Plymouth Fury

"Robin Banks" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 11:18:56 GMT, "dreas" > wrote:
>
> > I could probably get one easily when U-Haul flips over its current
pickup
> > fleet...
>
> Err, I dunno. I had a friend that was a UHaul manager. I was in the
market
> for a box van kind of truck (for a company I worked for), and they've got
> those PU front end with a box on it kind of trucks, so I was shopping. My
> buddy warned me strongly not to buy it, and told me to go to Ryder or
> Hertz/Penske instead.

Hmmm. The larger trucks from U-Haul look like they've been around for
a long time, but their pickups and regular cargo vans look like new. You can
always get one from Hertz, Avis, Enterprise, Budget, etc.

> He said that UHaul has a tendancy to run their trucks into the ground
before
> offing them, whereas Ryder/Penske do it at regular intervals.
>
> He himself bought a used Ryder van (which said something to me), so that's
> what I did... bought a Ryder, and the company's still using it. (8 years
> later.)
>
> Just a background story. Your milage may vary, all standard disclaimers
> apply, contents may have settled in shipping, etc, etc. :-)

Every data point is a good data point...

-'dreas