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Truck Rental Guide
Truck rental is not as easy as it sounds. Making the right decision while choosing a proper truck rental agency or company is of prime importance, because after all that preliminary packing and packaging, it is the transportation that counts. All the packing of your wine glasses and furniture, fragile and hard items alike, are only to make sure that they remain in one piece while being transported.
There are a number of pointers that you should take notice of before renting a truck from a truck rental company. A truck rental guide is your ultimate solution for such an issue. Truck rental guides are available freely throughout the Internet, in forums, in moving Websites etc. A truck rental guide will help you pick the best truck and or storage rental company in your area, in your city by equipping you with all the information and pointers you will require to rent a truck of any capacity.
• Make sure that all your goods are packaged properly before they are loaded into the truck. Truck rental companies are usually not liable to any damage arising due to negligence on the hand of the customer owing to lack of packaging.

• Numbering all the goods that were placed in the trucks, and making a list of them is also very important.

• Make sure all items are sealed thoroughly and are non-open able. This is to make sure you can identify that a particular package has been tampered with or opened up.

• List out any expensive items that you are sending via the truck. It is best to avoid this as far as possible. There are special truck rentals for expensive and special items like antiques and art.
• Check the insurance papers of your goods, and make sure the trucker has a good track record of transportation and driving.

• Do a good back up check on the reputation of the truck rental to make sure they are not match stick men or bad service providers.

• Some truck rentals allow customers to track the position of the truck at all times, by installing a GPS device in the truck.

• Also procure quotes form a number of other competitive truck rental companies in order to get a fair idea of the basic estimates towards your truck rental.

As you may have noticed, some things are less obvious but equally important. This is where a truck rental guide can save you undue worries and stress!
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choose your size
Cargo Van 10' Truck 16' Truck 24' Truck
Capacity 1-2 rooms 1-2 rooms 3-4 rooms 5-8 rooms
Cubic Feet 309 380 800 1,380
Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW) 7,200 lbs. 8,600 lbs. 11,500 lbs. 25,500 lbs.
Payload Weight 2,200 lbs. 3,100 lbs. 3,400 lbs. 12,000 lbs.
Clearance 8’ 6" 9’ 0" 11’ 6" 13’ 6"
Interior (Length)
Interior (Width)
Interior (Height)
11’
5’ 0"
4’ 4"
10’
6’ 3"
6’ 0"
15’ 7"
7’ 5"
6’ 5"
24’
7’ 5"
7’ 5"
Rear Door (Height)
Rear Door (Width)
4’ 0"
4’ 6"
5’ 5"
5’ 9"
6’ 5"
7’ 3"
7’ 0"
7’ 3"
Load Ramp Width NA NA 2’ 3" 2’ 4"
Load Ramps    
Air Conditioning
Automatic Transmission
Power Steering
Power Brakes
AM/FM Stereo
No Wheel Wells  
Dual Faced Mirrors  
Tie Down Slats  
Seat Belts / Seats 2 2 2 3
Fuel Tank 35 Gallon 35 Gallon 35 Gallon 55 Gallon
         



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