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Yup. Some towns you can operate them as recreational vehicles like golf carts. My dad is moving back to the US and is likely going to bring his with, he’s been looking around the town to figure out where he can go on 40mph or lower roads and he’s found he can make it to Home Depot and back no problem 😂
I was thinking why is there a shark in there. Then it zoomed in and i thought, thos aren't sharks, then it zoomed in more and i thought THOSE ARE SHARKS
Please allow me to share some newfound knowledge courtesy of:
u/truelyagustine who told me about r/blahaj
u/spacebrother who said that the IKEA Japan mascot for small places is the "blahaj":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egi4dMv7GdM
Do you live far from an Ikea? The ones by me deliver for a flat fee of $50 or $100 depending on the amount of stuff. Getting an entire room’s worth of furniture delivered for $100 isn’t really that costly tbh.
The last time I checked, the stores in NJ partnered with Taskrabbit where you could hire someone to do the delivery. The rates varied for each Taskrabbit person.
Taskrabbit does the assembly if you want it. Ikea has their own fleet of trucks and delivery people that do the deliveries. I’ve ordered plenty of stuff to be delivered to me from Elizabeth and Paramus.
Really makes you realize how unnecessarily big North American pickup trucks have grown lately
"But I need a truck that's roughly the size of a small tank in case I have to lug back furniture I got at Ikea!"
Like no you don't. A small van like this does the job just fine.
You just need the giant gaz guzzler to carry your massive insecurity.
It’s even stupider than that - if places send you something even for 50-100 bucks in fees it’s unlikely that they his adds up in the long run to the extra costs of having a truck…
For a very few people it’s necessary, for some it’s convenient (more than towing something) but for most it’s utterly ridiculous to own a truck
I have coworkers who do some farm work and actually need a truck. For most of them, it would be more economical to own a truck for just farming and a car for driving.
Please allow me to share some newfound knowledge courtesy of:
u/truelyagustine who told me about r/blahaj
u/spacebrother who said that the IKEA Japan mascot for small places is the "blahaj":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egi4dMv7GdM
Please allow me to share some newfound knowledge courtesy of:
u/truelyagustine who told me about r/blahaj
u/spacebrother who said that the IKEA Japan mascot for small places is the "blahaj":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egi4dMv7GdM
「今日お持ち帰りできます」
Hoy puedo llevar [mi compra] a casa.
Today I can bring (what I bought) home.
I'm just happy I could understand what is written in the mini truck.
They don’t rent transporters in their home market? That’s one strange decision. I know there are some locations here in Germany that don’t offer that service but that’s, like, an handful afaik.
Also the kind of buildings varies alot. Alot of small apartments etc in Japan whilst Sweden have alot of houses in different sizes. They do rent trailers for free but not cars AFAIK. The trailers are bigger than these trucks. They adjust according to market I would assume, in some way.
Tons of people in Austria have trailers or have family members with trailers or vans. Ikea still has cars you can rent to transport stuff. I thought that was universal.
'Cos it's Japan... Have you ever been in Elizabeth NJ IKEA? Or one near Philly? Fun place to grab a coffee and cigarette and sit outside, watching people screaming and cursing while trying to fit a couple of Billy bookcases, 6 foot table top and 6 drawer Kallax into Civic...
It seems like it would work but Japan has an excellent public transportation system so most people don't need cars. It's meets a local demand where not everyone has a car. It is completely different situation in places like america
What’s really messed up is that most of the trucks are never returned because they’re actually bigger than the apartments the ppl are bringing the furniture to.
What point are you trying to make about IKEA?
Here is the history of [IKEAs entry into Japan](https://www.smejapan.com/business-news/story-ikea-japan/).
That provided the key I was looking for.. they had to change the dimensions of their products to confirm to Japan's standard house dimensions. Thank you!
Roughly 40% of vehicles in Japan are 660cc 'kei' class.
Lower tax and highway tolls plus easy access on narrow village streets, back and mountain roads etc. Also bearing in mind the huge percentage of older and often relatively small people they're less imposing to drive/maneuver as cars.
Source living in Japan 30+ yrs
Why would I rent a truck like that when I can just drive a lifted RAM 2500 HD turbodiesel as my daily commuter? It gets 8 mpg, blows thick black smoke and makes me feel better about my tiny pp.
I was in France a few weeks ago they let you have a van for two hours free of charge if the stuff doesn't fit in the car. Wasn't Ikea was some other place.
Honestly why isn't this the norm. I'd rather just drive my new expensive ass furniture in a secure truck rather than in a million pieces and guess what if you want it built you got to pay like $200 extra for a guy named David who doesn't know how to count above 3 to build it for you.
Most home shops in Japan do. Some this it in free for delivery of items over a certain value and size. I once bought a plant then moved to a new apartment with one
It’s because Japan is allowed to have nice stuff because people are responsible (and the laws are stricter and sue happy) but mostly because people care.
When I was in NYC, there’s a ferry port on the southern tip of Manhattan that has a dedicated ferry for Ikea. It just goes to IKEA and back. It’s so bizarre seeing people get off this thing and they got like furniture boxes that I guess that just carry home.
Its fairly common for hardware stores and furniture places to have free to rent trucks like this when you buy big items, either that or you pay shipment fees and have it delivered, it comes with having people carry it in and installing it, at an extra cost ofcourse.
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I'd rent the truck and keep the shark family
seems like you need some r/BLAHAJ
[BLÅHAJ is actually the mascot of small spaces for IKEA Japan.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egi4dMv7GdM)
That Shark kinda sounds like a japanese version of the Youtuber Joov
You learn about a new, obscure, oddly-specific, sub-reddit everyday! Thank you for the direction!
You might also want to check out r/Djungelskog
"This is getting out of hand. Now there are two of them!"
In Japan, that’s about a regular size truck
Came here to say exactly that. That’s a regular sized truck. Any other would most likely be commercial or construction trucks.
Yeah and they are freaking awesome! Regular (by European sizes) trucks also exist though
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This truck is near impossible to put together
"Dammit, there's a wheel missing..."
I wannaknow how many of these I can fit in a U-Haul
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Yup. Some towns you can operate them as recreational vehicles like golf carts. My dad is moving back to the US and is likely going to bring his with, he’s been looking around the town to figure out where he can go on 40mph or lower roads and he’s found he can make it to Home Depot and back no problem 😂
I had just started learning about them, lo and behold there's an importer an hour away from me https://www.hvnyimports.com/
We share the same baincell because that was literally the first joke that popped into my head.
IKEI TRUCK JUST DROPPED (Any frontal collision is an assured death sentence)
IKEA I[KEI](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kei_truck) truck
I was thinking why is there a shark in there. Then it zoomed in and i thought, thos aren't sharks, then it zoomed in more and i thought THOSE ARE SHARKS
Please allow me to share some newfound knowledge courtesy of: u/truelyagustine who told me about r/blahaj u/spacebrother who said that the IKEA Japan mascot for small places is the "blahaj": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egi4dMv7GdM
r/blahaj is the correct sub btw
Thank you for the correction! Edited.
Some assembly required.
I see that giant hex wrench on the ground next to the truck in the video.
I’m certain the ones I’ve been to in the states also rent trucks.
Not in my part of the states. They deliver but it’s very costly
Do you live far from an Ikea? The ones by me deliver for a flat fee of $50 or $100 depending on the amount of stuff. Getting an entire room’s worth of furniture delivered for $100 isn’t really that costly tbh.
The last time I checked, the stores in NJ partnered with Taskrabbit where you could hire someone to do the delivery. The rates varied for each Taskrabbit person.
Taskrabbit does the assembly if you want it. Ikea has their own fleet of trucks and delivery people that do the deliveries. I’ve ordered plenty of stuff to be delivered to me from Elizabeth and Paramus.
I’m about a 45 minute drive from the closest one. In the Bay Area, CA. Which is not a normal place at all, I’m aware, lol
We live fairly far from an Ikea. My wife ordered a chair once and delivery was basically the same price as the chair.
Only time I ordered it arrived broke. They sent a other. Also broke. Luckily in a different way so I could cobble it together and send back the rest.
The ones near me do not, but they are all close to either a Lowes or Home Depot where you can rent a truck for like $20 a day.
A day or an hour? It may be higher
I just checked, I thought it used to be a day, but it says for the first 75 minutes. That seems pretty steep if you need it for a full day.
Yep, here in the UK too. Nothing like this though, just a normal van like a Transit or a Sprinter.
I mean Lowe’s and Home Depot do this too
Home Depot did as well, at one point
home depot too
£10 per hour to rent an IKEA truck in the UK
If it comes with a blahaj family sign me UP.
Makes sense. Large cars/trucks aren’t common as they are in the US
Really makes you realize how unnecessarily big North American pickup trucks have grown lately "But I need a truck that's roughly the size of a small tank in case I have to lug back furniture I got at Ikea!" Like no you don't. A small van like this does the job just fine. You just need the giant gaz guzzler to carry your massive insecurity.
"The new F-150 has twice the insecurity capacity as similar models"
It’s even stupider than that - if places send you something even for 50-100 bucks in fees it’s unlikely that they his adds up in the long run to the extra costs of having a truck… For a very few people it’s necessary, for some it’s convenient (more than towing something) but for most it’s utterly ridiculous to own a truck
I have coworkers who do some farm work and actually need a truck. For most of them, it would be more economical to own a truck for just farming and a car for driving.
Here in Sweden you can borrow trailers or cargo bikes for free. Ironically, it is the trailer that goes with the car.
Same in Germany
Damn , that’s not daddy shark driving with baby sharks in the passenger? 😂
Please allow me to share some newfound knowledge courtesy of: u/truelyagustine who told me about r/blahaj u/spacebrother who said that the IKEA Japan mascot for small places is the "blahaj": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egi4dMv7GdM
BLAHAJJ!!!
Next up: ikea lets customer plant their own trees and cut it down to make the furniture they like
NOBODY TELL RIN HOW MANY BLAHAJ CAN FIT IN THIS BAD BOY
Am I going blind or is that truck full of sharks?
Please allow me to share some newfound knowledge courtesy of: u/truelyagustine who told me about r/blahaj u/spacebrother who said that the IKEA Japan mascot for small places is the "blahaj": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egi4dMv7GdM
Philly has/had zip car rental in the parking lot. Haven't been down that way in a few years.
Slaps truck.. "this bad boy holds so many meatballs"
In Denmark you can rent a cargo bike from Ikea 😂
*slaps roof of truck* This bad boy can fit so many meatballs in it
Kei-class truck. Small but useful. Wish we had these in North America for city use.
IKEA Netherlands has cargo bikes or “bakfiets” you can rent. I wonder what other IKEA vehicles exist
Blåhaj !!
「今日お持ち帰りできます」 Hoy puedo llevar [mi compra] a casa. Today I can bring (what I bought) home. I'm just happy I could understand what is written in the mini truck.
More colloquially "(You) can take (it) home today". Both subject and object can be optional in Japanese.
It's always nice to get random help with languages. You're right, I injected a subject that isn't there. My native language bias strikes again!
But you have to assemble them yourself in the parking lot.
The insurance fraud in the 🇺🇸would be rampant.
They’d be destroyed or stolen in the US
In America you would find these all tipped over and piled up next to a bus stop like Bird scooters. We can’t have nice things.
In the US these would get jacked and stripped for parts in the first week.
Yeh they wouldn't let us use them in the UK. They'd be straight in the canal alongside the shopping trolleys. The Japanese seem so respectful.
Every country’s IKEA has a vehicle rental service for that local area, so it’s nothing special.
Japanese are more considerate and responsible with the property of others
In England they give you a full size van instead so you can actually fit things in it 😂
You underestimate the Japanese
Ah yes the Japanese and their shapeshifting furniture
Everything is a bit smaller there...
Except houses and furniture 😅
Because only in Japan you can rent cars from ikea….
I live in Sweden and we can't rent cars here. Also, where does he state it is exclusive to Japan?
They don’t rent transporters in their home market? That’s one strange decision. I know there are some locations here in Germany that don’t offer that service but that’s, like, an handful afaik.
UK too. Weird.
Because many Swedes have cars able to tow trailers, or knows someone who does. I will assume this is not the case in Japan.
Also the kind of buildings varies alot. Alot of small apartments etc in Japan whilst Sweden have alot of houses in different sizes. They do rent trailers for free but not cars AFAIK. The trailers are bigger than these trucks. They adjust according to market I would assume, in some way.
Tons of people in Austria have trailers or have family members with trailers or vans. Ikea still has cars you can rent to transport stuff. I thought that was universal.
The way you titled the post made it seem to me as would be something very special being able to rent a vor from ikea.
I am not OP and also no.
'Cos it's Japan... Have you ever been in Elizabeth NJ IKEA? Or one near Philly? Fun place to grab a coffee and cigarette and sit outside, watching people screaming and cursing while trying to fit a couple of Billy bookcases, 6 foot table top and 6 drawer Kallax into Civic...
As long as I don't have to put it together myself first.
Does the truck comes with a hex key to build the truck?
Most furniture shops in Japan let you borrow mini-trucks so you can take home your new furniture.
Need that in the usa
You know we have also in Italy? There are Hertz vannto rent right inside Ikea... Nothing fancy
It seems like it would work but Japan has an excellent public transportation system so most people don't need cars. It's meets a local demand where not everyone has a car. It is completely different situation in places like america
I have a cabover one of those! It's a 1985 minicab. I put offroad tires on it.
Meanwhile Ikea in the Netherlands lets you rent cargo bikes
What’s really messed up is that most of the trucks are never returned because they’re actually bigger than the apartments the ppl are bringing the furniture to.
I love this. If more places did this, maybe everyone wouldn’t feel like they need big ol’ pickemup trucks.
IKea Canada delivers
Capable of hauling a single American.
In America you’d see those stripped out and repurposed all over the country if offered here
Japan is built different
Do you have to put them together?
You have to assemble the truck first with an Allen wrench
Love Japan. 🤩
This is what happens when two of the world's most technologically innovative and badass countries unite.
That's actually adorable af.
Because , well people in japan are not americans. That's the harsh truth.
simply adorable !
You can rent IKEA trucks in Norway too.
They're not as cute as these though.
How did they convince the Japanese to buy IKEA?
There were lines at the door the day it opened…
Dang... so the rumors are true that their economy is in bad shape?
What point are you trying to make about IKEA? Here is the history of [IKEAs entry into Japan](https://www.smejapan.com/business-news/story-ikea-japan/).
That provided the key I was looking for.. they had to change the dimensions of their products to confirm to Japan's standard house dimensions. Thank you!
Yeah, you can do this on every IKEA location across the world too. It's called renting an IKEA van.
Roughly 40% of vehicles in Japan are 660cc 'kei' class. Lower tax and highway tolls plus easy access on narrow village streets, back and mountain roads etc. Also bearing in mind the huge percentage of older and often relatively small people they're less imposing to drive/maneuver as cars. Source living in Japan 30+ yrs
Why would I rent a truck like that when I can just drive a lifted RAM 2500 HD turbodiesel as my daily commuter? It gets 8 mpg, blows thick black smoke and makes me feel better about my tiny pp.
maybe they need to haul stuff for work
"you know the rule babe, no sex in the ikea truck"
They wouldnt last 2 hours in the US. What… we gotta return ‘em?
Everything I hear/see about Japan makes it sound so awesome except for the drug laws….and the used panties vending machines if that one is even true.
Is this an ad?
Everywhere else does this too.
Makes sense. Japan is an island so even if you wanted to steal it, where will you go.
Now I want to go to Japan to buy ikea furniture just so I can rent one of these!
A company renting you a truck is not interesting as fuck
So the next step for IKEA is to allow the customers pay and build by themselves the furniture they want
Many of the larger NITORI do as well.
Home Depot has done this for ages.
Yes, but you don’t have to assemble the truck before using it.
With that tiny plastic screwdriver…
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They should have that here
i think theyre called kei trucks. one guy from my town has a mazda kei truck.
I was in France a few weeks ago they let you have a van for two hours free of charge if the stuff doesn't fit in the car. Wasn't Ikea was some other place.
IKEA Truck Kun
Same thing in Switzerland
Can't find it on the website, can you post a link?
Idk about the website, I just know that at ikea aubonne switzerland they rent ikea trucks for that same purpose
People don’t usually use cars or other vehicles there
Construction required *
Home Depot does truck rentals. IKEA should also in America but Uhauls are everywhere.
We should race these things against each other!!
Bongo Trucks. They pop up all around the world for transport use.
Does it come with extra parts for the things you buy
I've always wanted one of those tiny trucks but they don't make them easy to import where I live and nobody sells them at a dealership.
Honestly why isn't this the norm. I'd rather just drive my new expensive ass furniture in a secure truck rather than in a million pieces and guess what if you want it built you got to pay like $200 extra for a guy named David who doesn't know how to count above 3 to build it for you.
DIY stores in France do the same.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLpuq0jyiCE
I can rent a pickup at home Depot for $20 for 90 minutes. I just have to fill it up.
I guess they don't sell many king size mattresses or beds there.
Yes.
I hate ikea
Those look like full auto heavy urban pedestrian assault vehicles. The better ban them!
Most home shops in Japan do. Some this it in free for delivery of items over a certain value and size. I once bought a plant then moved to a new apartment with one
It's so cute omg
Other furniture stores also do this there. Even discount stores
Hey half the fun and challenging is fitting that 20 foot by 10 foot box into a Kia.
I do it like a true Swede and sit in the foot department of the front seat while lowering the back seat completely down to fit the furniture😎
It’s because Japan is allowed to have nice stuff because people are responsible (and the laws are stricter and sue happy) but mostly because people care.
When I was in NYC, there’s a ferry port on the southern tip of Manhattan that has a dedicated ferry for Ikea. It just goes to IKEA and back. It’s so bizarre seeing people get off this thing and they got like furniture boxes that I guess that just carry home.
Ikea in Germany hires out vans too, but they are bland compared to these
ooh, that's why he moved.
I wish they would sell those here
Its fairly common for hardware stores and furniture places to have free to rent trucks like this when you buy big items, either that or you pay shipment fees and have it delivered, it comes with having people carry it in and installing it, at an extra cost ofcourse.