U-Haul: Unsafe At Any Speed? (Trees And Things)

thefadd: Re: Corrupt by design

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:16:56 EST

Do you know that this is how the system currently works? It seems simply infeasible that these places could allow their supply chain to be dictated entirely by where people chose to move. If this is the case, then they must send all their new trucks to Lin

pattonbt: Same Story

Fri, 6 Jul 2007 00:48:58 EST

Moving from Missouri to Colorado. Moving two apartments - mine and my girlfriends. Both have to be out of the apartments that day. Just graduated college so families were in town to help move on the day and (thank god) drive out to Colora

3fingerspointback: Corrupt by design

Tue, 3 Jul 2007 04:36:29 EST

Part of the problem with nationwide rental companies is that there's a big incentive for local franchises to rent out the worst trucks to the people who have to move the farthest. If you keep your junker truck in Los Angeles and only rent to people m

thefadd: Re: Legal rant

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 14:49:10 EST

Well, it's our own faults. How can you stop two entities from mutually agreeing not to disclose the nature of their settlement? It's just not in the general interest to do that. There's plenty of compelling reasons for people to want to do that across soci

wetkarma: U-haul is Jack's corporate employer

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 05:55:46 EST

JACK (V.O.)
Take the number of vehicles in the field (A), multiply it by the probable rate of failure (B), then multiply the result by the average out-of-court settlement (C). A times B times C equals X...

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INT. AIRPLANE CABIN - MOVI

logan: Baltimore: Home of the Worst Uhaul in America

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:36:37 EST

It was the summer of 2004. My friend Skull, after a long East Coast exile and a period of unemployment, had landed a new job and needed to get his truck and his dog to California. Now, I'm not what you'd call a country boy, but when a vacation sounds like

Thalia: Legal rant

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:20:43 EST

I really hate 'confidential settlements.' I think they should be eliminated. Sure, tell the plaintiff that he or she cannot go to the press & rant. But do not hide these cases. UHaul basically can pay off injured people, or thei

shane: Not just trailers!

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:15:01 EST

U-hall has brake problems! I read through that whole la-times story a few days ago - and was disappointed to see that it didn't have any comments about trucks from u-hall.

I once got a truck that had no breaks. It was a manually shift so I

pO157: Re: U-Haul: Unsafe At Any Speed?

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:54:29 EST

If that wasn't blatant plagarism I'd so change that to my signature. Seriously.

huxrules: Re: U-Haul: Unsafe At Any Speed?

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:59:21 EST

This happened to a friend of mine- I have my own u-haul horror story but this one is funnier.

So my friend moves to Colorado to try to open his own business. It fails and he has to return to Houston with no cash and his tail between his legs. &nb

MayorBob: I Hauled -- One Time -- Almost.

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:22:23 EST

I rented from U-Haul about 15 years ago to move my mother up from Virginia. Same story as port, show up at the franchise (with the harried operator showing up late) and the size truck I had reserved wasn't there. The guy was extremely pissed at

pO157: Re: U-Haul: Unsafe At Any Speed?

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:50:35 EST

Has anybody else noticed the effect the LA Times expose has had on U-Haul? Type in UHAL into the Nasdaq stock market ticker thing. You'll notice it's dropped from ~$80 to a tad above $75 in 5 days. Awesome.

port1080: Never again

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:33:05 EST

I had an absolutely awful experience with U-Haul. We rented a truck from them to move from central PA to northern DE. When we went to pick up the truck, the place (a U-Haul owned & operated service center) wasn't open because the manager wa

slavdude: Bitching Thread

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:29:14 EST

I'll start it off with my own personal horror story. When I was first married, my then-wife and I were moving out of a place we had rented and needed to put our things in storage. Being the churchmouse-poor grad student and wife that we were, w