Date:         Tue, 17 Feb 2004 01:43:33 -0800
Reply-To:     Rob <rob_b9@LYCOS.COM>
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From:         Rob <rob_b9@LYCOS.COM>
Subject:      Re: o/t truck rentals...moving
In-Reply-To:  <40318A92.8030308@gull.us>
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At  2/16/2004 07:29 PM, you wrote:
>Bob Stevens wrote:
>>David Brodbeck wrote:
>>"They have improved their equipment a lot in the last few years, though."
>>
>>I was cruising home this weekend from St. George, UT doing maybe 80 and a
>>UHaul passes me like I was doing 50. They have improved their EQP. This was
>>a fairly good sized "box" and about 16' or so. It was bright, shiny and new.
>
>Yeah, the one I rented to tow my '82 with a couple years ago looked
>brand new and had a V-10 engine and an automatic transmission with
>overdrive.  Very different from the 55-mph governed, manual-shift trucks
>you used to get.

There are still old manual shift trucks in the system, I used one to move
from MN last Aug. It was a big one & diesel .



Rob

rob_b9@lycos.com
Now in western Washington, USA