{"id":36372,"date":"2023-06-23T10:59:24","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T17:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/?p=36372"},"modified":"2023-06-21T10:59:40","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T17:59:40","slug":"total-weight-you-can-haul-in-a-moving-truck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/23\/total-weight-you-can-haul-in-a-moving-truck\/","title":{"rendered":"Total Weight You Can Haul in a Moving Truck"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Depending on what stage you&#8217;re at in life, you may have a&nbsp;<em>lot&nbsp;<\/em>of things to haul in your upcoming move. The question for some may be, &#8220;Should I rent a moving truck for all my stuff, or will my friend&#8217;s van work?&#8221; While for others, the answer to that is obvious, and the real mystery is whether even a moving truck can haul&nbsp;it all in one trip. After all, every vehicle has its limits! So this begs the question, &#8220;What is the total weight you can haul in a moving truck?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the most part, any moving truck that can fit your household items should have no problem handling their combined weight. However, if you&#8217;re hauling heavier-than-average items such as workout equipment, you may want to double-check to ensure your rental truck can take it. Here&#8217;s the total weight you can carry in a moving truck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What Fits in a 20&#039; Moving Truck\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6QJ1eOKnnts?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/How-Much-Can-I-HauL-683x1024.png\" alt=\"Total weight you can haul in a moving truck\" class=\"wp-image-56635\" width=\"374\" height=\"560\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Size of the Truck in the Haul<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A popular quote by Mark Twain&nbsp;goes, &#8220;It&#8217;s not the size of the dog in the fight, it&#8217;s the size of the fight in the dog.&#8221; While that quote may be inspirational for dogs and other small mammals worldwide, it doesn&#8217;t hold true&nbsp;for moving trucks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The weight a truck can handle will increase as the truck&#8217;s size does (with a few exceptions). For instance, our 10&#8242; truck can carry 2,850 pounds. Meanwhile, a 26&#8242; truck can carry up to 12,859 pounds. The image to the right gives you a breakdown of the different size trucks that U-Haul offers and how much weight each one can haul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/Truck-Rentals\/?utm_campaign=uhaulsm&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=truckshare&amp;utm_content=20230511-totalweightyoucan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a> if you need further information about each truck&#8217;s capabilities. Simply click on the&nbsp;photo of the size you want more information on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more moving tips, follow us on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uhaul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/uhaul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/uhaul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/uhaul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pinterest<\/a>!&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Depending on what stage you&#8217;re at in life, you may have a&nbsp;lot&nbsp;of things to haul in your upcoming move. The question for some may be, &#8220;Should I rent a moving truck for all my stuff, or will my friend&#8217;s van work?&#8221; While for others, the answer to that is obvious, and the real mystery is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":56636,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,194,10,198],"tags":[498,112,505,128,2169,181,184,185],"class_list":["post-36372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-moving-2","category-moving-trucks","category-packing-2","category-planning","tag-ask-the-expert-2","tag-moving","tag-moving-tips","tag-moving-truck","tag-planning","tag-truck","tag-u-haul","tag-uhaul"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36372"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56948,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36372\/revisions\/56948"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}