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                                                                   EXHIBIT 3.147

                            ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

                                       of

                          U-HAUL CO. OF WEST VIRGINIA

         THE UNDERSIGNED, being twenty-one years or older does hereby adopt the
following Articles of Incorporation for the purpose of forming a corporation
under the laws of the State of West Virginia.

                                    ARTICLE I

         The name of the corporation is U-HAUL CO. OF WEST VIRGINIA.

                                   ARTICLE II

         The period of duration of the corporation is perpetual.

                                  ARTICLE III

         The purpose or purposes for which the corporation is organized are to
rent and lease to the general public trailers, semi-trailers, trucks, passenger
automobiles and other equipment, tools, machinery, vehicles and property of any
and every kind and description, and to purchase or otherwise acquire and operate
any facilities useful for the conduct of the business enterprises of this
corporation.

         In general, to carry on any other business in connection with the
foregoing, and to have and exercise all powers conferred by the laws of the
State of West Virginia upon corporations, and to engage in any lawful activity
within the purposes for which corporations may be organized under the West
Virginia General Corporation Law.

                                   ARTICLE IV

         The aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have
authority to issue are two thousand five hundred (2,500) shares of common stock
with a par value of Ten ($10.00) Dollars each, or a total capitalization of
Twenty Five Thousand ($25,000.00) Dollars.

                                    ARTICLE V

         The corporation will not commence business until the consideration

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of at least One Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars has been received for the issuance
of shares.

                                   ARTICLE VI

         The address of its principal office shall be P.O. Box 38, City of
Buffalo, State of West Virginia 25033.

                                   ARTICLE VII

         The initial Board of Directors shall consist of three (3) members, and
the initial Board who shall act until the first annual meeting of stockholders
and their successors have been elected and qualified are:

Bennie Joe Brown                    P.O. Box 38
                                    Buffalo, West Virginia 25033

Joe Brown                           P.O. Box 38
                                    Buffalo, West Virginia 25033

Max Brown                           P.O. Box 38
                                    Buffalo, West Virginia 25033

                                  ARTICLE VIII

         The name and address of each incorporator and the number of shares
subscribed to by each is as follows:

        Richard Rink                2727 North Central Avenue       90 Shares
                                    Phoenix, Arizona 85004

        David L. Helsten            2727 North Central Avenue       5 Shares
                                    Phoenix, Arizona 85004

        Arthur G. Seifert           2727 North Central Avenue       5 Shares
                                    Phoenix, Arizona 85004

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hand and seal this 27th
day of February, 1970.

Chapter 31, Article 1, Section 6, Code, 1931, as
amended.                                                /s/ Richard Rink
                                                        ------------------------
            Effective June 10, 1967.                    Richard Rink

AGREEMENT OF INCORPORATION and/or
AMENDMENT prepared by:

Name: David L. Helsten                                  /s/ David L. Helsten
Address: 2727 N. Central Avenue                         ------------------------
         Phoenix, Arizona 85004                         David L. Helsten

                                                        /s/ Arthur G. Seifert
                                                        ------------------------
                                                        Arthur G. Seifert

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STATE OF ARIZONA    )
                    ) ss:
COUNTY OF MARICOPA  )

         On this 27th Day of February, 1970, before me, a Notary Public for the
State of Arizona, personally appeared Richard Rink, David L. Helsten and Arthur
G. Seifert, known to me to be the persons named in and who executed the
foregoing instrument, and who acknowledged that they had executed the same and
that the matters therein contained are true.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial
Seal this 27th day of February, 1970.

                                        /s/ Helen H. Delamater
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Helen H. Delamater
                                       Notary Public for the State of Arizona
                                       Residing at Tempe, Arizona
                                       My Commission expires August 13, 1972

(NOTARIAL SEAL)

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                         CONSENT TO USE OF SIMILAR NAME

To the Secretary of State
State of West Virginia

         The undersigned corporation hereby consents to the use of a similar
name:

1.       The name of the consenting corporation is U-HAUL Co., a corporation
         organized and existing under the laws of the State of Virginia., and
         qualified in West Virginia.

2.       The name of the corporation to which this consent is given and which is
         about to be organized under the laws of this State is:

                          U-HAUL CO. OF WEST VIRGINIA

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this corporation has caused this consent to be
executed this 27 day of January, 1970.

                                                U-HAUL CO.

                                                By: /s/ [ILLEGIBLE]
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                              President

ATTEST:

/s/ [ILLEGIBLE]
--------------------------
                Secretary

STATE OF Virginia  )
                   ) ss.
CITY OF Norfolk    )

         Before me, a Notary Public, personally appeared J. Lyle Campbell known
to me to be the person who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged
that he executed the same for the purpose therein contained and that the
statements therein contained are truly set forth.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto [ILLEGIBLE] my hand and official
seal this 27 day of January, l970.

                                           /s/ [ILLEGIBLE]
                                           ----------------------------
                                                 Notary Public

                                           My Commission Expires May [ILLEGIBLE]

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           Chapter 31, Article 1, Section 6, Code, 1931, as amended.
                            Effective June 10, 1987.

           [ILLEGIBLE] OF INCORPORATION and/or AMENDMENT prepared by:
                               (Name and Address)

           __________________________________________________
           __________________________________________________
           __________________________________________________

                                      No.6
                                 March 23, 1970
                                  [ILLEGIBLE]
                                    AGREEMENT
                               OF INCORPORATION OF

                               U-Haul Co. of West
                                    Virginia

                                Principal Office

           STOCK                ________________         NON-STOCK
        CORPORATION             ________________        CORPORATION

Issued to_______________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Recorded [ILLEGIBLE] 33 Page____________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________


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                             STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA

                                     [LOGO]

                                   CERTIFICATE

         I, JOHN B. BORHETELLER, IV SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF WEST
VIRGINIA, HEREBY CERTIFY THAT
BENNIE JOE BROWN, President of

                          U-HAUL CO. OF WEST VIRGINIA,

a corporation created and organized under the laws of the State of West
Virginia, has certified to me under his signature and the corporate seal of said
corporation, that, at a meeting of the stockholders of said corporation,
regularly held in accordance with the requirements of the law of said State, in
Buffalo, West Virginia, on the 12th day of August, 1970, at which meeting all of
the issued and outstanding voting stock of said corporation being represented by
the holders thereof, in person, by bodies corporate or by proxy, and voting for
the following resolution, the same was duly and regularly adopted and passed
to-wit:

                  "RESOLVED: That Article I of the Articles of Incorporation be
         amended to read as follows:

                  The name of this corporation is AMERCO MARKETING CO. OF WEST
         VIRGINIA."
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         WHEREFORE, I do declare said Change of Name to be authorized by law,
and that said corporation shall hereafter be known by the name of AMERCO
MARKETING CO. OF WEST VIRGINIA.

                           GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND THE GREAT SEAL OF THE SAID
                           STATE, AT THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, THIS THIRD DAY OF
                           DECEMBER 1970.

                           [ILLEGIBLE]
                           --------------------------------
                           Secreatry of State

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                            CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

                                       OF

                            ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

                                       OF

                           U-HAUL CO. OF WEST VIRGINIA

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA       )
                             ) ss.
COUNTY OF PUTNAM             )

         Bennie Joe Brown and Vina Brown being first duly sworn upon their oath
depose and say:

         1.   That they are the President and the secreatry respectively of
              U-HAUL CO. OF WEST VIRGINIA.

         2.   That at a Meeting of the Board of Directors of said corporation,
              duly held at Buffalo, West Virginia on August 12, 1970, the
              following resolution was adopted:

                  "RESOLVED: That Ariticle I of the Articles of Incorporation be
                  amended to reed as follows:

                  The name of this corporation is AMERCO MARKETING CO. OF WEST
                  VIRGINIA."

         3.   That the shareholders Have adopted said amendment by resolution at
              a meeting held at Buffalo, West, Virginia on August 12, 1970. That
              the wording of the amended article, as set forth in the
              shareholders' resolution, is the same as that set forth in the
              directors' resolution in Paragraph 2 above.

         4.   That the number of shares which voted affirmatively for the
              adoption of said resolution is 500, and that the total number of
              shares entitled to vote on or consent to said amendment is 500.

         5.   All of the outstanding stock of this corporation is being held by
              U-HAUL CO., a Virginia corporation, who has, in adoption of the
              resolution authorizing this amendment waived the notice of meeting
              of shareholders.

                                                      /s/ Bennie Joe Brown
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                            President

(CORPORATE SEAL)

                                                     /s/ Vina Brown
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                             Secretary

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STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA      )
                            ) ss.
COUNTY OF PUTNAM            )

         Bennie Joe Brown and Vina Brown, being sworn severally, each for
himself, on his oath deposes and says that he is the person who executed the
foregoing instrument; that he has read the same and knows the contents thereof;
that the matters stated therein are true to his knowledge, except such matters
as are stated to be upon information and belief and as to those matters he
believes them to be true.

                                                   /s/ Bennie Joe Brown
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                            President

                                                   /s/ Vina Brown
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                            Secretary

         Severally sworn to and subscribed before me this 9th day of October,
1970.

                                                            [ILLEGIBLE]
                                                   -----------------------------

Notary Public in and for the County of Putnam, State of W.U.

         (NOTARIAL SEAL)

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                         CONSENT TO USE OF SIMILAR NAME

To the Secretary of State
State of West Virginia

         The undersigned corporation hereby consents to the use of a Similar
name.

1.       The name of the consentlog corporation is AMERCO, a corporation
         organized and existing under the laws of the State of Arizona.

2.       The name of the corporation to which this consent is given and which is
         about to be organized under the laws of this State is: AMERCO MARKETING
         CO. OF WEST VIRGINIA

         In Witness Whereof, this corporation has caused this consent to be
executed this 12 day of August, 1970.

                                      AMERCO,  an Arizona corporation

                                      By: /s/ L. S. Shoen
                                          -----------------------------
                                          L. S. Shoen - President

STATE OF ARIZONA      )
                      ) ss.
COUNTY OF MARICOPA    )

         Before me, a Notary Public, personally appeared I. S. Shoen known to me
to be the person who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that he
executed the same for the purpose therein contained and that the statements
therein contained are truly set forth.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this
[ILLIGIBLE] day of August,1910.

                                                            [ILLEGIBLE]
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                       Notary Public

                                             My Commission Expires Aug. 13, 1972

<PAGE>

                             STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA

                                   CERTIFICATE

     I. EDGAR P. HEISKELL III, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF WEST
VIRGINIA, HEREBY CERTIFY THAT

[ILLEGIBLE] President of

                           AMERCO MARKETING CO. OF WEST VIRGINIA, A corporation
created and organized under the laws of the State of West Virginia, has
certified to me under his Signature and the corporate Seal of Said
corporation,that, at a meeting of the stockholders of said corporation,
regularly held in accordance with the requirements of the law of said State, in
Nitro, West Virginia , on the 22nd day of February, 1973, at which meetings
two-thirds of the issued and outstanding voting stock of such corporation being
represented by the holders thereof, in person, by bodies corporate or by proxy,
and voting for the following resolution, the same was duly and regularly adopted
and passed, to-wit:

         "RESOLVED: Article I, the name of the corporation has been changed
         from A: AMERCO MARKETING CO. OF WEST VIRGINIA, to B: U-HAUL CO. OF WEST
         VIRGINIA.

         WHEREFORE, I do declare said Change of Name has set forth in the
foregoing resolution is authorized by law, and that said corporation shall
hereafter be known by the name of U-HAUL CO. OF WEST VIRGINIA.

                           Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the said
(G.S.)                     State, at the City of Charleston, this TWENTY-EIGHT
                           day of March, 1973.

                                                EDGAR F. HEISKELI. III,
                                                  Secretary of State

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                         CONSENT TO USE OF SIMILAR NAME

         The undersigned corporation hereby consents to the use of a similar
name:

         1.       The name of the consenting corporation in U-HAUL. CO., a
                  corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State
                  of Virginia.

         2.       The name of the corporation to which this consent is given and
                  which is about to amend its corporate name is:

                               Amerco Marketing Co. of West Virginia

         3.       The name the corporation shall adopt by amending its Articles
                  of Incorporation is:

                                    U-Haul Co. of West Virginia

         In Witness Whereof, this corporation has caused this consent to be
executed this 5th day of March, 1973.

                                    U-HAUL, CO., a(an) Virginia corporation

                                    By:    /s/ Arthur G.  Seifert
                                        -----------------------------
                                            Assistant Secretary
                                            Arthur G.  Seifert

STATE OF ARIZONA       )
                       )   ss.
COUNTY OF ARIZONA      )

         Before me, a Notary Public, personally appeared Arthur G. Seifert,
known to me to be the person who executed the foregoing instrument , and
acknowledged that he executed the same for the purpose therein contained and
that the statements therein contained are truly set forth.

         In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this
4 day of March, 1973.

(SEAL)                                   [ILLEGIBLE]
                                     ------------------------------
                                     Notary Public-State of Arizona

                                         My Commission Expires August 13, 1976

<PAGE>

                         CONSENT TO USE OF SIMILAR NAME

         The undersigned corporation hereby consents to the use of a similar
name:

         1.       The name of the consenting corporation is U-HAUL CO., a
                  corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State
                  of Virginia.

         2.       The name of the corporation to which this consent is given and
                  which is about to amend its corporate name is:

                  Amerco Marketing Co. of West Virgina

         3.       The name the corporation shall adopt by amending its Articles
                  of Incorporation is:

                  U-HAUL CO. of West Virginia

         In Witness Whereof, this corporation has caused this consent to be
executed this 5th day of March, 1973.

                                         U-HAUL CO., a(an) Virginia corporation

                                         By: /s/ Arthur G. Seifert
                                             -----------------------------------
                                                   Assistant Secretary
                                                   Arthur G. Seifert

STATE OF ARIZONA       )
                       )  ss.
COUNTY OF MARIZONA     )
p
         Before, me, a Notary Public, personally appeared Arthur G. Seifert,
known to me to be the person who executed the foregoing instrument, and
acknowledged that he executed the same for the purpose therein contained and
that the statements therein contained are truly set forth.

         In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto, set my hand and official seal
this 5 day of March, 1973.

    (SEAL)                               [ILLEGIBLE]
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         Notary Public State of Arizona

                                         [ILLEGIBLE]
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                            CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
                                       OF
                          THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                      AMERCO MARKETING CO. OF WEST VIRGINIA

         I, Bennie, Joe Brown, President of AMERCO MARKETING CO. OF WEST
VIRGINIA COMPANY, a corporation created and organized under the laws of the
State of West Virginia, do hereby certify to the Secretary of State of West
Virginia, that, at a meeting of the stockholders of said corporation regularly
held in accordance with the requirements of the law of said State, at the office
of said corporation, in Nitro, West Virginia, on the 22nd day of February, 1973,
at which meeting two-thirds of the issued and outstanding voting stock of such
corporation being represented by the holders thereof, in person, by bodies
corporate or by proxy, and voting for the following resolution, the same was
duly and regularly adopted and passed, to-wit:

                  "RESOLVED: Article I, the name of the corporation has been
                  changed from A: AMERCO MARKETING CO. OF WEST VIRGINIA, to B:
                  U-HAUL CO. OF WEST VIRGINIA."

                                         Given under my hand and the seal of
                                         said corporation, this 12th day of
                                         March, 1973

(CORPORATE SEAL)

                             (Signed)   /s/ Bennie Joe Brown
                                        ---------------------------------------
                                        Bennie Joe Brown - President
                                        of AMERCO MARKETING CO. OF WEST VIRGINIA
                                        [ILLEGIBLE]
                                        Name: __________________________________

                                        Address: _______________________________

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                             STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA

                                     [LOGO]

                                  CERTIFICATE

                    I, KEN HECHLER, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE
                   STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA HEREBY CERTIFY THAT

the following and attached is a true and exact copy of the articles of merger of
U-Haul Co. of West Virginia and Movers World of West Virginia, Inc., both being
qualified West Virginia corporations.

Therefore, I hereby issue this certificate of merger, merging Movers World of
West Virginia, Inc. with and into U-Haul Co. of West Virginia, the survivor.

(SEAL)                              GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND THE GREAT SEAL OF
                                    THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, ON THIS eighth
                                    DAY OF August 1989

                                         /s/ Ken Hechler
                                         -----------------------------
                                                 Secretary of State

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                                                                    FILED
                                                                AUG - 8, 1989
                                                               IN THE OFFICE OF
                                                              SECRETARY OF STATE
                                                                 WEST VIRGINA

                        PLAN/AGREEMENT/ARTICLES OF MERGER

         This PLAN/AGREEMENT/ARTICLES OF MERGER dated this llth day of July,
1989, entered into by U-Haul Co. of West Virginia, the surviving corporation and
Movers World of West Virginia, Inc., the Absorbed Corporation, both corporations
of the State of West Virginia and together referred to as the Constituent
Corporations hereby witnesseth that:

         The respective Boards of Directors and the Sole Shareholder by
resolution have determined it to be advisable that the Absorbed Corporation be
merged into the Surviving Corporation under the terms and conditions hereinafter
set forth in accordance with the applicable provisions of the General
Corporation Law of the State of West Virginia, which laws permit such Merger.

         NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto do agree as follows:

                                        I

         The Articles of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation shall
continue to be its Articles of Incorporation, unless altered or amended below,
following the effective date of the merger.

                                       II

         The executed PLAN/AGREEMENT/ARTICLES OF MERGER is on file at the
Surviving Corporation's principal office. The location of that office is 6114
[ILLEGIBLE] Ave., S.W., St. Albans, WV 25177.

                                       III

         The provisions for handling the shares of stock of the Constituent
Corporations are as follows:

                  (1)      All issued and outstanding shares of stock of the
                           Constituent Corporation shall be absorbed.

                  (2)      On the effective date of the merger and when the
                           aforementioned cancellation has been effected, the
                           outstanding shares of stock of the Surviving
                           Corporation shall be deemed for all corporate
                           purposes to evidence the ownership of the Constituent
                           corporations.

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                                       IV

         The number of shares outstanding and the number of shares entitled to
vote upon such PLAN/AGREEMENT/ARTICLES OF MERGER, and the number of shares voted
for and against such PLAN/AGREEMENT/ ARTICLES OF MERGER as to each corporation
was as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                    NUMBER OF
                                      NUMBER OF       SHARES       NUMBER       NUMBER
             COMPANY                    SHARES       ENTITLED      VOTED         VOTED
              NAME                   OUTSTANDING     TO VOTE        FOR         AGAINST
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                  <C>            <C>            <C>          <C>
Movers world of West Virginia, Inc.      100           100          100            0
U-Haul Co. of West Virginia              500           500          500            0
</TABLE>

                                        V

         The Constituent Corporations shall take or cause to be taken all action
or do or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under the
laws of the State of California, to consummate and make effective this merger,
subject, however to the appropriate vote or consent to the stockholders of the
Constituent Corporation in accordance with the requirements of the State of West
Virginia.

                                       VI

         The Surviving Corporation hereby irrevocable appoints C T Corporation
System, as its agent to accept service of process in any suit or other
proceeding and to enforce against the surviving Corporation any obligation of
any Constituent Domestic Corporation or enforce the rights of a dissenting
shareholder of any Constituent Domestic Corporation. A copy of any such process
may be mailed to John A. Lorentz, P.O. Box 21502, Phoenix, Arizona, 85036.

                                       VII

         The Surviving Corporation shall pay all expenses of accomplishing the
merger, and assumes the responsibility for all tax liabilities of the Absorbed
Corporation.

<PAGE>

                              Surviving Corporation: U-HAUL CO. OF WEST VIRGINIA
                                                     a West Virginia Corporation

                                        By:    /s/ Chester L. Brown
                                               ---------------------------------
                                               Chester L. Brown, President

Verified

By :   /s/ Deborha L. Smith
       -----------------------------
       Deborha L. Smith Secretary

                            Absorbed Corporation: MOVERS WORLD OF WEST VIRGINIA,
                                              INC., a West, Virginia Corporation

                                        By:    /s/ John M.Dodds
                                               ----------------------------
                                               John M.Dodds, President

Verified

By     /s/ John A. Lorentz
       -------------------------------
       John A. Lorentz, Secretary

STATE OF
COUNTY OF

         On this 23 day of August, 1989, before me, the undersigned Notary
Public, personally appeared Chester Brown, known to me to be the President of
U-Haul Co. of West Virginia, a West Virginia corporation, that he is the person
who executed this instrument On behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to
me that such corporation executed the same.

                                               [ILLEGIBLE]
                                               ----------------------------
                                               NOTARY PUBLIC

STATE OF ARIZONA
CODNTY OF MARICOPA

         On this 3rd day of August, 1989, before me, the undersigned Notary
public, personally appeared John A. Lorentz, known to me to be the Secretary of
Movers World of West Virginia, Inc., a West Virginia corporation, that he is the
person who executed this instrumet on behalf of said corporation, and
acknowledged to me that such corporation executed the same.

       (NOTARIAL  SEAL)                        [ILLEGIBLE]
                                               ----------------------------
                                               NOTARY PUBLIC

                                       4

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                        UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE MEMBERS

                          OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF

                             U-HAUL OF WEST VIRGINIA

                          A WEST VIRGINIA CORPORATION

                                                      July 11, 1989

         The undersigned, constituting all the members of the Board of Directors
of U-Haul of West Virginia, a West Virginia corporation hereby consents to and
adopt the following resolutions:

                  RESOLVED: That this corporation does hereby agree to and
                  approve the Plan of Merger between this corporation and Movers
                  World of West Virginia, Inc., whereby this corporation shall
                  be the surviving corporation, all in accordance with the copy
                  of the Plan of Merger attached hereto, and be it further

                  RESOLVED: That the President and Secretary of this corporation
                  be and they hereby are authorized and directed to executed on
                  behalf of this corporation said Plan of Merger and to do all
                  and everything necessary to complete said merger, and

                  RESOLVED: That said Plan be submitted to the sole shareholder
                  of this corporation for the purpose of considering the
                  approval of said Plan.

                                        /s/ Chester L. Brown
                                        ------------------------------------
                                        Chester L. Brown, Director

                                        /s/ Steve Mitchell
                                        ------------------------------------
                                        Steve Mitchell, Director

                                        /s/ James Mays, Brown
                                        ------------------------------------
                                        James Mays, Director

<PAGE>

                        UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE MEMBERS

                          OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF

                       MOVERS WORLD OF WEST VIRGINIA, INC.

                           A WEST VIRGINIA CORPORATION

                                                  July 11, 1989

         The undersigned, constituting all the members of the Board of Directors
of Movers World of West Virginia, a West Virginia corporation, hereby consent to
and adopt the following resolutions:

                  RESOLVED: That Movers World of West Virginia, inc., does
                  hereby agree to and approve the Plan of Merger between this
                  corporation and U-Haul Co. of West Virginia, whereby this
                  corporation shall be absorbed into U-Haul Co. of West
                  Virginia, all in accordance with the copy of the Plan of
                  Merger attached hereto, and be it further

                  RESOLVED: That the President and Secretary of this corporation
                  be and they hereby are authorized and directed to execute on
                  behalf of this corporation said Plan of Merger and do all and
                  everything necessary to complete said merger, and be it
                  further

                  RESOLVED: That said Plan be submitted to the sole shareholder
                  of this corporation for the purpose of considering the
                  approval of said Plan.

                                        /s/ John M. Dodds
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        John M. Dodds, Director

<PAGE>

                         CONSENT OF THE SOLE STOCKHOLDER

                                       OF

                          U-HAUL CO. OF WEST VIRGINIA

                                       AND

                       MOVERS WORLD OF WEST VIRGINIA, INC.

                         BOTH WEST VIRGINIA CORPORATIONS

                                                  July 11, 1989

         AMERCO, a Nevada corporation, the sole shareholder of the above named
corporations, acting through John M. Dodds, on authority of the Executive
Management Team, the group designated by the Board of Directors of AMERCO to
vote the stock of all of its subsidiaries, hereby consents to and adopts the
following:

                  RESOLVED: That this corporation, the sole shareholder of
                  U-Haul Co. of West Virginia, and Movers World of West
                  Virginia, Inc., does hereby approve and adopt the Plan of
                  Merger between said corporations, whereby Movers World of West
                  Virginia, Inc., shall be absorbed into U-Haul Co. of West
                  Virginia, the surviving corporation, all in accordance with
                  the Plan of Merger, and be it further

                  RESOLVED: That the Board of Directors and Officers of said
                  merging corporations be and they hereby are, authorized and
                  directed to all further action and to execute all documents
                  they deem necessary or advisable to consummate the said merger
                  and to amend any of the terms of the said Plan of Merger, and
                  further

                  BE IT RESOLVED: That the Secretary of each said corporation is
                  hereby authorized to certify as to the Consent of the sole
                  shareholder of the Plan of Merger, or within the Articles of
                  Merger.

                                        AMERCO, a Nevada Corporation

                                        By: /s/ John M. Dodds
                                            -----------------------
                                                John M. Dodds

<PAGE>

                               [U-HAUL(R) LOGO]

           U-HAUL INTERNATIONAL/2727 N. CENTRAL AVE - P.O. BOX 21502,
             PHOENIX, AZ 85036-1502 - (602) 263-6011 - TELEX 668363

                                                    August 3, 1989

Secretary of State
Charleston, WV 25305

Re:    Merger
       U-Haul Co. of West Virginia (Surviving)
       Movers World of West Virginia, Inc. (Absorbed)
       Both west Virginia corporations.

Dear Sir:

Enclosed is an original and ine copy of Plan/Agreement/Articles of Merger for
the above mentioned corporations, in the State of West Virginia.

Also, enclosed is our check in the amount of $10.00, the required filing fee,
made out to the Secretary of State.

Please send a copy of the filed merger to the attention of the undersigned at
P.O. Box 21502, Phoenix, Arizona 85036.

Thank you for your attention regarding the above mentioned merger.

                                        Sincerely,

                                        Vicky Rykhus
                                        Legal Department

Enclsoures

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