Urgent Safety Question

Its in Better shape than that 55 tonne gravel truck tailgating u probably

 

If i ever need a rent a box truck, I'm scratching budget rentals off the list, no I don't think it's up to par.

 

Take the thing back and get a refund

 

Isn't there is a customer service hotline that you can call to tell them to send a truck out to you and this one won't work.

I would also call them in the morning and really complain to them about the mechanic, telling you to drive an unsafe truck because their rentals are crap and he recommended another company instead of fixing it.

 

Can you stop at Budget Rentals and at least swap trucks? That crack isn't going to work, I'd say stop at weigh station and ask for an inspection but you might oos, budget may need to bring one out to you that'll pass inspection.

 

This would be the best approach.

Refuse to drive it until if you can

 

Wait till daylight and call budget first. Tell them the truck you have is unserviceable. If they won't send a truck to you go directly to the nearest open scale and pull around back and request an inspection from dot. Then budget will have to send a replacement and a tow truck. And last thing is always pretrip truck before signing for it. I've had to refuse trucks in the past from both Penske and budget in the past.