Long Distance Move

Cowboy Moving & Storage in Englewood. Super nice people and locally owned. I have storage there and see them all the time...

Just an update on this and a PSA:

Car haulers from Penske and Uhaul will not accept vehicles with tires larger than 28". Uhaul will sell you extensions, but they cannot guarantee a truck/trailer for you on the day you reserve, and Penske can. I run 33s on my Tacoma (yes I could have gotten a set of rollers that would work but I didn't want an extra set of tires around after the move) so I had to cancel the car hauler and fly a family member out to help with the move. Car hauler was ~200 and the flights were 260, so not much of a loss there but I will have to pay for gas on two vehicles now. Luckily it's only 540ish miles to Omaha. It will also be nice to have an extra set of hands when I unload everything.

All said and done, this move by myself will be right around $2000 including storage fees for a couple months, gas, boxes, family flight, truck rental, food...etc. Definitely the way to go as I've gotten rid of a lot of junk and will come out ahead with the allowance I was given from my new company.

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Originally Posted by mightiestmouse

Just an update on this and a PSA:

Car haulers from Penske and Uhaul will not accept vehicles with tires larger than 28". Uhaul will sell you extensions, but they cannot guarantee a truck/trailer for you on the day you reserve, and Penske can. I run 33s on my Tacoma (yes I could have gotten a set of rollers that would work but I didn't want an extra set of tires around after the move) so I had to cancel the car hauler and fly a family member out to help with the move. Car hauler was ~200 and the flights were 260, so not much of a loss there but I will have to pay for gas on two vehicles now. Luckily it's only 540ish miles to Omaha. It will also be nice to have an extra set of hands when I unload everything.

All said and done, this move by myself will be right around $2000 including storage fees for a couple months, gas, boxes, family flight, truck rental, food...etc. Definitely the way to go as I've gotten rid of a lot of junk and will come out ahead with the allowance I was given from my new company.

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Good to hear. Sorry about the Car hauler.

something to consider for next time - pull your drive shaft and do just the dolly. You can drop your trucks rear drive shaft pretty easy, and just get a Car dolly. Yes it's more work/time, but in a pinch, it's do-able.

Sort of on topic, but since this thread seems to be over, I won't start a be one.

Awesome news with my long distance move: the house isn't ready yet because the seller screwed up, so all of our HHG had to go in temporary storage. Sweet. :(

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Originally Posted by HoneyBadger

Sort of on topic, but since this thread seems to be over, I won't start a be one.

Awesome news with my long distance move: the house isn't ready yet because the seller screwed up, so all of our HHG had to go in temporary storage. Sweet. :(

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Are you stuck in TLF?