U-Haul Mysteriously Returned After Missing For 14 Years

When we really think about it, the idea of U-Haul is a little bit crazy. At the end of the day, I guess that everything works out but just handing over the keys to a box truck or a trailer to somebody with no experience seems like an awful idea. However, as reality has it, the company has a relatively successful business that has withstood the test of time, helping people with their moving needs since 1945.

Anybody who needs a truck and has a valid driver’s license can walk into a U-Haul office and slap down a couple of bucks to borrow one of their machines. Once borrowing the machine, there is a strict return policy and anyone who doesn’t return their vehicle on time is probably going to be charged a nice little late fee.

What happens, though, if somebody returns their U-Haul incredibly late? We aren’t talking about being late by a day or two. Instead, what would happen if a U-Haul ended up going missing for some 14 years?

We would be inclined to think that the company would probably end up going after the person who rented it in some way. Perhaps they would end up just charging the credit card on file for what it costs to replace U-Haul’s property after a certain period of time.

This time, though, we check in with the U-Haul trailer rental that apparently slipped through the cracks. In fact, just before the news report below was put together, U-Haul had decided that they wanted to head out and look for the trailer that was missing for 14 years. Why? We couldn’t tell you. Coincidentally, though, the trailer that had been missing for more than a decade had mysteriously shown up at a rental office around that time.

If somebody were to rent out the trailer for as long as this person had it, it would end up costing $153,000 and some change. It would be even more than that when considering the taxes affiliated with such a rental.

U-Haul did end up getting back its trailer after all that time but they decided that it would just be sent off for scrap. We are told that they don’t plan on pressing charges, either.