U-Haul^® ceased business and closed its doors at 618 S. Pine St. for the final time on Dec. 8.

The U-Haul of Zanesville store had been meeting the community’s self-move needs since 1978. As a result of the facility closing, eight Team Members were let go.

U-Haul plans to maintain ownership and lease the 1,680-square-foot building on a half-acre lot. Before the property was repurposed 46 years ago to provide self-move services and hitches, it was a gas station.

Customers of the former store will find a full lineup of U-Haul services at Ohio’s newest moving and self-storage center at 3742 Northpointe Drive.

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

Founded in 1945, U-Haul is the No. 1 choice of do-it-yourself movers with more than 23,000 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 192,000 trucks, 138,700 trailers and 39,500 towing devices. U-Haul is the third largest self-storage operator in North America with 1,024,000 rentable units and 88.5 million square feet of self-storage space at Company-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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