Anyone have experience with hiring movers?
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Last move I did was 1200 miles and PODS didn't have delivery service at the destination...so I had to go with a pro-mover company. I used Atlas Van Lines. 3 bedroom house (1 room was empty), not a lot of items...I think it was about 20 boxes plus another 45 items they moved. I boxed everything I could up, the rest was larger furniture/lawn care/etc...Cost was around $4,500 for Atlas. I loaded two vehicles up, and pulled one on a trailer behind me. It was two weeks from Atlas loading, to Atlas unloading.
Thank's for that.
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I used thumbtack.com. The quotes for my move started rolling in after a few hours and I was able to browse some reviews as the quotes came in.
Appreciate it bud.
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If you pack up everything first, you can probably use a service like Labor Ready to hire a couple of people at departure and destination to load and then unload everything for a few hundred bucks each time. Ship a pod or 2 and/or drive a U-Haul yourself. Will be a lot cheaper than "movers".
Name changed since I worked for a company who hired daily workers from Labor Ready....it's now People Ready and they have branches all over the country. Workforce Staffing Solutions | PeopleReady
Name changed since I worked for a company who hired daily workers from Labor Ready....it's now People Ready and they have branches all over the country. Workforce Staffing Solutions | PeopleReady
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Moved to my initial facility about 2500 miles away and had to let my wife take charge while I was in OKC. They packed everything and nothing was broken but it was by weight (3BR) and they underestimated... turned from like $7k to $8k. I was livid.
Looking at pods for our next move, same distance, and they’re $3500. Pack rat was $3000 (pro tip: tell them you’re not ready to book and they’ll knock off $400 immediately. Free cancellation). 2 moving companies quoted me in the $6500 range. I plan to use a pack rat and then pull a trailer ($300 for a 4x
if we can’t fit everything. UHaul has free cancellation up to the prior day so just gonna have the packrat come a day earlier. Will also find local movers that charge roughly $300 to pack it well. And cuz, fuck it, I’m lazy.
FWIW, a 20’ UHaul plus a car dolly was $1600 but I’d rather not pull a car behind a 20 footer.
Best of luck with the move. Shits not cheap
Looking at pods for our next move, same distance, and they’re $3500. Pack rat was $3000 (pro tip: tell them you’re not ready to book and they’ll knock off $400 immediately. Free cancellation). 2 moving companies quoted me in the $6500 range. I plan to use a pack rat and then pull a trailer ($300 for a 4x
if we can’t fit everything. UHaul has free cancellation up to the prior day so just gonna have the packrat come a day earlier. Will also find local movers that charge roughly $300 to pack it well. And cuz, fuck it, I’m lazy.FWIW, a 20’ UHaul plus a car dolly was $1600 but I’d rather not pull a car behind a 20 footer.
Best of luck with the move. Shits not cheap
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Check out Upack. It's essentially ABF the freight company but they work with people that move too. I had a 28ft trailer dropped off at my place on the west coast. They gave me 5 or 7 days to load it, they pick it up and drive it to where you are moving and again give you 5 days or so to unload.
Then I just tossed the kids in my truck and did a road trip at my leisure. Total cost to the east coast was 3k.
Then I just tossed the kids in my truck and did a road trip at my leisure. Total cost to the east coast was 3k.
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It's not as bad as you think. I rented a 16 footer and towed a car behind it and never had any issues. The only part that sucked was the speed governor.
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Another option I found through google I never considered: Amtrak. Can’t move everything ... basically boxes up to 3x3x3... but up to 500lbs per person per day. My quote was $105 for first 100 lbs plus .95/lb so not cost efficient, but I’d read some people say they were as low as .50/lb. Could be an option for someone.
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I paid 2 dudes 100 bucks (total) to carry my stuff from my 3rd floor apartment to a uhual. Helped them to make it quicker. About 25 minutes.
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This is what I used to move from Idaho to Georgia
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I packed whatever I could into my car and sold the rest. Pretty much showed up to my new apartment with my clothes and books.
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Don't use UHaul pods took an act of God to get my stuff back
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Not sure if any of you have family or friends able to help. My brother helped me on my last move...all I had to spend money on was gas, Uhaul, and the food.
I’ve had almost the exact opposite experience. I’ve used them twice for cross country moves, and the second time I used it as a storage unit for 6 months afterwards. Always easy to use, load, and they were on time. Expensive (both moves were about halfway across the country and cost ~$2k for two boxes), but it worked.
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If you are moving a long distance, I would highly recommend using upack. I used it twice, cross country and have nothing but good things to say. My suggestion above for thumbtack.com was what I used for local movers. With upack you can have it delivered door to door or terminal to terminal. Terminal to terminal is much cheaper usually. It was cheap enough that I was able to hire local movers to move my stuff from my door to the terminal for the same price as having it delivered by upack door to door.
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