Daniel J. Stern
They beat the pants off of Ryder trucks, however. Last time I rented a Ryder, I got a 24 foot moving truck with, no lie, a 366 Chevy gas motor and automatic transmission. It also was speed limited at around 65-70 MPH, meaning that it was impossible to build up enough steam to make it up the hills on the PA turnpike without having to resort to hazard flashers. Oh, yeah, and it was 95 degrees out but the A-C was barely functional, and let's not forget that the guy that hooked up the car trailer for me didn't tighten the hitch up enough and the trailer fell off and was dragging on the safety chains as soon as I turned out of the Ryder parking lot.
AFAIK, the ancient Uhaul Fords that you are thinking of have been local use only for quite some time now, at least a decade, if there's even any left in their fleet. They won't rent them to you unless you return them to the same location you pick them up at, which pretty much says all you need to know about the confidence they have in them : That said, I've had no problems at all renting from Uhaul while my one Ryder experience was so awful I'll never rent from them again unless I have no choice. At least Uhaul uses Diesels in all their new trucks.
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