Thanks for all the info!
Unfortunately, U-Haul will won't rent to Explorer drivers after the Firestone incident. Budget doesn't do 1-way shipping either.
I'm considering buying a small trailer, and selling it when I get there, but I think it'd be easier (and possibly cheaper considering gas prices) to ship some things. A friend has offered to let me keep boxes at his place, and send them when I have a job & $$. Time isn't really an issue.
I'll pick Redhead's brain a bit!
I just moved to Las Vegas from Tucson...that's one way, and I used Budget. Hmmmm...
I had a friend move from S.F. to Pennsylvania and he used a door-to-door crate-and-ship service. They dropped a huge crate in front of his apt. He loaded it all up and sealed it, then called them back to pick it up. They hauled it cross-country on a flatbed and dropped it off right in front of his house in PA. When he got there, he unsealed it and unloaded it at his own pace, then called them back to pick it up when he was done. I don't know what it cost, but it was less than using a full-on moving van.
Google on "Door-to-door crate ship" and you'll get resluts like this:
http://www.allcrate.com/services.htm