Home Depot Truck Rental Cost, Sizes and Requirements
Home Depot truck rental starts at $19 for the first 75 minutes for a Load ‘N Go flatbed or cargo van.
Mileage is unlimited, and a $150 deposit goes on a credit card.
A full day runs about $129 and a week about $903, according to This Old House’s June 2026 rate check.
Home Depot Truck Rental Prices
| Rental period | Flatbed or cargo van |
|---|---|
| First 75 minutes | $19 |
| One day | $129 |
| One week | $903 |
| Refundable deposit | $150 |
Home Depot lists the 75-minute rate, the deposit and the unlimited mileage on its Load ‘N Go truck page.
The day and week rates come from This Old House’s June 2026 update. Rates can vary by store, and homedepot.com shows exact pricing once you select yours.
Fees That Add to the Bill
The $19 covers 75 minutes and nothing else. Four things decide what you actually pay.
Fuel
Home Depot’s rental agreement requires the vehicle back at the fuel level it left with. Come back low and a fuel replacement charge gets added.
Running past 75 minutes
Overtime is where people get surprised. Home Depot’s vehicle pages don’t publish the charge for running past 75 minutes, and the agreement says any extension needs the store’s written approval before the period ends.
Ask for the overage rate before you sign. It’s the one number the vehicle pages leave out.
Tolls and parking tickets
Tolls cost more than the toll. Unless you take the flat-rate toll option where a store offers it, Home Depot adds a $20 administrative fee to every toll it pays for you, and those charges can show up as late as 12 months after the rental.
Here’s what that looks like on a short haul, worked out from Home Depot’s own numbers.
Parking tickets follow the same pattern. The renter pays the fine, and the agreement adds a $20 fee if Home Depot has to respond to the city.
Damage
Vehicle damage protection is optional and costs extra. Without it, the agreement makes the renter responsible for loss or damage regardless of fault, plus any towing or storage costs.
Truck and Van Sizes
| Vehicle | Payload | Cargo space |
|---|---|---|
| Flatbed pickup | 3,000 lbs | 77.3 cu ft |
| Cargo van | 3,000 lbs | 277.7 cu ft |
| 12 ft box truck | 3,500 lbs | 515 cu ft |
Those specs come from Home Depot’s own listings. Make, model and year vary slightly by store.
The flatbed is the lumber and mulch truck. Its bed sits 35.2 inches off the ground, and the hitch on 2015 and newer F-250s only works if you also rent towable equipment from Home Depot.
The cargo van keeps a load out of the weather. Its cargo area measures 54.8 inches at its narrowest and 70.2 inches at its widest, with a load floor 28.7 inches up.
The 12-foot box truck is the moving truck of the fleet. Home Depot’s listing describes room for the contents of one to two rooms, with an aluminum loading ramp and a moving dolly included.
Look closely and that same listing gives two payloads, 3,850 lbs in the overview and 3,500 lbs in the spec table. I’d load to the lower number.
Only the box truck lists a dolly, so plan to bring your own for a flatbed or van job. Some stores also list a standard 8-foot pickup from $17.99 with a 2,200-lb payload, a price ThePricer’s May 2026 survey also found.
Requirements to Rent a Truck
- Every driver must be at least 21 with a valid license for the vehicle class.
- Only the renter, the renter’s spouse and additional drivers named on the agreement may drive.
- The deposit goes on a credit card. Debit and gift cards aren’t accepted at pickup, though debit works for the rental fees on return.
- Bring a government-issued photo ID. Some equipment also needs CLEAR identity verification with a U.S. driver’s license and a selfie.
Those rules come from Home Depot’s rental FAQ and agreement terms, which apply to tools and vehicles alike.
Insurance is worth a phone call before you go. Home Depot’s liability protection doesn’t cover the driver, and This Old House notes that personal auto policies often cover a rental truck’s front end but not damage to the cargo box.
Load ‘N Go Rental Rules
- Return the vehicle to the same store you rented it from.
- Tow nothing except a trailer rented from Home Depot on the same agreement, so your own trailer stays home.
- Leave hazardous materials and paid hauling jobs out of it.
- Expect a telematics device that can track the vehicle’s location and use.
Home Depot’s vehicle pages add three safety rules for every rental: no cell phone use or texting, no smoking, and seat belts on.
How to Rent a Truck at Home Depot
- Call your store to confirm a truck or van is available, as Home Depot’s vehicle pages ask. The box truck page also has a Reserve button.
- Pick it up at the Tool Rental Center, which keeps the same hours as the store.
- Bring it back to the same store, refueled, before the rental period ends.
At most stores the rental desk is open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday, with shorter Sunday hours in the Home Depot hours guide. Late returns keep the meter running, and a vehicle that never comes back can be repossessed at the renter’s expense.
Holiday closures shut the rental desk too. Stores are closed on Thanksgiving Day, so a holiday weekend haul means a Wednesday pickup or a Black Friday one, as the Thanksgiving hours show.
One Way Moves and Bigger Trucks
Load ‘N Go is built for short local hauls, and every vehicle returns to the store it came from. A one-way move needs something else.
ThePricer’s 2026 review found no 15-foot or 26-foot box trucks in Home Depot’s own fleet. One-way moves go through Home Depot’s partnership with Penske, and This Old House estimated a 1,000-mile one-way move in a 26-foot Penske truck at $2,673.
My rule of thumb is simple. Home Depot wins for anything you can load, drive and unload in a little over an hour near the store. Past half a day, compare the $129 day rate with a dedicated moving rental before you commit.
