moving from WA to TX and need to know how todo it cheaply/frually/whatever.
Question:
I just got the group on my provider, so forgive me if this has been asked a million times, but we're moving from WA to TX and need to know how todo it cheaply/frually/whatever. Estimates are ranging in the 2000-3000 range, we priced rental trucks and one company that brings you a truck, you load, they drive, you unload. We plan to get rid of a lot of stuff, but selling it all off only to replace it at the other end is silly, and we plan to do sandwiches for lunch and have a cooler for drinks so we don't impulse buy at every gas stop. Other ideas?
Answer:
_There's the story I heard about the lady who was moving from Alaska to the
lower 48. She discovered boxing and shipping everything UPS (one box at a
time) to her new address was cheaper than hiring a moving company.
_All of this is quite true, the only thing that I would further suggest is
to keep checking van lines. There is a great variability in rates amongst
van lines. When we moved from NJ to Fla, a lot of van lines quoted us
prices in the $3500 to $5000 range. We finally found one van line,
Fogarty, who moved us for $1800. This was a the contents of a 3 bedroom
house, accumulated over 35 years. A lot of stuff thrown out or garage
saled but still quite a bit of stuff taken with us. We had to box
everything and basically stage it so it was ready to be loaded, but they
actually moved the stuff onto and off of the truck, as well as their
driving the truck. They did a fine job, didn't break or lose anything.
Contrast this with my grandfathers move to Fla from NJ a few years
before, he was a truck driver, owned a cab, and bought a cheap trailer
which he later resold in Fla. He managed to move for a lot less, but
frankly, a fair amount of the fragile stuff was broken when he got to
Fla, those moving vans have special suspension that helps protect the
contents.
Bottom line, keep calling van lines, especially Fogarty, see what it
would cost you to be professionally moved, then compare it to a DIY
move. And be sure to consider the cost of possibly losing some things to
breakage if you DIY.
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