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Why U-Haul trucks all have Arizona license plates
CNN Business ^ | April 23, 2022 | Nathaniel Meyersohn,

Posted on 04/24/2022 6:00:13 AM PDT by deport

There are around 175,000 white and orange U-Haul rental trucks in the United States and Canada for do-it-yourself movers. And they all have something strange in common: Arizona license plates with the word "apportioned" slapped on them.

An esoteric agreement between the 48 continental US states, Washington DC and all 10 Canadian provinces determining how big-rigs and other commercial vehicles that travel across state lines divvy up billions of dollars of license plate registration fees.

Such vehicles — known as "apportionable vehicles" — are registered and licensed under what's known as the International Registration Plan (IRP), an agreement created between states in the 1970s. So U-Haul, which has been based in Phoenix since 1967, registers all of its rental trucks in Arizona and the state then distributes those license plate fees to other states where the rental trucks travel.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Travel
KEYWORDS: arizona; fees; trucks; uhaul
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1 posted on 04/24/2022 6:00:13 AM PDT by deport
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2 posted on 04/24/2022 6:02:57 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: deport

I noticed semi-truck trailers are usually tagged in Indiana.


3 posted on 04/24/2022 6:04:39 AM PDT by Old Yeller (A nation of sheep, produces a government of wolves.)
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To: deport

Damn! Another pretty decent article for CNN. I only found one sentence to quibble about.
“When you register your passenger car, you usually pay a small license plate fee”

My guess is there are many Americans across this dying nation that would dispute that “small license plate fee”.


4 posted on 04/24/2022 6:10:54 AM PDT by Tupelo (“Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*ck things up” (Barack Obama))
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To: deport

I am more interested in the PRICE of moving from one state to another. This tells me what states Americans are moving TO and OUT OF.

In other words and as an example, what is the price of moving FROM New York to Florida and Vice Versa?


5 posted on 04/24/2022 6:15:50 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Old Yeller

Many of the cars driven by Hispanics here in Iowa are tagged in Nebraska or Minnesota. There is something about certain counties there that make it easier to register or is an easy source of income for those counties.

I can remember when working construction, the cops would stop us and if we lived there more than a year, strongly encourage us to get local tags.


6 posted on 04/24/2022 6:18:01 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: deport

A lot of rental cars have Florida plates because Florida has no state inspection requirement


7 posted on 04/24/2022 6:21:00 AM PDT by zeebee ( The left thinks they can train smart people to be stupid.)
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To: PeterPrinciple

I notice a lot of Vermont tags here in NY that are here year round .


8 posted on 04/24/2022 6:21:12 AM PDT by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: deport

I saw a car with Puerto Rico license plates here in PA a few weeks back. Still scratching my head over that one.


9 posted on 04/24/2022 6:22:50 AM PDT by P.O.E.
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To: deport

Also, you see a lot of trailers of all sizes that are registered in Maine. There must be some benefit to that.


10 posted on 04/24/2022 6:25:31 AM PDT by SnuffaBolshevik
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To: P.O.E.

They must have had their car shipped here when they moved.
Maybe cheaper than selling and buying another in the process.


11 posted on 04/24/2022 6:25:57 AM PDT by deport
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To: P.O.E.

I saw one from Hawaii...
Reminds me of the Russian warship that is now being tested as a submarine... the Moskova... lol


12 posted on 04/24/2022 6:27:31 AM PDT by beaware (It's the seriousness of the Charge... and the Intent...)
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To: Tupelo

Small liscience plate fee. plus

Weight fee, tax on value, and misc.

My CT-90 tag is more than Ipaid for the bike (in about 1975).


13 posted on 04/24/2022 6:28:42 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
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To: Old Yeller

There may be an above average number of Indiana tagged trailers. I pulled semi trailers for almost 20 yrs. They were tagged with the states that the company was based: Illinois and Tennessee.

Springfield, MO, has several big trucking companies. I don’t recall seeing Indiana on any of their trailers.


14 posted on 04/24/2022 6:32:28 AM PDT by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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To: deport

Im currently living in an rv park in arizona but half of the year I live in South dakota.
A lot of the RVs here have SD plates but the owners just register there because of how cheap the plates are


15 posted on 04/24/2022 6:39:22 AM PDT by South Dakota (Patriotism is the new terrorism )
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To: Tupelo

I think it’s part of the perpetual gaslighting. You pay small license plate fees, as well as receive large 20 gram per week chocolate rations. Which were increased over the 30 gram per week rations of a few months ago. And they’re going to go up even higher again soon.


16 posted on 04/24/2022 6:40:21 AM PDT by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: Tupelo

We’ve got guy in Washington state (Tim Eyman) that has made reasonable vehicle registration fees a career (of sorts). He used the voter initiative process to pass (on more than one occasion) “$30 License Fees”. The left, in defiance of the people, has undone it every time.

https://mynorthwest.com/2233450/washington-supreme-court-30-dollar-car-tabs-ruling/


17 posted on 04/24/2022 6:44:38 AM PDT by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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I rented a U Haul Trailer 2 weeks ago, had Washington State plates.


18 posted on 04/24/2022 6:51:59 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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To: Old Yeller

I see the semi’s with Indiana or Maine.


19 posted on 04/24/2022 6:59:53 AM PDT by momtothree
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To: deport

Reminds me I need to file IFTA before 4/30.


20 posted on 04/24/2022 7:01:52 AM PDT by griswold3 (When chaos serves the State, the State will encourage chaos)
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