[SMARTY]

Just call one of those Democrats leaving DC... they will know :)

[Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America]

Atlas Moving is good, but I was shocked at how much it costs to move the contents of a house. A few thousand dollars.

[Cowgirl of Justice]

Hi. Hubby and I moved from nc to Ga for $1000.

We rented a truck- from Penske. We did our own packing and used people from movinghelp.com.

They are a company that uses hourly people and there up to hundreds of reviews for each company, which I read before choosing. We got 3 strong men on each end who treated our belongings as if they were their own. I think we paid $150-160 on each end and hubby tipped each one $20. Not sure if you are on a budget, but we were very satisfied and saved a lot of money.

[Bobalu]

Colorado huh...WEED! :-)

[GRRRRR]

I have had exceptional customer service from both ALLIED and MAYFLOWER.

Allied moved me from IL to CO and the same driver and his helpers packed me up and delivered. I tipped them a bottle of Jack Black.

Mayflower picked up an antique clock collection from my elderly father and brought it to me here in CO. NO BREAKAGE at all...some clocks from the 1860’s!!!

G

[mdittmar]

Leave the lawn chairs,held up my stuff for a week when I moved to California,had to sleep on the floor.

[WinMod70]

Tip. Don’t spend more to move stuff then the stuff is worth. Might be better off selling, donating or giving away and buying new once you get there.

[smokingfrog]

Mayflower

[NEMDF]

http://www.bekins.com/

Bekins is family owned in Omaha.

When my husband moved her from CT, I think he used Global Van Lines, IIRC, which was fine, but a little pricey, considering he wasn’t moving a lot of furniture, etc.

[BluH2o]

Learned a lesson early on in a move from CT to Ohio.
Get a few bids for a rate comparison ... then lock in, a little wiggle room for the carrier perhaps 5 or 10 percent, nothing more. If your carrier refuses to lock in to their bid find someone else. There are many stories out there about household good carriers holding homeowner belongings hostage if they don’t get the inflated price they demand after loading your stuff into their van.

[showme_the_Glory]

I have used Suddath Relocation Services twice. Very professional. On time, no breakage, no surprises.

[dware]

Try Mesa Movers out of Grand Junction. I’ve got several family members that work for them. =D

[knarf]

Cowgirl of Justice #7

[piytar]

I used “Two Men and a Truck” for my last big move. They did an excellent job!

[IYAS9YAS]

If you can pack/load it yourself, there are a couple of really cheap alternatives to hiring a company. PODs is reasonably cheap from bigger cities to bigger cities (some friends looked into it, and to get it to their destination was more expensive - small town in Iowa), I think they went with ABF, who dropped off a trailer, picked it up when it was loaded, and dropped it off at the destination a week later. ABF charges by the number of feet of the trailer you load. You can order furniture pads online for cheap, and keep ‘em when you’re done. I think their whole move was around $2,000 from the Albuquerque metro area to central Iowa.

[riri]

We used Bekins to move back from NC to Arizona. They quoted us substantially lower than the other companies. They gave us a flat weight quote and we ended up quite a bit over that and they still honored the quote. (I think we got a hungry sales rep who deliberately quoted it low)

Much depends on the driver. We got a great guy, got there very quickly, was careful with our stuff, etc.

[Yosemitest]

Depending on your age and physical ability, you might be better off renting a Penske Truck, and go ahead and get a 26 ft truck, in diesel.
Box up as much of your stuff as you can before you rent the truck, and you can put it in your garage,
or rent a storage shed for a month and put it there until you're ready to rent the truck.
Pack it yourself and move it yourself.
No one will pack your stuff more careful than you.
If your wife can't follow you in your vehicle, rent a trailer to tow behind the truck to haul your cart, and get a trailer long enough to carry all 4 wheels of your vehicle, and not one that just carries the front axel.

Trust me, you'll be a lot happier, and you wont fall into the storage cost trap, holding your household goods for a hostage price.
Penske trucks are automatic transmissions, and get fair fuel milage.
Double the rental time you think you;ll need the truck, so you won't be rushed into loading and unloading your household goods.

You don't need a commercial license, either.
A normal drivers license will do.

My experience?
Only 26 plus years of moving around in the military and 5 years moving around in the FAA.

[Render]

If you hire a company that uses a big rig to transport multiple customers at the same time, make sure your new home has a driveway that can accommodate the size of the truck. If the truck gets there and they feel they can’t get up the driveway to your house, they will charge you for a shuttle truck. The contract should say what size truck your property should be able to accommodate.

[Yosemitest]

One other thing.
Take a really good look at your stuff.
You might be better off selling most of it in a yard sell, and buying replacement stuff after you get to where you're going.
You'll be surprised how much weight you can cut down on your move that way.
Weight is money, and some of your older stuff might not be worth the move.

Think about it.
It's only money in your pocket.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

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