U-Haul Closes Repair Shop in West Columbia

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (March 5, 2019) — Columbia Repair, a U-Haul-owned maintenance shop at 400 Orchard Road I-26 in West Columbia, closed its doors on Feb. 11.

The location had serviced U-Haul equipment since 1988, according to U-Haul Company of South Carolina president Zakee Roberts.

Regional U-Haul equipment will continue to be serviced at the new Columbia Repair facility at 2800 Two Notch Road in Columbia, which opened on Jan. 7 at the site of a former Ford® dealership. The new property will also include a full-service U-Haul store and serve as home to the Company’s regional marketing company offices.

Local U-Haul Companies are always exploring opportunities for growth as they pursue means to better meet the needs of customers, but sometimes find it necessary to close or relocate facilities, or cease certain business operations at locations.

Reasons for closures can include: long-term strategic plans; physical plant limitations; shifts in demographics; trends in migration; expansion of the U-Haul neighborhood dealer network; and proximity to other new or existing U-Haul stores or shops.

Ten Team Members will be let go due to the closing services as the West Columbia repair shop.

Find U-Haul store and neighborhood dealer locations near you at uhaul.com/locations.

About U-Haul

Since 1945, U-Haul has been the No. 1 choice of do-it-yourself movers, with a network of more than 21,000 locations across all 50 states and 10 Canadian provinces. U-Haul Truck Share 24/7 now offers customers access to U-Haul trucks every hour of every day through the self-service options on their internet-connected mobile devices. U-Haul customers’ patronage has enabled the U-Haul fleet to grow to 161,000 trucks, 118,000 trailers and 42,000 towing devices. U-Haul offers nearly 632,000 rooms and 55.2 million square feet of self-storage space at owned and managed facilities throughout North America. U-Haul is the largest installer of permanent trailer hitches in the automotive aftermarket industry and is the largest retailer of propane in the U.S.

 Contact:

Andrea Batchelor

Jeff Lockridge

E-mail: publicrelations@uhaul.com

Phone: 602-263-6981

Website: uhaul.com