Press Start to Rent: Bakersfield eSports Center Caters to California Gamers, DIY Movers

U-Haul “8 for 80” Dealer Series  In celebration of our 80th anniversary in 2025, we are highlighting eight small businesses serving as U-Haul dealers who have teamed with us to bring DIY moving products and services to their communities. These dealers may be old...

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The Very First U-Haul Trucks

The Very First U-Haul Trucks

Perhaps nothing is as synonymous with U-Haul as moving trucks. Whether you're in a congested city or driving along a two-lane road in a rural area, odds are it won't be long...

The Hale Family: Putting Themselves on the Map

The Hale Family: Putting Themselves on the Map

MERCER, Pa.—In 1958, the Brooklyn Dodgers played their first game as the Los Angeles Dodgers, the New York Giants became the San Francisco Giants and Cliff Hale first stepped up...

Sustainable Mobility

Sustainable Mobility

In the U.S. and Canada, residential mobility is a need, NOT a want. More than 50 million people in North America move every year and the average U.S. resident moves 11 times in a...

Meet the Team: Bob Dudley

Meet the Team: Bob Dudley

Bob Dudley is the project manager for the U-Haul Truck Product Group. Here, in his own words, he explains how he ended up at U-Haul and why he’s stayed with the Company for more...

WOWed in Translation

WOWed in Translation

EL MONTE, Calif.—Math may be the universal language. But in the U-Haul universe, excellent customer service is a language we all speak. This is especially true with Inez...

Woody’s Service Center and U-Haul Dealership

Woody’s Service Center and U-Haul Dealership

LA GRANGE, Ga.—Hearing the familiar ding, the attendant of a small-town service station heads out to greet the customer at the driver’s-side window. “Afternoon, Mrs. Thompson,”...

First International U-Box Container Shipment

First International U-Box Container Shipment

When the U-Box Program launched in June 2008, the Company’s first portable storage solution was tested in eight markets. Since then, the growth has been rapid. Just three years...

U-Haul Pioneers Dick and Butch Ostendorf

U-Haul Pioneers Dick and Butch Ostendorf

As U-Haul celebrates its 70th anniversary in 2015, we’re taking a look back at some of the people who helped make U-Haul what it is today. Here, we honor Dick and Butch...

Why U-Haul Orange?

Why U-Haul Orange?

U-Haul orange … it’s been the company color virtually since day one. In the original merchandising of U-Haul trailers in 1945, co-founders L.S. and Anna Mary Shoen’s first...

U-Haul Adaptive Reuse Program

U-Haul Adaptive Reuse Program

In the U.S., construction and demolition (C&D) waste is about 143 million metric tons annually that is for the most part landfilled. According to a recent Wayne State...

Looking Back: U-Haul Self-Storage

Looking Back: U-Haul Self-Storage

In 1974, U-Haul entered the self-storage industry to meet the changing business environment and the needs of our customers. Early self-storage units consisted of chain-link...