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You go rent an F-250 from Home Depot and let me know how that goes.

kesslern 5y ago
It's the smoothest car rental experience I've ever had. I checked the nearby Home Depots and one had a truck. I was in and out with the keys in 10 minutes. Drove to pick up a couch, delivered it, and brought the truck back. Parked it in the parking lot and walked in with the keys. It was about $30 and painless. What do you think is so bad about the process?
- bluGill 5y ago
  You must have missed the fine print that said it was only to haul lumber from that Home Depot to your house. As long as nothing goes wrong they don't care, but if something does go wrong the lawyers will jump on that.
- codyswann 5y ago
  1) There are three Home Depots near me. None of them offer diesels for rent 2) The $20 is for the first 75 minutes. I guess I'm wrong, but I couldn't imagine a use-case where you're only going to need the truck for 75 minutes. 3) Use restrictions. Home Depot greatly restricts what you can use the truck for, including no towing. 4) Availability. At the three HD's near me, good luck getting any rental truck let a lone a diesel (mentioned above). They're always checked out, sometimes weeks in advance.
  - jacurtis 5y ago
    > The $20 is for the first 75 minutes. I guess I'm wrong, but I couldn't imagine a use-case where you're only going to need the truck for 75 minutes. The idea is that you drive the truck home, unload it, then drive the truck back to the store and return it. If you live less than 30 minutes away from the Home Depot then it is completely reasonable amount of time. Example: 30 mins driving home + 15 mins unloading + 30 mins driving back = 75 minute rental. It seems very practical to me. Most people live less than 30 mins from a Home Depot. In fact Home Depot has an internal goal that they want 95% of Americans to live 15 mins or less from a Home Depot store. So if you fall into 95% of Americans, then you can rent a truck for 75 mins, spend 15 mins each way driving and have 45 minutes to unload or mess around before returning the car. Home Depot really rents the trucks with the idea that you drive to the store in your car, buy something at the store, use the truck to take it home, drive back to return the truck, and then drive your car home.
    - hcurtiss 5y ago
      That extra trip there and back cost an hour out of your day, though, and usually during prime hours.
snypher 5y ago
Have you had a bad experience doing so? I rent probably three or four times a month and I have never had a problem. Obviously YMMV but personally I can get work done for less than an oil change, let alone paying for the truck itself.

It's the smoothest car rental experience I've ever had. I checked the nearby Home Depots and one had a truck. I was in and out with the keys in 10 minutes. Drove to pick up a couch, delivered it, and brought the truck back. Parked it in the parking lot and walked in with the keys. It was about $30 and painless. What do you think is so bad about the process?

bluGill 5y ago
You must have missed the fine print that said it was only to haul lumber from that Home Depot to your house. As long as nothing goes wrong they don't care, but if something does go wrong the lawyers will jump on that.
codyswann 5y ago
1) There are three Home Depots near me. None of them offer diesels for rent 2) The $20 is for the first 75 minutes. I guess I'm wrong, but I couldn't imagine a use-case where you're only going to need the truck for 75 minutes. 3) Use restrictions. Home Depot greatly restricts what you can use the truck for, including no towing. 4) Availability. At the three HD's near me, good luck getting any rental truck let a lone a diesel (mentioned above). They're always checked out, sometimes weeks in advance.
- jacurtis 5y ago
  > The $20 is for the first 75 minutes. I guess I'm wrong, but I couldn't imagine a use-case where you're only going to need the truck for 75 minutes. The idea is that you drive the truck home, unload it, then drive the truck back to the store and return it. If you live less than 30 minutes away from the Home Depot then it is completely reasonable amount of time. Example: 30 mins driving home + 15 mins unloading + 30 mins driving back = 75 minute rental. It seems very practical to me. Most people live less than 30 mins from a Home Depot. In fact Home Depot has an internal goal that they want 95% of Americans to live 15 mins or less from a Home Depot store. So if you fall into 95% of Americans, then you can rent a truck for 75 mins, spend 15 mins each way driving and have 45 minutes to unload or mess around before returning the car. Home Depot really rents the trucks with the idea that you drive to the store in your car, buy something at the store, use the truck to take it home, drive back to return the truck, and then drive your car home.
  - hcurtiss 5y ago
    That extra trip there and back cost an hour out of your day, though, and usually during prime hours.

snypher 5y ago

Have you had a bad experience doing so? I rent probably three or four times a month and I have never had a problem. Obviously YMMV but personally I can get work done for less than an oil change, let alone paying for the truck itself.