U-Haul® Reviews
Everything went smoothly until returning the truck. We were late and that’s on us. The lady in Somerset Wis. (drop off) was great but a guy there was not! He was yelling and mad . We had to fold all of our blankets. They would not take any unused extra boxes which uhaul advertised. Overall, a good experience. Truck was easy to drive and was problem free. Phoenix uhaul was great.
I originally requested a 10' Truck, but was upgraded to a 15' at the same cost. I drove from Ohio to Oregon and had absolutely no issues with the truck. Apart from not a lot of frills, the truck was comfortable and drove surprisingly well. It handled the mountain regions of my trip very well. The return was flawless at the Sherwood Uhaul location. I have one more move to finish, and will definitely rent from Uhaul.
I initially reserved with Budget, but they called at the last minute (after the movers were paid!) and left a message saying they had no trucks. At the same time, they did not cancel reservation, which means I was liable for the rental charges. Budget did not return call and was totally unprofessional. It seems you can not count on Budget. U Haul was great, on the other hand.
We rented the 15' truck for moving from our 1 bedroom apartment to our new larger 2-bedroom house. When we acquired the rental, it was clean and had half a tank of gas in it. The size of this truck worked perfectly in transporting our belongings from our entire 1-bedroom apartment to the new house. We only had to do one trip. When we picked up the truck, the customer service representative was so helpful. There was initially a problem and they could not locate the keys for the truck we wanted, but he quickly arranged for us to have another vehicle that did have keys so we could be on our way.
The main problem with UHaul is that they want the customer to move their fleet, and, it would seem that they favor certain locations. On a few rentals when I specified a preferred pick up or drop off location, they seemed to always want to shift me somewhere else. But, when I refused or pressed, suddenly the equipment I needed was now where I wanted it to be for pick up, after being told it was not there.
Would have been 5 stars but the van was not as tall as I thought it would be, couldn't get a full sized mattress in vertically thus the packing was more difficult but Modern Day Movers experience overcame that. More my not getting into the minutiae of the specs of the Ford van. Ford Van was brand new...OK the review should have been 5 stars.
Uhaul left us stranded in 109 degree heat in Arizona when a tire blew on the trailer hauling our car. It took them almost 3 hours to change the tire. Also, we reserved this trailer and truck weeks in advance but on the day of our move they informed us we had to go 40 minutes out of our way to pick up the trailer at a different location then the truck. Very disappointing.
Less than 24 hours before the rental, they changed the size of the truck, the pickup location, and the time of pickup such that we had to reschedule our movers at the last minute and depart later than planned. Absolute nightmare. Customer service over the phone was no help at all. Don't understand how they can run a business like this.
I ordered a UHaul trailer that was supposed to be 5 minutes from my house. At the last minute they called and said it was no longer available and I had to drive 2 hours to Fresno to pick it one up. So I drive my dually truck 2 hours there and two hours back. The diesel fuel ended up costing me more than the rental! Then I drive 8 hours to San Diego unloaded everything and UHaul called to confirm location I was dropping off the trailer. I told them I was enrolled there now. Showed up and it was closed and they did not accept trailers! So had to drive the empty trailer back to my house and UHaul assigned me a different location to drop it the next day. By now I’m exhausted but had no choice. I showed up at 8am the next day at the address UHaul customer service gave me and they said their lot was full and I had to go somewhere 49 minutes away. By this time, I was furious and frustrated to the point of tears. I’m a widow in my 60s and I was spent. A customer saw my distress and helped me Drop the trailer in their driveway. I drove away in tears and contacted UHaul asking for a refund based on my horrid experience. They said customer service would call me. They never called and I got an email from Jeenna Monique Poe Schultz offering me a discount on future use but no refund. I replied that I had already moved—why would I want a discount? I again requested a full refund and I never heard back from them again. I am going to post this story on social media so others know they have alternatives to using UHaul and the disgrace and non-caring attitude that their corporate headquarters displays.
I did my reservation online and was told that my local uhaul shop would have the truck. My quote for cost was $97. I get a call saying the truck is not available at my local shop and I have to drive 40 mins extra. I drive the 40 mins extra am given a truck but u haul attempted to charge me $285 dollars. Luckily Ruddy was able to talk to them about about the cost difference and in only paid $150. Truck ran fine and was large enough but when they say they have it local and they don't you pay the difference. Actual 50 miles to move but add 40 miles both ways to pick up and drop of the truck.
