by Jeff Lockridge | Oct 28, 2026 | Featured Story, U-Haul Stories
U-Haul trucks are a familiar sight on North American roadways. The Company’s shared-use business model, affordable rates and accessible locations have been empowering people to move to a better life since 1945. Ever wonder how many miles those orange-clad U-Haul...
by Jeff Lockridge | Oct 28, 2026 | History & Culture, In the Community
U-Haul is the largest and oldest provider of self-storage in the City of Brotherly Love, with more than 13,000 rentable units and storage service dating to the 1970s. The commitment to Philadelphia is very intentional, and direct ties to several of the city’s most...
by Jeff Lockridge | Oct 19, 2026 | U-Haul Stories
At U-Haul, you could say orange is our color. It has been since 1946, just one year after our organization was founded. It’s on U-Haul storage doors, trucks, trailers, furniture and utility dollies, and plenty more. But it’s not just our color. Countless moving and...
by Jeff Lockridge | Oct 14, 2026 | Featured Story, History & Culture
Do you know orange came to be perpetually linked to America’s most iconic moving and self-storage company? Soon after U-Haul® was born in 1945, founder and WWII Navy veteran L.S. “Sam” Shoen was towing one of the Company’s first trailers through a four-way...
by Jeff Lockridge | Oct 8, 2026 | Featured Story, Media Relations
To help Canada’s forests better face the growing pressures of increasing wildfires, biodiversity loss, and extreme weather events, U-Haul® and national charity Forests Canada are launching a multi-year, national partnership called Healthy Forests for Future...
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