Budget truck rental is in the United States rated as the second largest truck rental company. It has more than 32,000 trucks and has about 3,000 locations across the US. The head-quarter is in Denver and the company employs more than 1,100 employees.

The trucks of Budget truck rental are of GMC, Ford, International and Isuzu make. The sizes of trucks available on rent are cargo vans, 10-feet trucks, 16-feet trucks and 24-feet trucks. Budget truck rental claims that its trucks have an average age of two and a half year.

Budget truck rental also provides hand trucks, packing paddings, adhesive tapes, ropes, packing paper, mattress bags, padlocks, boxes etc at a nominal cost. Most of the budget truck rental trucks have air conditioning, FM radio, power steering, automatic transmission, power brakes, walk off ramps, lift gates etc.

The rented trucks are covered by budget roadside assistance. For reservations the telephone no. is 800-GO-BUDGET and 24 hour road side assistance 800-423-1640. The website of Budget truck rental is www.budgettruck.com. The website has a user friendly interactive page where the pick up and drop off locations are mentioned. Online reservations and quoting rates are available on the site.

For instance, if a person is renting a Budget rental truck from Atlanta to New York (approx 1,100 miles) on a Wednesday and dropping off on the coming Monday that is for 5 days. It will approximately cost $650 for a 10-feet truck, $680 for a 16-feet truck and $830 for a 24-feet truck. A car carrier cost will be $50 extra. Out of the above mentioned rates $150 will be refunded as deposit.

The above rates do not include taxes. The extra miles will cost $0.56 per mile and an extra day will cost $56 per day if reserved before hand. If you add extra miles or days after pick up, the cost will be $0.70 per mile and extra days will cost $70 per day.

It is prudent to read the terms and conditions before renting. Reservation cancellation has to be made at least 48 hours before pick up otherwise $50 will be charged for the cancellation.

At the time of rental two things will be required, identification and U.S. issued driver