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...
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Meet the Team: Hap Carty
Hap Carty is a U-Haul pioneer whose U-Haul story dates back to the Company’s beginning in 1945 when his sister, Anna Mary Carty Shoen, co-founded U-Haul. Here, in his own words,...
#UhaulFamous Photos from San Antonio
This year's Migration Trends Report is out and at No. 4, we have San Antonio. If you're moving to San Antonio, you are likely moving there for one of these three reasons: the job...
#UhaulFamous Photos from Orlando
This year's Migration Trends Report is out and at No. 5, we have Orlando. If you're moving to Orlando, Florida, you're most likely moving for one of these three reasons: the...
U-Haul Technical Center and Test Track
Opened in June 1970, the U-Haul Technical Center in Tempe, Arizona, is the source of many of the Company's product innovations and advancements. In its early days, 84 people...
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...
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 …...
U-Haul Starts Serving Canada
2015 marks U-Haul Company’s 60th year of serving do-it-yourself movers in Canada. In 1955, U-Haul opened for business with dealerships in Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta and...
1,000th U-Haul Dealer
From its inception in 1945, U-Haul relied on local business owners becoming trailer rental “agents” (called U-Haul Dealers today). In fact, if a person was moving to a location...