| If you're considering truck rental, please consider the following reasons why your
driving a heavily loaded truck on the public highways might not be the most desirable alternative compared to an inexpensive MoveAmerica U-Load™ Move:
With MoveAmerica, you don't drive the truck. Our pros do it for you. Even for a professional,
driving a large and heavily loaded truck over long distances in all kinds of weather and traffic conditions is
serious and tiring work, and requires a great deal of care and skill. Longer trips mean more cost in motels and meals. With MoveAmerica, you can
drive your car at your own pace or fly.
- MoveAmerica pays for all the truck costs, including gas, oil, tolls, permits, fuel surcharges, truck insurance, tags, and licenses. We also pay for a
professional driver operating a professionally maintained tractor and trailer. Your savings on gas, oil, and tolls alone can save you many hundreds of dollars.
- Driving a large, heavily loaded truck in heavy traffic, at night, and during inclement weather such as rain, snow, ice, and fog can be dangerous even for a
professional driver. You are not a professional, and most likely do not having the training and experience for this kind of driving. A fully loaded truck can be hard
to stop and difficult to safely change lanes or backup. Why put yourself at this kind of risk when MoveAmerica can do it for you for less cost?
- Driving a rental truck is slowwwwwwww. You will only average about 45mph with a
truck rental. This means a coast to coast trip will take 58 hours of driving plus stops for
gas, rest, etc.
- Driving a rental truck is uncomfortable. After the first 10 miles, your kidneys will wish they were somewhere else. Like your own car.
- Driving a rental truck is noisy. Noise fatigue can be just as tiring as other fatigue.
- A MoveAmerica move normally costs no more than paying for the truck rental not even including the cost of gas, oil, and truck insurance. Amazingly, it can be thousands!
of dollars less than truck rental.
- Driving a truck rental is hard, physically tiring work. The larger trucks especially require a lot of force to turn and stop compared to a car.
- The cab of a rental truck is not a "child or people friendly" environment. Its crowded, uncomfortable, and there isn't any place for the passengers to stretch out or sleep. Cars are much better for this.
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You don't have to worry about breakdowns, flat tires, accidents, or running out of gas in the middle of "Nowhere, U.S.A." with MoveAmerica. Did you ever notice that rental trucks don't carry spare tires?
- In case of accident involving the rental truck, you may be held liable for the cost of repairs. Even with extra cost "truck insurance", you are still on the hook for the first $1000. And
with no "truck insurance", you can be stuck with up to $5000 in bills.
- If your rental truck blows an engine, clutch, or other part you can be held liable for the full cost of repairs if the rental truck company says you were abusive to the vehicle, or forgot to top up on oil or water.
- You don't have to worry about equipment availability with MoveAmerica. We guarantee it! A rental
truck company might not have any equipment left on the day of your move, which could leave you "high and dry" just when you need one the most.
- With MoveAmerica, you don't have to pick up the rental truck, wait in line to rent it, bring it back, or wait for it to be inspected when you turn it in.
- You don't have to put up a security deposit. The truck rental company holds your
deposit (and your credit card number) until they are certain the truck isn't damaged.
- You're not tied down to a fixed number of days before you're charged for the truck. To avoid extra daily charges you will be forced to load and unload in one day and drive the
rental truck up to 8 hours a day.
- At MoveAmerica U-Load™, your price is based on the actual space you use in our trailers, saving you money on unused space compared to a truck rental.
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