Pre-Planning Your Move Prior to Picking Up Your Truck Rental and Trailer
Not long ago, I was talking to an acquaintance who had moved across the country and decided to move himself.
He was moving from New York City to the beach out in California.
He rented a U-Haul truck, and a trailer, and he drove across the country in four days and then found out he could not move into his new apartment because it hadn't been cleaned, and wasn't ready yet.
He spent the next three days in a hotel parking lot, and the hotel manager asked him to leave because they didn't want a U-Haul truck out front.
Okay so let's talk about some of the other challenges my friend experienced.
When he finally did get to his high-end apartment in Malibu California he pulled up, backed in and started to unload the trailer.
Then he had the bigger furniture, but the ramp was in the back of the U-Haul truck between the rear bumper and the box.
Therefore he had to unhook the trailer and the truck to get the ramp out.
Of course, as soon as he did this, someone noted that they couldn't get their car out because he was blocking part of the road.
They threatened him, because if he didn't move his truck, or rather the U-Haul truck fast enough then they were going to call the police.
Therefore, he hooked the truck back up move the trailer, let the other driver get their car out, and then unhooked it again and parked the truck down the street.
Unfortunately, as he got the last piece of furniture out of the back of the trailer onto the ramp, the front of the trailer came off the ground and the whole thing sat on the back bumper of the trailer, with the front sticking up in the air.
So then, he had to hook the truck back up to prevent this from happening.
But then he was blocking the street again, and he made other neighbors angry, just what he needed when he was moving into a brand-new gated neighborhood and luxury apartment complex.
After emptying the trailer, he had to drive it down the street to find a place to park it.
It was too big to fit in any space, and the tongue of the trailer was sticking into a red zone.
The parking enforcement came along and gave him a ticket, which ended up about $200 and there was another note that it would be towed away within the next three hours if it was not was moved.
He figured he had to hurry up and unload his truck, but he ran out of time.
So we locked up the apartment, locked up the truck, and drove the trailer down to the grocery store nearby and parked it there with a note on it not to tow it, he'd be back in two hours.
What a hassle he had, and after he told me the story I realized that I should probably write an article about this so that anyone else who wants to move themselves across the country should consider a pre-planning strategy for their truck and trailer rental.
Please consider all this and think on it.
He was moving from New York City to the beach out in California.
He rented a U-Haul truck, and a trailer, and he drove across the country in four days and then found out he could not move into his new apartment because it hadn't been cleaned, and wasn't ready yet.
He spent the next three days in a hotel parking lot, and the hotel manager asked him to leave because they didn't want a U-Haul truck out front.
Okay so let's talk about some of the other challenges my friend experienced.
When he finally did get to his high-end apartment in Malibu California he pulled up, backed in and started to unload the trailer.
Then he had the bigger furniture, but the ramp was in the back of the U-Haul truck between the rear bumper and the box.
Therefore he had to unhook the trailer and the truck to get the ramp out.
Of course, as soon as he did this, someone noted that they couldn't get their car out because he was blocking part of the road.
They threatened him, because if he didn't move his truck, or rather the U-Haul truck fast enough then they were going to call the police.
Therefore, he hooked the truck back up move the trailer, let the other driver get their car out, and then unhooked it again and parked the truck down the street.
Unfortunately, as he got the last piece of furniture out of the back of the trailer onto the ramp, the front of the trailer came off the ground and the whole thing sat on the back bumper of the trailer, with the front sticking up in the air.
So then, he had to hook the truck back up to prevent this from happening.
But then he was blocking the street again, and he made other neighbors angry, just what he needed when he was moving into a brand-new gated neighborhood and luxury apartment complex.
After emptying the trailer, he had to drive it down the street to find a place to park it.
It was too big to fit in any space, and the tongue of the trailer was sticking into a red zone.
The parking enforcement came along and gave him a ticket, which ended up about $200 and there was another note that it would be towed away within the next three hours if it was not was moved.
He figured he had to hurry up and unload his truck, but he ran out of time.
So we locked up the apartment, locked up the truck, and drove the trailer down to the grocery store nearby and parked it there with a note on it not to tow it, he'd be back in two hours.
What a hassle he had, and after he told me the story I realized that I should probably write an article about this so that anyone else who wants to move themselves across the country should consider a pre-planning strategy for their truck and trailer rental.
Please consider all this and think on it.
