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Truck Rental Services Comparison: Budget Truck Rental, ABF U-Pack, movers and U-haul

Overview:
Budget Truck Rental is a division of Budget Rent A Car and has greatly expanded their fleet of rental trucks for moving.
Upack is a service offered by ABF- a major shipping company in North America.
A mover or moving company is a team of people that will come to your home and do all the lifting, loading, driving and unloading.
U-Haul maintains the largest rental fleet in the world and is one of the industry's largest operators of self-storage facilities
Recommended for Moving:
Local or One Way.
Out of state (more than 500 miles).
Larger moves or moves for which you don't want to do any packing, loading or driving.
self service moves in or out of state
Discount for Online Reservations:
up to 15%.
$25 discount off booking may apply.
Discounts may be available after speaking with a mover.
none offered
Number of truck sizes available:
3 sizes (10’ , 15’ , 24’ )
Trailer or mobile storage units available for packing.
Most moving companies have several sizes available.
FIVE truck sizes, SIX sizes of closed trailers, FOUR sizes of open trailers
Advertises size of truck based on:
Floor space.
Cubic Feet
N/A
Trailer length
Get online rates in:
4 steps
4 steps
One step to contact a mover to get an estimate.
Five or more steps
Additional drop-off charges:
Additional days can be billed at $70 per day and additional miles at $0.70 per mile.
There may be charges for storage for extra days.
Most movers will agree to a final price before the move is finished.
not specified on website
Reserve/Pay Online:
YES
YES
Some movers will allow online payment, but most take checks or credit cards.
reserve only; payment made at time of pick up
One Way mileage costs:
Additional miles can be purchased for $0.56 per mile.
Varies- Upack offers a fuel calculator.
A moving company will factor in mileage to the overall cost of the move.
mileage factored in to the cost of move.Miles over the allotted amount are charged at $0.40/mile
Trucks are never older than:
4 years or less
N/A – service uses trailers and units.
N/A
Not specified
Maintainance on trucks:
Basic maintainance before each rental.
Trailers cleaned regularly.
Moving companies generally have well maintained trucks.
Not specified
Standard Features:
- Air Conditioning
- Automatic Transmission
- Power Steering
- Power Brakes
- AM/FM Stereo
- No Wheel Wells Dual Faced Mirrors
- Tie Down Slats.

Upack drives their own trucks and offers three loading options:
- a trailer that is dropped off at your home
- terminal loading where you go to their location to load
- mobile storage units that you load at your location

N/A
- low decks
- wide ramps
padded rub rails with tie downs
- air conditioning
gentle ride or air ride suspension
Car towing equipment:
Has car towing equipment available.
Does not ship cars.
Some movers will offer towing equipment or will partner with an auto transfer company.
3 types of auto transport systems
Guaranteed availability for day scheduled:
YES
YES
A moving company will guarantee their availability after a deposit is made.
UHAul reserves right to substitute equipment of equal or greater size at no additional charge, pick up location is PREFERENCE only, reservation gives PRIORITY not guarantee. UHaul calls at 5pm the day prior to the pick up date schedule my exact pickup location and time.
Rental Requirements:
The customer renting the truck, must be the person who signs the contract. Customers must be at least 21 years of age. Customer must hold a valid driver's license and have a current second form of identification.
N/A
N/A
18 years old with a valid driver's license to rent from U-Haul.