U-Haul® Reviews
The truck itself was fine. Upon picking it up, I needed to obtain 6 blankets/pads. They were tucked in a pile in the front of the store. Six were pulled out, dropped on the floor and kicked over to where I was standing. No offer to carry them to the truck after being drug across a filthy floor. Then I was handed the keys. I had to ask for a rundown on the truck's use since I had not used one before. I wanted to make sure I knew how to properly open/close the door and use the ramp. When I asked for this overview, the service provider acted as if I was imposing on his time. Whereas, upon return of the truck in another location, the Customer service was much improved
2 days before our move we were called and told our truck size was not available. We had to take a smaller truck which (fortunately) worked out. On the day of the return (to a different city, which we advised them of in advance), we got a call saying the location we were assigned to had too many vehicles in it and couldn’t accept our return. We were told to go to another location almost 25 minutes further away from the first. The condition of the truck was fine although they don’t sell padlocks at their rental locations (even though we’d been told they did) so that slowed things down as we had to head off to buy one.
The truck was good, and the price was the BEST, but the equipment ordered was not in the truck. And I was in a hurry, so had to go without what I ordered. The online check-in helps, but then you still have to stand in line inside to get the key, so not sure how the 'no need to stand in line' thing works.
Uhaul is fine - it generally depends on the franchise or corporate office you're picking up / dropping off at. Stars off for renting furniture pads which - spoiler alert- are never in the truck if it's not at an actual Uhaul location. Stars off for explaining this at drop off (Rt. 9G in Hyde Park) but still getting a charge for missing rental furniture pads. Stars back for a fairly quick process to get the cost refunded (20 mins of phone time).
One star off because the tow dolly's lights don't work and we didn't notice this until too late to contact Uhaul. Not sure yet how that will play out. Otherwise, excellent help from Uhaul at every level (phone help, plus the two local facility people we dealt with when we picked up the truck and tow dolly at two different places). Everyone was so helpful in smoothing out the glitches of location and timing, and also with the process of picking up the truck and hooking up the tow dolly (in the snow).
I rented a 20 foot box truck and the truck was ready when I arrived to pick it up. The truck was clean, although the windshield needed some cleaning for safe travel. The people I dealt with were very nice and explained everything to my satisfaction. I used U Haul because they offered a one way option for my move. I was a little disappointed in the location of my drop off point, as I passed at least 2 U Haul rental outlets while traveling to my appointed drop off point. I have used U Haul in the past and will use them again when the need arises.