{"id":160,"date":"2008-03-25T23:39:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-26T06:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=160"},"modified":"2022-10-22T18:02:39","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T01:02:39","slug":"alex-and-timmys-not-so-excellent-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2008\/03\/25\/alex-and-timmys-not-so-excellent-adventure\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex and Timmy&#8217;s Not-So-Excellent U-Haul Adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My brothers, Alex and Tim, are stranded somewhere in the middle of nowhere Canada.<\/p>\n<p>They left Alaska Thursday morning in a U-Haul vacuum packed with my Mother&#8217;s possessions and headed South to the Seattle area. The trip can be made in three days if you have two drivers and don&#8217;t stop to sleep. That is also provided you are driving a vehicle that has been maintained a little better than a U-Haul.<\/p>\n<p>This little adventure has netted the boys so far (on separate occasions): brake lights out, engine light on, lost power, fuel line failure, lost second gear, RPMs won&#8217;t go over 200. Responses from U-Haul have included repeatedly hanging up on the boys and one assistant manager stating that U-Haul doesnt pay him enough to drive out there with a new rig to swap them out. They did finally send a tow truck so now I&#8217;m hoping they&#8217;ll get moving in the right direction.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently we&#8217;re not the only one to have trouble with U-Haul. A quick google search came up with a list of sites like this:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.uhaul-sucks.com\/<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.uhaulstory.org\/<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/uhaulisbad.com\/<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.ejovi.net\/2005\/08\/25\/uhaul-is-the-worst\/<\/p>\n<p>Update: the boys arrived safely a little before midnight Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a href=\"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2014\/09\/juggle-cancer-parenting\/border-pink\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7071\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7071\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2014\/09\/01\/juggle-cancer-parenting\/border-pink\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/border-pink.png?fit=640%2C89\" data-orig-size=\"640,89\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"border-pink\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/border-pink.png?fit=640%2C89\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7071\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/border-pink.png?resize=640%2C89\" alt=\"coffeejitters border pink\" width=\"640\" height=\"89\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/border-pink.png?w=640 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/border-pink.png?resize=300%2C41 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My brothers, Alex and Tim, are stranded somewhere in the middle of nowhere Canada. They left Alaska Thursday morning in a U-Haul vacuum packed with my Mother&#8217;s possessions and headed South to the Seattle area. The trip can be made in three days if you have two drivers and don&#8217;t stop to sleep. 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