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Originally Posted by MandoMan
A couple weeks ago I tried to order up a POD in Allentown, PA, about 1050 miles from The Villages. I was told none would be available for six weeks, and it would cost $4,000 for a 10’ POD. So I called up U-Haul and rented a truck with a 10 foot box for a week or so later. Rental with insurance and taxes was $2250, and gas at 12 miles a gallon was about $300. I picked up the truck Thursday morning, and my son and I loaded it to the gills, mostly with books, CDs, DVDs, and bookcases. And one chair. I left the Allentown area at 3:30, spent the night in Roanoke, and parked in my driveway in The Villages at 7:30 Friday evening. It took 2 1/2 hours to unload the truck and, using my hand truck, wheel the boxes into the house. Then I swept and mopped the truck, showered, turned in the truck, and was home by noon. Driving a truck that short is easy—it uses a regular parking place! Lots of power. Pretty comfortable. I just wish it had cruise control.
Now I’m a frog—here till I croak.
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The Northeast is emptying out, If you try to get one right now, good luck. Did you look at the price of a Uhaul from FL to PA? I'm guessing about $650
In February, we ordered our pod for a May 23 drop off to NJ and a pickup of June 21, with a final delivery June 29. They were already talking about constraints last year, so we planned way ahead. We got a 16 footer and it was $3400 and that's with 2 month rental since we couldn't make 1 month work for us.