Cheap movers
Question:
Got a friend who needs to move a family of 4 (his daughter, husband, two babies) from Washington State to Huntsville. - anyone know the cheapest possible way to do this? Needs suggestions for Movers/Uhaul/ Whatever works. They have a small 2-bdrm apt. of stuff to move. cheap as possible....
Answer:
First, sell, give away, or discard the junk, don't haul it. This
includes cheap furniture.
Check with U-haul to find out where the biggest demand for returns is
nearby and where they are overstocked in Washington. For example, you
might find that they could save $500 by returning a truck to Atlanta
instead of Huntsville. Years ago, I could haul a trailer away from
Houston almost for free. (As I recall, it was $28 for a 5' x 8' trailer
from Houston to Huntsville versus about $250 from Huntsville to Houston!
Huntsville was starved and Houston was overloaded.)
From your description, they can get by with just a trailer and save a
boatload of cash. But, since they have to hop several ranges, they'd
better have a REALLY good tow vehicle and make damned sure that the
tounge brake works.
Consider that a tow dolly behind a truck will cost almost as much as a
trailer. I'd do a dry run to verify exactly what would fit into
different sized trailers. If they would sell their car there, then they
should consider one of the small, economical van-trucks.
From everything I have heard from folks and know personally, they are about
the best movers going but not that cheap.
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