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What size truck for a 2‑bedroom apartment?

By the Every Last Box teamSizes checked October 29, 2026How we measureHow we make money

Fits

At U‑Haul, a 15-foot truck. At Penske or Budget, a bigger one.

The smallest truck at each company, for a 2‑bedroom apartment:

U‑Haul
15-foot truck
Penske
22-foot trucka 16-foot only if packed floor to ceiling
Budget
26-foot truck

Not sure your list is like ours? Take the next size up: U‑Haul's 20-foot truck.

Why the difference: Penske's trucks go from 16 to 22 feet, and Budget's trucks go from 16 to 26 feet, with nothing in between.

Rather not drive? A moving container is dropped at your door: one 16 ft PODS container. Truck or container?

2-bedroom apartment packed into the U-Haul 15' Moving Truck (69% full)
A typical 2‑bedroom apartment, 73 pieces, packed into U‑Haul's 15-foot truck by our planner.
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More detail: every truck we tried, and what we counted

Our packing fills about 70–80% of a full truck; a careful pro load fits more, so a truck that "came close" below may work too.

Every truck and van for a 2‑bedroom apartment

U‑Haul 15'69% full
U‑Haul 20'55% full
Penske 22'42% full
Penske 26'36% full
Budget 26'36% full
U‑Haul 26'33% full
U‑Haul 29'32% full

Doesn't fit (9 trucks and vans)

Penske 16'71 of 73
Budget 16'54 of 73
Penske 12'45 of 73
Budget 12'30 of 73
Penske Cargo Van23 of 73
U‑Haul 10'22 of 73
Budget Cargo Van15 of 73
Enterprise Cargo Van12 of 73
U‑Haul 9' Cargo Van11 of 73

What we counted for a 2‑bedroom apartment

  • Queen mattress × 1
  • Queen box spring × 1
  • Queen bed frame, taken apart × 1
  • Nightstand × 3
  • 6-drawer dresser × 1
  • Full mattress × 1
  • Tall chest of drawers × 1
  • 3-seat sofa × 1
  • Loveseat × 1
  • Coffee table × 1
  • TV stand × 1
  • 65" TV in its box × 1
  • Dining table, taken apart × 1
  • Dining chair × 6
  • Tall bookcase × 2
  • Desk × 1
  • Office chair × 1
  • Small moving box × 11
  • Medium moving box × 21
  • Large moving box × 8
  • Wardrobe box × 8

Box counts from the U‑Haul Moving Help box guide; other guides suggest up to twice as many boxes. The furniture list is our own typical list. Yours will differ, so change it in the planner.