Help me pick a van rental

"Ryanator122" (hawkeye122) 01/19/2016 at 19:14 • Filed to: None

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Evening all,

I’m trying to move a bit of stuff(dining room table, couch, some boxes) from my mother’s house in Stockton to my place a few hours north. One of these would be awesome, but apparently U-haul won’t do a one-way rental on the Transits or F150s (according to the website at least)

I was thinking that a new transit would be better on fuel (and comfort) than a beat-to-hell, old Express with a box stapled to the chassis. Are there any rental companies I haven't thought of who still rent to 20-year-olds, and have a van of this sort? Are the box vans not as bad on fuel as I would assume?

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > Ryanator122 01/19/2016 at 19:18

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It’s been a few years since I was after a one way van rental so this may not still apply, but at the time nobody offered vans one way. Good luck to you though.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Ryanator122 01/19/2016 at 19:24

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Just get the small box truck. You won’t have to worry about studying everything and you don’t have to do the return trip

Straightsix9904 > Ryanator122 01/19/2016 at 19:25

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Why not just get the small truck? Isn’t it the same price?

Aaron M - MasoFiST > Ryanator122 01/19/2016 at 19:27

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Enterprise rents Nissan NV2500s, but probably not to 20-year olds.

Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed > Ryanator122 01/19/2016 at 19:35

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Recently drove a 10 ft Uhaul box van 800 miles. Yeah, your milage will be only like 12 mpg, but gas is so cheap right now anyway. Gas cost me $150 total, but I was towing a car and crossed the Appalachians. I recommend U haul bc they tend to have newer trucks than Penske or Budget.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Ryanator122 01/19/2016 at 19:50

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You can’t go wrong with the full size Ford E series (as pictures above).

Ballzonya > Aaron M - MasoFiST 01/19/2016 at 20:02

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Enterprise is better than the others in regards to age. They require you to be 21 versus 25 with most of the other big ones.

Frenchlicker > Ryanator122 01/19/2016 at 20:19

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Good luck finding a one way. That's a vehicle that doesn't rent very often and they don't want one sitting around in some random place.

Ryanator122 > Straightsix9904 01/19/2016 at 23:29

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It's about .25 per mile cheaper AND presumably better on fuel

Ryanator122 > Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed 01/19/2016 at 23:31

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Penske has unlimited mileage and guaranteed auxiliary input. That's where I'm at right now at least

Ryanator122 > Frenchlicker 01/19/2016 at 23:32

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That would be fair if there weren't Transits for rent both in my town and in Stockton.

Frenchlicker > Ryanator122 01/20/2016 at 08:07

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I’ll have to agree with you there. Gotta love rental companies right?