Jimmy Reb, SASS #54804 114 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Do you have any info or opinions on moving company for a interstate move? safes? firearms? motorcycle. My wife and I will be moving and I am looking for information on what is the best way. Thanks in advance! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 22,437 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 My last 4 moves I did myself with a Penske 26’ truck. The last two moves I hired guys through Penske to load and unload the truck. That is the way to go if you want to save a lot of money. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
irish ike, SASS #43615 1,168 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 A learned experience = My company hired major moving company to relocate me. They came, I got moved and all was good. Until a bunch of checks starting showing up for purchases I hadn't made in a city where I wasn't. Apparently they went through my boxes and found a check book. Hang onto your important stuff. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 22,437 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 I forget to mention; we packed all our own boxes and stuff. My wife stayed in the house to monitor things and I stated near the truck to monitor things. We only did one move where movers did everything and we couldn’t find crap when we got to our new home. We had to open every box to figure out what was where. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JD Lud 229 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Hey I had the same thing happen with my check book on my last professional move! Glad I’m not alone lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cholla 1,382 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Having moved 15 times, sell and give away everything that you have not used recently. We just moved again last year and we finally got our storage unit emptied that we have been paying rent on for 18 months. As we are going through we we are both asking why in the heck we moved and paid rent to store the stuff. This is after we sent a U-haul van's worth of stuff to a local auction before we moved. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Utah Bob #35998 15,861 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 We used Allied but rented a trailer and took the guns and other valuables along with some furniture, which was good because the truck got delayed for 2 days. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmy Reb, SASS #54804 114 Posted January 18 Author Share Posted January 18 I didn't know penske had loading and unloading help. thank you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Imis Twohofon,SASS # 46646 2,013 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Last paid move I had the movers would not take guns or ammo. Imis Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lawdog Dago Dom 1,752 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Box everything and label what room it is for. Kitchen, Garage, Shop. Contents if you want. Tools, Blender, Circular Saw, etc.. Writing "Glass" on a box is supposed to be more effective for movers to handle carefully than "Fragile." Guns, live ammo, primers and powder, and any propane tanks for your grill, you take in your own vehicles. For kitchen/bathroom cleaners, use a moving box designed to hold double rows of glassware. Clothes on hangers. Lay two bunches on a fitted sheet facing each other. Bring up the corners and tie the bundle. Untie and you are ready to hang em up. Garment cardboard boxes are easy to overload and not very strong. Use plastic totes with lids (available at home improvement stores) for really heavy items. Bench grinder, etc. The more you pack yourself, the cheaper it is. In the middle of packing right now. Good luck! LDD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michigan Slim 5,925 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 My wife and I decided to put a dumpster on one side of the drive and a truck on the other with the goal being to fill the dumpster. I'll cry parbly but I'll fill the dumpster. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bgavin 1,557 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 OP, I'm hearing far too many stories about commercial movers changing the contracts, demanding more money at the last minute, etc. Here in CA, any U-Haul out of CA is 10x higher price than the same U-Haul coming into CA. Movers and ammunition are priced through the roof right now. Both know they have a true captive market. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JD Lud 229 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Jimmy, if doing anything yourself and not sure of dates....we used PODS and that actually worked fairly well and reasonable. We thought we were moving 6 hours away...PODS dropped off our containers in scheduled day, we filled them, they picked up and took to warehouse. Our plans kept changing so we told them to hold, ended up moving 12 miles away lol, called and had them redelivered. Believe they store them in climate controlled warehouses but can’t verify, I will say not a thing inside them moved or was displaced...extremely impressed with that. Customer service was medium at best....people that seemed to try to help but system wouldn’t store updates etc caused a few glitches. you could use them to move cross country but might get pricey and you still had to do labor or hire it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmy Reb, SASS #54804 114 Posted January 18 Author Share Posted January 18 Thank you all for the info and suggestions. hope it goes smooth. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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