U-Haul® Reviews
We rented a 20ft truck and the truck itself was great. The customer services wasn't though. They changed the address of our pickup to half way across the city on the day we were supposed to pick it up, and sent a very confusing email to tell us. The dude who gave us our order of boxes and supplies was incredibly rude and tried to short us on our boxes, claiming he ?Hadn't finished" even though he had walked away. The truck itself was great, but the experience around it wasn't.
The amount of mileage allowed before charging extra was not even close to the minimum I needed to get the truck to the loading point, then get to the destination, then drive to the drop off point Uhaul wanted. I did not go anywhere else. Other than that, no complaints. I rented two trucks on different days and the above applies to both.
I saved a lot of money by using a u-haul and hiring loaders/unloaders rather than hiring interstate movers. However, the u-haul was not aligned and sometimes would not allow me to go the speed limit or close to it. I understand that because of the weight of the truck, that might have something to do with it, but it felt slightly dangerous to drive.
This guys were very professional and efficient. They were quick, and they took less than two hours to unload a 20 foot U-Haul truck. My appliances were taken care of and they were very careful to not damage anything. I was also worried about my appliances fitting into the small washroom. They were able to stack them on top of each other in I’m just so pleased with the work that they did for me. The owner is very quick and a great communicator. I text him he text me back instantly and he called me to make sure that his guys were there and that they were doing a great job.
The day before my move, with truck and trailor reserved well in advance, in my home town, I get a text message that my trailer will not be ready at 8 am, but rather 3PM. And the truck, no longer available in my town, I had to drive into Maryland (I live in VA) to pick it up. Wow, thanks UHaul. And when I got the truck, no blankets and only one dolly, I ordered two dollies and blankets. When I receivved the news that the truck and trailer location and time had changed, it was after 9 pm ET on Friday night, hours before my move and conveniently when the UHaul division closed that might have been able to help me secure a truck and trailer closer to my location and move time. Bottom line: if you need a truck and trailer at a certain place and time: DO NOT USE UHaul; Pay the $$$ and go with Ryder, anyone else to GUARANTEE your truck.
UHaul has a bad habit of switching the pick up location. I reserved the truck in one location but then had to drive 15 miles away to get the truck at another location. They should have at least drive it to where it belongs rather than ask the customer to go out of her way to do it. Across a complicated city no less.
The pick up process was easy as I was able to complete it on my phone! I only needed to go into the store to pick up my supplies and the truck keys. The drop-off was just as smooth, you just pull into the drop off lane and leave the keys with the truck. The 17' truck was perfect for a 2 bedroom move.
It's a Uhaul truck, and I drove it across the country. The truck worked fine, and Uhaul's support team was very helpful when I needed assistance. The pickup location was a mess, and the employee there was overwhelmed by himself, so I'm chopping a star off because Uhaul can afford to hire two socially-distant employees.
Uhaul itself was great to work with, but we would avoid their movinghelp.com partners at all cost! We drive all night in order to meet their moving helpers at the new house on time. We were exhausted. The helpers never showed up, never replied to emails or phone calls, and charged us more than double! U haul cannot help with problems created by moving help. So save yourself time, money, stress, and hours of frustration and avoid them like the plague! Hire a helper came to our rescue and they were fantastic! We would use them again in a heart beat!
I am so done with Uhaul. Of course they changed my pickup the location the day before because they always do. Next, the door on the truck broke and they expected me to wait 2 hours at the location for them to send someone to fix it. When I dropped it off, the process involves taking 10 pictures and filling out forms and it was pouring rain. And it still cost 200 all in for a beat up broken truck for 10 hours. Must be nice to be Uhaul.
Very quick and painless pick-up and drop-off process for the truck. I appreciated how modern it all was with much of the check-in, verification, and vehicle inspection done via my phone. The truck itself was also great, no problems and fit our needs well. I would highly recommend getting moving supplies from u-haul also. Depending on the pick-up location, u-haul often has boxes, tape, etc. for sale right there and their boxes were much better than the other store I got boxes from (built-in handles, better labeling). U-haul also has great box return policies (buy as many as you want and return any unused boxes, used box exchange, box recycling), although due to covid they're understandably not doing much of the box redemption at the moment.