for a 2-location load-out with a 2000-mile cross-country drive - the morning OF THE MOVE. A quick, efficient vehicle checkover, & a quick rundown on driving this beast, put us on our way.
Everything with our truck and car hauler rental went great. They were confirmed a few days before and the trucks were ready to roll when we picked them up. The only negative was that we had asked for one of the trucks to be a lift gate truck and were told ok but then when we went to pickup, we were told lift gates can't be taken on one ways. It wasn't a big deal just had to make some adjustments to truck loading.
The car carrier jack broke when we got it home and tried to remove the trailer. They were prompt in sending someone out to take it away. The roof of the truck leaked and got several of our boxes wet. The brake system did some odd things from time to time. The blankets we were given were damp and smelled so bad we could not use them.
When I returned the truck to Home Depot there was a delay at the store which resulted in Penske wanting to charge me for another day. I was about 15 minutes late getting to the store because of weather and fueling but the additional delays were due to the responsiveness of the Home Depot. To their credit Penske did reverse the charge for the extra day but I think they need to take into account other possible delays when returning that might push the time past the return time.
Trucks are newer and well maintained. Easy and straightforward rental agreements that are very transparent. Excellent customer support if needed. I had no problems on the entire trip. Very nice handling and comfortable ridIng 26’ Diesel truck with International chassis. I drove long and short haul trucks for 50 years and wish I had it this nice for most of those years of driving almost wished I was driving again. Don’t bother with the rest, Drive the Best!
Truck ok but service extremely slow or nonexistent at that Home Depot. Took at least an hr. Just to get truck...paid $50 for flimsy and shredding moving blankets (ripped off). Nice truck I would rent it again but buy lots of blankets elsewhere! Also if you’re going up hill the passenger might have to get out and push at 20mph ??. Pricey at $200/day but it does the job and that’s what’s important.
