It's Trucking Time

"Aremmes" (aremmes) 03/21/2020 at 21:10 • Filed to: Just truck things, Movelopnik

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This whole coronavirus business did not impede the settlements of my old and new house from proceeding as planned. Fortunately, both title companies decided to keep their offices open yesterday, albeit ensuring that people kept their distances and desks have hand sanitizer available at all times. One of them even seems to have raided the toilet paper aisle early.

It’s a 1.5-hour drive between the old and new house, so I rented this 26-foot truck from U-Haul and have already emptied the storage unit into it. It’s an F-650 with the Triton V-10 gasser. This thing is ridiculous: the engine wheezes at the slightest goose of the go pedal, the wheels are either groasly unbalanced or have flat spots the size of Nebraska and make smooth roads feel like an overland adventure, the side mirrors are not adjustable, and the steering wheel can swing from LA to NY before the rest of the chassis follows.

Tomorrow I will empty the old house, give it a quick sweep, and say goodbye for the last time.

Goggles Pizzano > Aremmes 03/21/2020 at 23:03

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CarsofFortLangley mentioned he rented one to move recently. I asked about it e xpecting at least one story like the one of your tires but was surprised he had nothing bad to say.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Aremmes 03/21/2020 at 23:20

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I rented one that size.  I did fine, but those are far too big to be available to anyone.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Goggles Pizzano 03/21/2020 at 23:25

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Yeah, both times I was really blown away. But it was from a U-Haul office not some random lot

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Aremmes 03/21/2020 at 23:28

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I loved the two U-Hauls I rented, clean, worked well and service was great

Aremmes > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 03/22/2020 at 00:05

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This one is indeed clean and seemingly well sorted, but its maintenance has probably lacked in its 62k miles. Good brakes, though.

Aremmes > OPPOsaurus WRX 03/22/2020 at 00:07

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Driving it feels like a slightly larger E-350 with better brakes and double the fuel consumption.

Aremmes > Goggles Pizzano 03/22/2020 at 00:08

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I bet it's because U-Haul Canada is nicer than U-Haul USA.

jminer > Aremmes 03/22/2020 at 00:51

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Congrats on the successful buying/selling of a house! We had been talking about selling ours but with everything on pause right it seems like a bad idea.

I’ve rented a few uhaul trailers which were always manageable but not great and 2 trucks both of which were terrifying to drive. T he condition I mean - shimmying all the time and terrible brakes.

Aremmes > jminer 03/22/2020 at 08:49

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The news I heard from the realtors on Friday is that they’re not doing tours in person - which means that real estate agencies not equipped for virtual tours essentially have to shut down. Open houses are also out. Outside of that, the economic downturn will bring home prices down considerably like it’s 2008 all over again, so selling while things are still up will benefit you if you don’t have a lot of equity on your house.

Goggles Pizzano > Aremmes 03/22/2020 at 11:38

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Could be.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Aremmes 03/22/2020 at 12:11

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Most of our trucks are American