From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 19 04:53:29 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22F2D16A407 for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:53:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from reed@reedmedia.net) Received: from ca.pugetsoundtechnology.com (ca.pugetsoundtechnology.com [38.99.2.247]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1227413C45A for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:53:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from reed@reedmedia.net) Received: from pool-71-123-204-253.dllstx.fios.verizon.net ([71.123.204.253] helo=reedmedia.net) by ca.pugetsoundtechnology.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.54) id 1HeOGY-0005Y1-MB; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:29:06 -0700 Received: from reed@reedmedia.net by reedmedia.net with local (mailout 0.17) id 6879-1176956942; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 23:29:03 -0500 Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 23:29:01 -0500 (CDT) From: "Jeremy C. Reed" To: Dan Langille In-Reply-To: <4626ACE3.4284.D22E732@dan.langille.org> Message-ID: References: <4626ACE3.4284.D22E732@dan.langille.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Penske or Budget? X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:53:29 -0000 On Wed, 18 Apr 2007, Dan Langille wrote: > If you had to rent a 10' or 16' truck for a 1500 mile trip, would you > pick Penske or Budget? Or another suggestion ... We used ABF to ship our belongings about 2270 highway miles. They dropped off a trailer for a few days at our home, we packed it with friends, and they picked it up and drove it for us. Then they delivered the trailer when we requested. (Also they can charge on a partial truck load too, so maybe 10' or 16' is possible.) We figured it would cost about the same to have them drive the truck versus us using Budget and paying for expensive fuel, food, motel rooms, my loss of time, and -- in our case -- a flight home so I could drive a second time with my family. Have a look at ABF to see if their prices compare. The awesome thing about us choosing to use ABF is that we could drive at our own pace and visit many sites and friends versus being on a quick timeline driving a rental truck (which may not even perform like you want). We also looked at storage containers like PODS and another similar company but they cost a lot more than ABF and they are a lot smaller. Jeremy C. Reed