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U-Haul Trailer Practices Raise Car Accident Risk, Newspaper Reports

National News • June 26, 2007
The nation's largest provider of rental trailers says it is "highly conservative'' about safety, but a newspaper investigation revealed that company practices have actually increased the risk of ...

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Subject: U-Haul - Unsafe-Haul

Posted On: June 26, 2007, 1:21 pm CDT
Posted By: Rolf Neu
Comment:
The 'U' in U-Haul should stand for "Unsafe". I think you only need to look at U-Haul's trucks and trailers to see that much of it is old and not well maintained. U-Haul's only real value is its trademark. The best thing that can happen is someone will buy the brand and make the much needed capital investment.

The millions the Shoen family spent over the years fighting amongst themselves should have been spent on maintenance, repairs and replacement of their fleet of trucks and trailers.

The good news is there are other rental firms including Penske, Ryder trucks and now even Enterprise.
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