I can’t wait to share the roads with these!
Posted by NaturalFlan5360@reddit | Truckers | View on Reddit | 30 comments
Wow Uhaul, what a great idea! As if the 26’ trucks aren’t already a major hazard on the road… let’s put people who can hardly operate a bicycle in an even larger truck
NaturalFlan5360@reddit (OP)
https://www.uhaul.com/Truck-Rentals/29ft-Moving-Truck/
PotRoast666@reddit
If it ain't big enough, says on the website you can attach a trailer for extra room!
teachthisdognewtrick@reddit
Not sure on that. Was looking at prices for the truck plus a flatbed car carrier and the online system said not recommended. Might be a weight issue but I have my class a so we’ll see.
PotRoast666@reddit
Says so directly in the link. I bet any customer could argue their way into one with an inexperienced / unknowledgeable Uhaul rep. I'd attach a screen shot, but the sub won't let me.
teachthisdognewtrick@reddit
Might be the smaller trailer. I’d guess that the trailer plus car might be more weight than a loaded 6x12.
BadAtExisting@reddit
Me over here hoping this was AI. Nope!
teachthisdognewtrick@reddit
I was at U-Haul today getting boxes and the guy there hadn’t heard about these yet.
Maleficent_Lab8672@reddit
That's terrifying
Jamo3306@reddit
I guess there's big money in Box trucks.
teachthisdognewtrick@reddit
$3-4/mile. No idea the purchase price, but I’d guess a pretty good rate of return, depending on how many get banged up.
teachthisdognewtrick@reddit
I’m looking to move in the next couple of months. So I checked into this. It’s actually a couple hundred LESS for the 29 over the 26. But after a school bus and 53’ reefers it shouldn’t be too awful. Famous last words.
Fantastic_Argument27@reddit
Not too long ago, I saw a Freightliner M2 tractor with a U-Haul logo and DOT #'s. I had to look several times because I thought there was no way in all of heaven and hell that such a thing was possible. That truck in the picture could technically be run as a class C ONLY if it is registered for the max of 26,000 pounds GVW. Quite a few of our boxes are like that, have air brakes and air bag suspension, but only registered for 26k to keep it a Class C. And even though it is a Class C, it still has to pull into an open weigh station and it can get ticketed for overweight, since it is a commercial vehicle.
Danny4278@reddit
Its not being used for commercial use, no CDL required. Its a gasser with hydraulic brakes. It just has 3 more feet of box and a Peterbilt chassis under it.
DazednConfuzed62@reddit
It's not being used legally as a commercial vehicle!
Various-Blood-3902@reddit
The general public already drives huge rvs, so it’s nothing new
TripleTrucker@reddit
That’s a great point
Independent_Leg7358@reddit
Peterbuilt has hit a new low. Used to be the best dam trucks you could buy.
Now...
Mobius438@reddit
At least the renters have an excuse for not knowing how to drive a truck. What’s the deal with the rest of you?
JOliverScott@reddit
First FAQ: How big is a 29' truck? SMH
Wildcatb@reddit
Fair question, considering U-haul likes to undersize their stuff. This one seems to be a 26' box plus a cabover.
Immediate_Regular@reddit
Approximately 6 DeVitos.
1Stack_Mack@reddit
Big enough, but small enough to fit
Confident_Season1207@reddit
A lot of semi drivers can barely handle being on the road
navlgazer9@reddit
Yeah that tarp over the windshield is definilty a hazard
mxadema@reddit
Even dot stop looking at them, because they are 110% overloaded. And the driver is clueless as a kid doing driver z
voicareason@reddit
^(No cdl required.)
EnolaNek@reddit
Lovely! And “under 26k GVWR 😉” too.
JimBobPaul@reddit
Oh, fuck no. Between the idiots already using uhaul and the RV sundowners, we just can't win.
TopDogTransport4731@reddit
Soon a 40’ International box truck or a freightliner M112
deadpat03@reddit
We all know this is not targeting people moving their houses. Its targeting that driver moving 4000 gallons of chemicals from Texas to Illinois with a class E.