U-Haul Storage North Baxter Closes Retail Showroom
The U-Haul® center at 15237 Edgewood Drive has closed its retail showroom and converted to a remote self-storage facility. Share
U-Haul Storage North Baxter continues to provide U-Haul Truck Share 24/7®, a popular rental option allowing for the self-pick-up and self-return of trucks at any hour using only a smartphone with camera and GPS.
All other services were halted, resulting in five Team Members being let go.
U-Haul Storage North Baxter is being operated by parent store U-Haul Moving & Storage of Brainerd two miles away at 16707 State Hwy. 37. Customers here have access to storage products, truck and trailer rentals, towing devices, moving supplies and more from a spacious retail showroom. In the future, U-Haul of Brainerd will provide U-Box® portable moving containers, professional hitch instillation and propane.
Local U-Haul Companies are always exploring opportunities for growth as they pursue means to better serve the needs of customers, but sometimes find it necessary to close or relocate stores, shops, offices and services. Reasons for closures can include: long-term strategic plans; safety and security concerns; physical site conditions and limitations; shifts in demographics; availability of local Team Members; trends in migration; expansion of the U-Haul neighborhood dealer network; proximity to other new or existing Company locations; and external factors.
About U-HAUL
Celebrating our 80th anniversary in 2025, U-Haul is the No. 1 choice of do-it-yourself movers with more than 24,000 rental locations across all 50 states and 10 Canadian provinces. The U-Haul app makes it easy for customers to use U-Haul Truck Share 24/7 to access trucks anytime through the self-dispatch and -return options on their smartphones with our patented Live Verify technology. Our customers' patronage has enabled the U-Haul fleet to grow to 193,900 trucks, 138,200 trailers and 40,300 towing devices. U-Haul is the third largest self-storage operator in North America and offers 1,060,000 rentable storage units and 92.0 million square feet of self-storage space at owned and managed facilities. U-Haul is the top retailer of propane in the U.S. and the largest installer of permanent trailer hitches in the automotive aftermarket industry. Get the U-Haul app from the App Store or Google Play.
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