Moving truck vs freight line

[00tec]

We bought 25 or more big Rubbermaid tote deals (home depot brand) and put all the crap in them that we don't access regularly, but lives in spots for long periods of time. Books, cables/wires, etc.

[GeorgeandSugar]

Anyone have advice on finding a decent price on an 18 wheeler to deliver all my house and furniture?

Been looking fast and loose ahead of June move to OK. Trying to figure out if i can fit a 26' truck. Though except for gas, 2 16' might be cheaper anyways. One way certainly pricier but not sure if so much so it makes it worth driving an empty truck back 750 miles.

Cost is a bigger factor than personal effort. Wouldn't be so much a provoked but i get nervous without enough $$$ buffer built up and there's certainly going to be some disruption on income between the time of move and getting home rented and working steady there.

Check Penske trucks. I believe they have a good one-way rate. Old Dominion has a household division. A better deal than Upack.

[fitz19d]

I'll check OD. Id heard that about penske, but fob what i saw uhaul shit on them for prove this time. May be market dependant etc.

[KevDen2005]

We used a moving company. Our stuff eventually made it, but it they weren't great and their prices were the best but still cost us lots last July. My brother packed up everything himself, hired movers to load his Uhaul and then hired movers at the arrival location to unload.

We thought we got rid of tons of stuff before moving here, and since getting here, we have gotten rid of a ton more. If you're a prepper of any kind, no matter how little (like have some survival gear and some freeze dried food), it will be a big pain.

I also rented a uhaul trailer to move anything that I deemed a "sensitive item" with my former Army terminology. So firearms, ammo, etc. I also made sure to have clothes and a large blow up mattress with us, thank God we did, the moving company took about 15 days longer than they said they would, we would have been without a bed for 10 days.

[Erni]

You can cut deeper than you think on stuff you have. I still have boxes that are unpacked in the basement after 15 years. Most of it sentimental stuff, but let?s face it is it really that important if you haven?t touched it in a decade?
My comment on the beds is this. Time for a new mattress, leave the old one here. And are you really that in love with your furniture? We have lots of oak furniture but honestly if we move cross country I will look to get rid of it.
I second self transport of the critical stuff my suburban was to the top with important stuff and a vacuum cleaner and the kids blankets and pillows.

[KevDen2005]

You can cut deeper than you think on stuff you have. I still have boxes that are unpacked in the basement after 15 years. Most of it sentimental stuff, but let?s face it is it really that important if you haven?t touched it in a decade?
My comment on the beds is this. Time for a new mattress, leave the old one here. And are you really that in love with your furniture? We have lots of oak furniture but honestly if we move cross country I will look to get rid of it.
I second self transport of the critical stuff my suburban was to the top with important stuff and a vacuum cleaner and the kids blankets and pillows.

I agree, some of the sentimental stuff is hard to get rid of because it feels weird to do so. Also if you have a gun safe a moving company will most likely charge a lot for it. Depending on what they charge you could potentially price out newer safes. I don't think you'll find a better deal on one, but you never know. We left our washer and dryer since they were over 11 years old, our oak furniture is only two years old and it's our first bedroom set, we never had an actual set before, I thought it was time to get one before I turned 40.

The kids rooms were hard since moving companies hate bunk beds and cribs. We had all the extra baby stuff for our one year old, and the car seats too. All things that we wouldn't have dealt with a couple years down the road

[fitz19d]

Lol old Dominion household suspended for now due to shipping ltl levels across the rest of the business or whatever....


And yeap. I think i said it, but we are ditching 80% of furniture. King frame will be gone. The mattress itself might come just due to cost of a new one and that we won't have much time. After we unload I'll return to CO for a few months leaving her there with enough problems to deal with anyways.

Basement 4x10 dog kernel can't come and no fence so another fun thing is like day 1 attempting to create a make shift dog run. If we somehow do have spare room then maybe the panels will fit, otherwise got to go find chain link.

[Delfuego]

Just a suggestion. if you haven't worn, used or worked with it, or shot it in the last 6 months. Sell it.

FTFY

[Erni]

FTFY

With my schedule that means everything. Hell no.