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...
50 Years: U-Haul Celebrates Five Decades of Joe Shoen’s Leadership - Hundreds of current and retired Team Members, Shoen family members, a Phoenix councilmember, and a U.S. Representative gathered July 31 at the Shoen Family Conference and Fitness Center on the U-Haul Midtown Campus to mark a milestone that few executives can claim: 50 years of leadership from U-Haul Chairman and CEO Joe Shoen. The celebration… Read More50 Years: U-Haul Celebrates Five Decades of Joe Shoen’s Leadership - Hundreds of current and retired Team Members, Shoen family members, a Phoenix councilmember, and a U.S. Representative gathered July 31 at the Shoen Family Conference and Fitness Center on the U-Haul Midtown Campus to mark a milestone that few executives can claim: 50 years of leadership from U-Haul Chairman and CEO Joe Shoen. The celebration… Read More
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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...
Tim Quid is #UhaulFamous
What is #UhaulFamous? You’ve probably seen the photos on U-Haul trucks, documenting people’s moving adventures during the last 70 years or so. They’re part of the #UhaulFamous...
U-Haul’s 2014 Volunteer of the Year
How does one earn the title, Volunteer of the Year, you ask? It takes a lot of selfless giving, hard work, and a heart of gold. Here at U-Haul, we love giving back to our...
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
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...
Meet U-Haul Boxman Elvis
TUPELO, Miss.—There’s been another Elvis Presley sighting. And this time, it appears the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll was just visiting his old stomping grounds. Or is that just U-Haul...
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...
Celebrating the Longest-Serving U-Haul Dealership
GALVESTON, Texas—Before the moon landing in 1969, before the Beatles came to America in 1964, before Elvis' racy hips made their shocking debut on national television in 1956 …...
The Future is Now: U-Haul is Using Robots
U-Haul Team members take the Company's Primary Service Objective (PSO) seriously: “To provide a better and better product and service to more and more people at a lower and lower...
Cooper Celebrates 55-Years With U-Haul
SOMERSET, Ky.—Times sure have changed since 1956. But for the people of Somerset—several generations of them—one thing has stayed the same: Cooper Brother Citgo and U-Haul...
Sharing U-Haul Trucks and Trailers
Many people have heard the quote, “All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten.” It comes from the book of the same name by Robert Fulghum. What’s the first lesson on the...