U-Haul trucks . . . What's your favourite use of nature in advertising?

Nature Talk
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I saw this truck today:

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It’s a U-Haul truck, which is a truck rental company in North America. Since 1988, they have used these informative nature graphics on the side of their trucks. I’ve never crashed the car, or walked into a utility pole, but I’ve had a lot of close calls, because I was mesmerized by Uhaul trucks.

In 2025, the most commonly uploaded observations on iNat, in order, were:

  • #1 Plants (40% of observations)
  • #2 Insects (almost 28% of observations)
  • #3 Birds (13% of observations)

Here are some uhaul trucks that highlight those taxa:

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What’s your favourite use of nature in advertising?

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Here is a website with all the U-Haul trucks:

https://www.uhaul.com/SuperGraphics/

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The U-Haul truck for New York just happens to be promoting my museum. :slightly_smiling_face:

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Hard to say but this one got my attention for all the wrong reasons:

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I’m SO glad you posted this!. For years, I’ve noticed UHaul trucks and been surprised and kind of thrilled at the images and the very good writing. I’m a retired National Park Service/Bureau of Land Management interpretive ranger, and UHaul gets my vote for best and most unusual placement for nature advertising.

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i’ve always had an appreciation for U-Haul for putting a giant spider on the side of the Hawaii truck:

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I was just researching field botany creators:

Guess what I found? This Uhaul truck featured in a YouTube short!

Video by Kyle Lybarger of the Native Habitat Project: Lost world of Bibb County #113 U-Haul trucks!