What size truck for a 3‑bedroom house?
Fits
A 3‑bedroom needs a 26-foot truck.
The smallest truck at each company, for a 3‑bedroom house:
- Penske
- 26-foot trucka 22-foot only if packed floor to ceiling
- U‑Haul
- 26-foot truck
- Budget
- 26-foot truck
Rather not drive? A moving container is dropped at your door: two 16 ft PODS containers. Truck or container?
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 3‑bedroom house
Penske 26'68% full
Budget 26'68% full
U‑Haul 26'63% full
U‑Haul 29'60% full
Doesn't fit (12 trucks and vans)
Penske 22'95 of 117
U‑Haul 20'60 of 117
U‑Haul 15'43 of 117
Budget 16'41 of 117
Penske 16'32 of 117
Budget 12'24 of 117
Penske 12'23 of 117
U‑Haul 10'22 of 117
U‑Haul 9' Cargo Van21 of 117
Penske Cargo Van21 of 117
Budget Cargo Van18 of 117
Enterprise Cargo Van16 of 117
What we counted for a 3‑bedroom house
King mattress × 1
King box spring × 2
King bed frame, taken apart × 1
Nightstand × 4
6-drawer dresser × 2
Queen mattress × 1
Queen box spring × 1
Queen bed frame, taken apart × 1
Twin mattress × 1
Tall chest of drawers × 2
Sectional: sofa section × 1
Sectional: chaise section × 1
Recliner × 1
Coffee table × 1
TV stand × 1
65" TV in its box × 1
55" TV in its box × 1
Dining table, taken apart × 1
Dining chair × 6
China cabinet / hutch × 1
Refrigerator, French-door × 1
Washer × 1
Dryer × 1
Desk × 1
Office chair × 1
Filing cabinet, 2-drawer × 1
Tall bookcase × 2
Gas grill × 1
Lawn mower × 1
Bicycle × 2
Small moving box × 16
Medium moving box × 34
Large moving box × 13
Wardrobe box × 11
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.