Posted: 11/6/2010 6:55:53 AM EDT
| Does anyone have experience with good cross-county movers? i'll be moving a small apartments worth of stuff from NYC to Houston next year and am wondering what it involves... |
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It was cheaper for me to build a kit trailer and do the move with a beater truck that I sold when I got to PA. I was pretty much out $350 for the trailer, lost $100 on the truck and gas. I ended up with better hard assets that I could continue to use (like the trailer) or could sell to recoup some of the costs, instead of just renting. I dont have any experience with movers, but good luck with things. |
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Does anyone have experience with good cross-county movers? i'll be moving a small apartments worth of stuff from NYC to Houston next year and am wondering what it involves... It involves you going to U-haul and renting a truck. just checked the prices. NYC to Houston is $1600 for their smallest truck. If i were going from Houston to NYC its under $700... |
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Does anyone have experience with good cross-county movers? i'll be moving a small apartments worth of stuff from NYC to Houston next year and am wondering what it involves... It involves you going to U-haul and renting a truck. What he said I'm dealing with this now, U-haul wants to charge me $1,400 to move 275 miles in Texas with a 26' truck, I'm still getting estimates from moving companies but my lowest one so far is only $1,700. So for $1,400 I can do all the work, pay for gas and drive the truck myself, for $1,700 I can pack it all up and the movers do the work, I've come to the conclusion U-haul is a rip off. As always YMMV. |
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When I took a transfer from CA to TX back in 2000, my company provided full relocation. They hired http://www.andersonmovingandstorage.com/, a nationwide company affiliated with Atlas Van Lines.
These guys were GREAT. They were on time for every meeting or appointment or time hack. I'll say that again: they were on time, every time. Let that sink in for a moment. Okay, they also treated our stuff very well, including the house we were moving out of. They protected our stuff, packed it well, loaded it on the truck and unloaded it at our new house. They unpacked the stuff we were ready for and took away the dunnage. They moved two cars for us and delivered them to the hotel where we were staying temporarily...on time. Did I mention that these folks were on time? When all was said and done, I wrote a laudatory letter to the company president, and got a call from someone there asking if it was okay to print it in their company newsletter. I have no idea what it all cost but it was a great experience to deal with them. |
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North American was WAY cheaper than UHaul or any other option when my wife and I moved from NE to AZ. They loaded and unloaded everything quickly and treated our stuff right. The one caveat, they did not tell us that our stuff would sit in storage until they got enough stuff going west to fill the entire trailer. This meant that we arrived in AZ two weeks before our things did but in the end they made it right by paying for a hotel and all our meals for those two weeks. ETA: This was 6 years ago and I think the price was right around $2000. |
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we've made several cross country moves. This is how we did it. Contact ABF freight. They will drop a trailer off at your house for you to fill and then drive it to where you need it. Pack your own stuff Hire local movers to load your truck. They will load it right so that nothing shifts and gets damaged. Call ABF to come get the truck. They will only charge you for the linear feet you use. If you don't load the whole truck, they don't charge you as much at your destination, hire local movers to unload. unpack yourself. We moved from Cincinnati to Orlando and spent about $2500 for everything. boxes, packing supplies, loaders, ABF, unloaders, and pizza |
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Does anyone have experience with good cross-county movers? i'll be moving a small apartments worth of stuff from NYC to Houston next year and am wondering what it involves... It involves you going to U-haul and renting a truck. What he said I'm dealing with this now, U-haul wants to charge me $1,400 to move 275 miles in Texas with a 26' truck, I'm still getting estimates from moving companies but my lowest one so far is only $1,700. So for $1,400 I can do all the work, pay for gas and drive the truck myself, for $1,700 I can pack it all up and the movers do the work, I've come to the conclusion U-haul is a rip off. As always YMMV. you need to be very aware of cross country moving companies.. A LOT of them give you a fixed price/quote, but then when you get to the destination say that that quote was based on X amount of pounds and your stuff weighed X+Y and you owe a lot more money.. unless you pay it stays on the truck Even if you find a good local company, sometimes they hand off the load to another mover to complete the move - and the second company may not be as trustworthy/honest Dont just price U-haul - try Budget/Hertz for one-ways and try to bargain with them... You may be able to get a time and mileage rate that would be cheaper than the uhaul set price.. for that long of a move also consider Gas truck vs diesel in your calculations.. Do you have any reason to to a round trip (come back after another vehicle etc).. You may be able to get a Ryder/Penske local rental and do the round trip just as cheap (granted that is a L-O-N-G trip for a round trip) Brian |
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We have used both North American and Mayflower one time each. Both moves went
almost perfect. We have no complaints with either. It all depends on the driver. He was in charge of the loading, and hired the gorillas to help load and unload the truck. If you end up renting a truck... It has been my experience that U-Haul is more expensive, and rents equipment that is old and beat-up. Compared to Ryder or maybe all the others. Good luck. DanM |
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I researched this myself a few years back and ended using Broadway Express for a move from NC to OR. They had excellent ratings, charged by the foot, and were my cheapest quote. You have to load and unload the trailer by yourself, but many drivers will work for tips. Hazmat, including firearms and ammo is prohibited.
They sell you space in an enclosed trailer. In my case they had it combined with a private move to California. The driver was on a tight schedule and I had to have a place to offload once he pulled into town. I'll consider them again if I move any distance but will make sure they specify a low deck trailer in the contract. Have you considered using a company like PODS? In my scenario they were outrageously overpriced since I was moving from an area outside their normal operating radius and had additional drop-off, storage, and pickup fees. Also check out www.movingscam.com, lots of good info. |