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Win a Tee! A Seven-Tee!
Now is your chance to win a 70th anniversary U-Haul t-shirt. A Seven-Tee! Get it? (I'll stop.) Wouldn't you just love to hang one of these limited-edition shirts in your closet?...
Reuse at U-Haul – Truck Bodies Given 2nd Life
After their truck-sharing days are over, many U-Haul trucks are sold to take on a variety of new uses for individuals and businesses. Others remain in the U-Haul family, but are...
Cullen Holyoak: 50 Years With U-Haul
For Cullen Holyoak, the dream of operating his own service station popped into his head when he was still a kid. “My father ran a service station when I was growing up,” Holyoak...
Meet the Team: Shannon Papa
In 1984, when U-Haul was still renting anything and everything, U-Haul Pioneer Shannon Papa began her career with the Company. She was hired to answer the phones at U-Haul Moving...
Wear U-Haul 70th Anniversary Apparel with pride
WWII veteran L.S. “Sam” Shoen and his wife Anna Mary Carty Shoen co-founded U-Haul in 1945 and created the do-it-yourself moving industry. They shared the hard work and put every...
U-Haul Dealer Pioneer Mary Hayden
Just nine years after U-Haul was founded, the Little Store and U-Haul Dealership in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, opened for business. Doyle “Chuck” Hayden became a U-Haul Dealer on...
Walker’s Service: 55 Years and Counting
Back when U-Haul rental equipment carried the message “ONE WAY ANYWHERE,” Lovell was just about as “anywhere” as you could get. Located in the north-central U.S. not far from the...
Meet the Team: Phil Schnee
Phil Schnee joined the U-Haul Team in 1953. During the years that have followed, he has amassed enough stories to fill a book—maybe two. Here, in his own words, he recounts some...
Top 5 Questions Asked by Our Customers
On the social media customer care team we encounter a wide variety of questions every day. Some we encounter on a daily basis, while others are a bit more uncommon. For instance,...
Rapid Rise in U-Haul Technicians Seeking Master Tech Status
Since its inception in 1945, U-Haul has prided itself on being a pioneer in the do-it-yourself moving industry. With the constant changes and advances in the automotive industry,...
U-Haul Reuses Former Harley-Davidson Facility in Wauwatosa
Known as the “city of homes,” Wauwatosa, Wis., is now home to a 394,840-square-foot U‑Haul store at 11700 West Capitol Drive. U-Haul acquired the former Harley-Davidson facility...