Alaska 4x4 renters beware

[Michigander]

Just a heads up for anyone heading up for the Haul road hunt. I placed a reservation with Alaska 4x4 in early April for a 2500 series truck. They had lots of trucks still available at that time so I thought we were good. We are heading up Sept. 1 so I called yesterday just to confirm all was well with our reservation. I was informed that they do not have anything besides maybe a midsize suv available for us even though we had a reservation. They said we were shit out of luck and go to u haul.
From the way they talked we weren't the only ones but they never called to let us know. If you think you have something reserved you may want to check.

 

[Jmillgreen]

Just a heads up for anyone heading up for the Haul road hunt. I placed a reservation with Alaska 4x4 in early April for a 2500 series truck. They had lots of trucks still available at that time so I thought we were good. We are heading up Sept. 1 so I called yesterday just to confirm all was well with our reservation. I was informed that they do not have anything besides maybe a midsize suv available for us even though we had a reservation. They said we were shit out of luck and go to u haul.
From the way they talked we weren't the only ones but they never called to let us know. If you think you have something reserved you may want to check.

We flew into Fairbanks at 2:30 am on the 8th and they had staged a 2500 for us in the rental lot. We were supposed to get a 1500. Other than fuel costs, it worked out well. Buy a pump and plug kit in FB though. A new tire in Prudhoe bay was 546 bucks.


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[TopherDave]

Great point! If you have it you never need it. A buddy and I have the same truck and we have an extra tire just for this hunt. We also pack patch kits, and in the 5 trips we’ve never needed it. I am a firm believer in if you have it, you won’t need it. Don’t pack it, you wish you would have it!

 

[Jmillgreen]

Great point! If you have it you never need it. A buddy and I have the same truck and we have an extra tire just for this hunt. We also pack patch kits, and in the 5 trips we’ve never needed it. I am a firm believer in if you have it, you won’t need it. Don’t pack it, you wish you would have it!

We needed it twice haha!


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[eddielasvegas]

Rental companies have no excuse after the Seinfeld episode 30 years ago.

"You know how to take the reservation, you just don't know how to hold the reservation."




Eddie

 

[fatbacks]

After many years of haul road trips I finally used my plug kit a few weeks back. Was pretty nice compared to changing the tire - took 15 min to plug and pump the tire then back on the road.


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[Jmillgreen]

After many years of haul road trips I finally used my plug kit a few weeks back. Was pretty nice compared to changing the tire - took 15 min to plug and pump the tire then back on the road.


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We pulled the tire and took to Prudhoe thinking it would be an easy repair… guy said too many wires were broken and it’s unrepairable. Sold us a new tire for 546.00. We didn’t have a plug kit.


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