For renting a trailer to move from one city to another, which is best: U-Haul or Budget rent a car?

Question

Not moving for a few months but Id like to know, I live in Fresno Ca moving to So Cal..Which would be my best bet? (I only need to move one room worth of stuff..lots of clothes)

Id like to use a van for my stuff and trailer to haul my car

Wow..thanks for the answers so far..thats crazy that UHaul is like that..I never would have guessed

Answer 1

Uhaul has been known for doing things like not honoring or protecting reservations, not maintaining their vehicles in safe condition, and improperly installing trailer hitches.

I personally have driven, in winter in Alaska, a Uhaul truck (with Oregon plates) with ZERO tread on the tires. (And yeah, after a long day of close calls, including getting it stuck while illegally parked, I did in fact crash it. At low speed into a dumpster at the bottom of a hill.)

See:
http://www.uhaul-sucks.com/

And this doesn't take into account (or maybe it does, just indirectly) how insane some of their managers can be. (Like the one my uncle worked for who insisted their location had tools and supplies which it didn't, and never had, and blaming the lack thereof on "THE BUMS!" Yeah, there's a real problem with bums in an upper-middle-class suburban Seattle neighborhood like that)

You know, I don't know much about Budget, but they'd have to actually be TRYING to suck to be worse than Uhaul.

Answer 2

If the tires on the trailer are small, like 14D, they have to go in a full rotation much faster than the tires on your truck. So if you're going about 60 mph, the tires on the trailer are spinning at a rate that would equal about 70 - 75 mph if your truck tires were spinning that fast. If the tires are 15 D then don't go any faster than about 65 mph. if they are 14D, I'd go no faster than 60. If they are 13D , I'd rent a different trailer. What could happen is the bearings in the hub will overheat and....well.....they'll blow. Which will destroy the spindle on the axle, ruin the races in the hub, if not the whole hub its self, or cause the tire to break away from the axle and you'll lose your entire wheel. Of course, you may get lucky. I've seen it all, and I have fixed it all. Because I build and service trailers everyday. For a 5x8: axle 120$ + bearing kit 15$ + hub 30$ = 165$ Plus cost of grease and other shop supplies and labor would be about 150$ So you'd be looking at a bill of about 350$ AT LEAST. So if you damage it, be sure and bring it to me... and I'll fix it for ya.

Answer 3

I moved from Tennessee to Texas and found Budget Rent A Truck the best value. UHaul has the oldest trucks, Penske/Ryder is the most expensive and Budget was the most reasonable. I towed my vehicle behind the truck with a car dolly as well

Answer 4

U haul has a bad safety record. I have used Budget and bought cars from them. Uhaul was exposed on tv CTV in canada did a story on them...

Answer 5

I have rented both u-haul and budget and most u-haul trucks and trailers are trash.The spend very little money to keep up the fleet.Budget keeps there fleet up to specs and are safety minded.Best of luck with your move.

Answer 6

Well, if your going with a trailer (one to hook up to a hitch), than Budget would be best, if your going with a vehicle than it might be better to go with U-Haul.

Answer 7

id say u-haul