• henfredemars@infosec.pub
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    If I need a truck I’ll rent one from U-Haul. They’re not that expensive.

    Owning a truck? That’s pretty expensive for someone like me who just needs a small car to get around. Also avoids that problem.

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        I find if I’m going far distances, home Depot is actually better. Around town U-Haul is usually better.

        Which is kinda ironic, as it’s inverse to what they advertise for.

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          Really? HD you get unlimited miles for $20, albeit only for 75 minutes. But if you just need to pick up something heavy you can’t beat that deal

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            23 hours ago

            And a full day unlimited miles is only $130. Where uhaul truck 24hrs and 200 miles is $138. 500 miles $285.

            Stay in town though. Go ~40 miles and have it for a day. U-Haul is ~$60 compared to HD at $130.

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          as it’s inverse to what they advertise for.

          Probably why they can charge the price structure they do, maximizing their profit for the most common use case they see.

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          They also usually rent out equipment, like carpet cleaners, post-hole diggers, large drain snakes, etc. And relatively cheap for the one time possibly in your lifetime you need to use it.

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          Yeah, that’s definitely the cheapest option if you only need the truck for an hour or two to carry something home. Actually I think it’s free if you are fast enough, just have to pay for gas.

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              8 hours ago

              You don’t need to buy anything, I’ve rented the truck from home Depot to carry unrelated items before.

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              There is usually a mileage bit on there too, its X miles for Y hours sort of thing iirc.

              Still can be relatively cheap BTW, just saying its not pure time as of the last time I did it. Which was to move a few slabs of butcher block for my desk, so that was about 4-5 years ago.