U-Haul
U-Haul is a company that provides truck rentals and moving boxes. It has been active since 1945 and started from the need of it.[1]
In 1945, Leonard Shoen and his wife wanted to move from Los Angeles to Portland and found out nobody would rent them an one-way trailer. Shoen, who had just gotten out from the US Navy from World War II, found a need to have families move locations on their own. He started U-Haul at that year, with the company comparing the trucks to the covered wagons of the early frontier.[2]
The trucks were originally painted black and were hard to see, but were later painted orange and white when Shoen got hit in a four-way intersection.[3]
People in California from 2021 had moved out so much that U-Haul ran out of trucks.[4] There is a lot of business from California and New York. There are also a lot of people moving into Chicago.[5]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Media Relations | U-Haul". U-Haul International. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
- ↑ "14 Things You Might Not Know About U-Haul". Mental Floss. 2015-10-27. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
- ↑ Hanson, Dana (2018-12-22). "18 Things You Didn't Know About U-Haul". Money Inc. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
- ↑ "Did U-Haul run out of trucks as Californians fled the state?". The Sacromento Bee. 2022-08-09. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
- ↑ "U-Haul Growth Index: Texas is the No. 1 Growth State of 2021 | U-Haul". U-Haul International. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
