• ironhydroxide
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      3 个月前

      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.

      • LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world
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        3 个月前

        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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          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.

      • exasperation@lemm.ee
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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.

      • TheDoozer@lemmy.world
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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.

      • __Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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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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          Huh! They could buy a board, take the truck to pick up a friend at the airport, return the truck and the board…

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

          • curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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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.