Budget Truck Rental
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| Type | Rental |
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| Founded | 1998 |
| Headquarters | Denver, Colorado, United States of America 1560 Broadway, Suite 1700 |
| Key people | Ronald L. Nelson, CEO and chariman |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Products | Rental trucks |
| Revenue | Approximately $4,784 million [1] |
| Employees | Approximately 1,100 |
| Parent | Avis Budget Group |
| Slogan | Make the BETTER Move |
| Website | http://www.budgettruck.com |
Budget Truck Rental is the second largest truck rental company in the continental United States of America with around 2,800 businesses and 32,000 trucks across the country. Budget Truck Rental was voted the best place to work in 2004 by the Denver Regional Council of Governments.
Budget Truck Rental is owned and operated by Avis Budget Group, which was spun off from Cendant.
Budget Truck Rental has contracts with Ford, GMC, Navistar International and Isuzu to make their rental trucks.
Like a few other truck rental companies, Budget Truck will provide you with all the supplies and will give you some tips needed to move house efficiently. And to tailor to the amount of stuff needing moving, they have trucks ranging from 10-feet to 24-feet. [2]
[edit] History
Rental Truck Group was formed in June, 1998 when Budget Group Incorporated bought Ryder TRS, Inc., and they joined together to form Budget Truck Group. Then in 2002 Ryder TRS is integrated with Budget Truck Rental, officially. All Ryder TRS signs are then replaced with new signs promoting Budget also the yellow Ryder trucks are replaced with new blue trucks to reflect the colors of Budget.
On November 22 Budget sold its truck and car businesses to Cherokee Acquisition Corporation, which is owned by Cendant Corporation.
Jerald Riordan was announced the president of Budget Truck Rental in March, 2003.
In September 2006 Budget Rent A Car, Avis Rent A Car and Budget Truck Rental were spun off by Cendant as a separate company, Avis Budget Group.
[edit] Trivia
In the US election held in 2000, Budget Truck Rental was used to deliver the ballots from Florida to Tallahassee. This was the decider for the election. Budget Truck then decided to sell the truck that was used, they managed to get US$67,100. [3]
