U-Haul® Reviews
Although the Customer Service agents were very kind and understanding and gave me a total of $100 refund, The truck was not at location when picking up. Drove 8 miles to another location, but they were closed. Drove to another location 15 miles away. Truck was in the mud and "clean enough". Drove home, and the passenger mirror was vibrating loose, had to call service and they fixed, but was a 5 hr wait (not a big deal, we were loading the truck). While driving from Cincinnati to Orlando, the truck vibrated horribly when going over 60 MPH. Found out that the cause was "mud in the tires". Not a great experience, however, the savings from U-Haul vs a moving company made it worth it. $2,000 vs $8,000, your gonna have to expect issues, so this wasn't so bad.
Well, the check-in process is difficult. Had to be done online, and kept getting "server not responding" errors. Process involves you agreeing to the existing state of the truck, taking pictures is you disagree with the comments, etc. You upload a picture of your drivers license, then they need a second point-of-contact that they can call to verify it's you who is checking out the truck. I understand it's necessary, but it's a timely process, and when it's biting into your rental period by 20 minutes, it gets frustrating. Not UHaul's fault, but the place I rented through did NOT give me all of the equipment that I'd paid for - rented an appliance dolly, a furniture dolly, and 6 moving blankets. All that was on the truck was the appliance dolly. Fees for the equipment is per day, by the way. So $5/day for the moving blankets makes $15 for the 3-day rental period. Not a lot of money, but I had to go buy my own blankets and furniture dolly to augment the one appliance dolly they gave me. All complaints aside, the truck started every time I turned the key, it hauled the furniture, and it did the job. For a total of ~$350 for a 3-day rental, it was acceptable.
Uhaul is always good, but this time, when we went to pick up the 26' truck in Farmington, MO., it was parked in the muddy grass. The truck got stuck in the mud on a Sunday when the store wasn't open, and we had to go through the pains of finding another truck. Despite the hassle, Uhaul took care of us and found another truck as quickly as possible. Todd at Uhaul store on Lemay Ferry in South County St. Louis, took outstanding care of us.
Uhaul bailed me out of a jam here. Had a reservation with Budget, two months in advance. They text me four days before the move and tell me they're not going to have a truck for me. Unbelievable! Fortunately Uhaul was able to accommodate me. Cost about $200 more, but it was probably a much better truck than I would have had from Budget. Uhaul's no contact, online pick up still needs a little work though.
Michael was good at communicating, texted me ahead of time to let me know when they would arrive as requested, arrived on time, and worked efficiently. He and his helper were both extremely pleasant and took good care with the furniture. After the 2000+ mile drive, some of the hardware had rattled loose and he voluntarily tightened up the screws/cams - very helpful. They even swept out the truck. Would definitely use again
No problems with the U-Haul truck and car trailer. 26 foot truck is big, but handles very well. We looked into pods, but the truck was the cheapest and most convenient way to load quickly the morning of the move and be able to quickly unload a couple of days later into our new house. Highly recommend hiring help to load and unload your truck! They're professional and save your back!
They don’t tell you that their truck isn’t waterproof nor do they tell you that, if you’re going to go through rain, you should waterproof the things that you own. I lost several books and had several other things come out of the NEW moving boxes, purchased from Uhaul, disintegrate from water damage.
