U-Haul History
Founded in 1945, this company began by renting trailers to help families move their belongings.
What is U-Haul?
This piece of equipment is commonly used to move heavy furniture and boxes while keeping them off the ground.
What is a dolly?
This is the famous color combination most associated with U-Haul trucks and trailers.
What are orange and white?
This is the term for renting a space to keep your belongings when you don't have room for them at home.
What is self-storage?
This husband-and-wife team founded U-Haul after World War II.
Who are Leonard and Anna Shoen?
This type of U-Haul equipment is designed to transport a customer's vehicle behind a moving truck.
What is a Auto Transport?
U-Haul offers this type of storage for customers who need a place to keep their belongings during a move.
What is self-storage?
This type of storage unit is located inside a building and can provide extra protection from outdoor weather.
What is an indoor storage unit?
U-Haul introduced its first SuperGraphics program featuring images representing states and provinces in this year.
What is 1988?
U-Haul was founded in this year, just after the end of World War II.
What is 1945?
This piece of equipment lets you tow a vehicle with its two front wheels off the ground.
What is a tow dolly?
This U-Haul product is designed to protect furniture from scratches, dirt, and damage during a move.
What is a furniture pad?
This type of storage unit is located outside with easy access but is not climate controlled.
What is Drive up Self Storage?
This special storage space above the cab is designed for smaller and more fragile items.
What is Mom's Attic?
The first U-Haul trailers were rented for this amount per day, according to the company's history.
What is $2 per day?
This is the maximum speed recommended by U-Haul for towing equipment.
What is 55 mph?
This U-Haul service is designed to help customers move their belongings without driving a rental truck themselves
What is U-Box?
A customer rents this type of U-Haul equipment for a qualifying move and may receive their first month of base storage rent free at a participating location.
What is a one-way truck or trailer rental?
U-Haul's SuperGraphics program began with graphics called "America's Moving Adventure" and this matching name for its northern neighbor.
What is "Canada's Moving Adventure"?
This was the name of the first U-Haul trailer, introduced in 1945.
What is the U-Haul trailer?
This U-Haul trailer feature helps protect a customer's belongings from weather during a move.
What is the enclosed trailer design?
U-Haul's famous advertising slogan tells customers they can "________" themselves.
What is "move"?
At a U-Haul storage facility, what does “Upper Level” mean when listed as a unit feature?
What is a storage unit located on the upper portion of a split-level area, which may require stair access?
By the end of 1949, U-Haul customers could rent a trailer one-way throughout most of this country.
What is the United States?