One of my DDs used ABF U-Pack Moving. http://www.upack.com/
Her husband had already moved to their new city, so she handled the move by herself. You can select the services that you need. They already had packed their belongings, but they did need to have their stuff loaded on the truck, driven to their new state and unloaded at their new house. It worked out great for them.
My brother moved from IL to AZ. At first he was going to rent a truck and either pull his SUV behind it or have a friend follow him in it. Then when he crunched the numbers, he figured he could replace most of his large furnature for less than the cost of moving it. By selling/tossing/donating most of his furnature and a lot of his smaller possesions, he got his stuff down to the point he only needed to pull a medium trailer behind his SUV (it had a hitch already). Most of his furnature was older too, so replacing it once he got to AZ (where it may not fit in the rooms well, or not fit the decor of the new place) wasn't a bad idea anyway. I think he only took his bed, a dresser, and all his kitchen and electronic stuff, and his clothing.
Now if you have a lot of high quality, high end, rather new furnature this may not work. But if it's getting old and you didn't pay much for it to begin with, it may not be worth moving.
Thank you! It looks like upack may be the way to go. How do you pack furniture? Just load it up wrapped in blankets?
Thank you! It looks like upack may be the way to go. How do you pack furniture? Just load it up wrapped in blankets?
My brother moved from IL to AZ. At first he was going to rent a truck and either pull his SUV behind it or have a friend follow him in it. Then when he crunched the numbers, he figured he could replace most of his large furnature for less than the cost of moving it. By selling/tossing/donating most of his furnature and a lot of his smaller possesions, he got his stuff down to the point he only needed to pull a medium trailer behind his SUV (it had a hitch already). Most of his furnature was older too, so replacing it once he got to AZ (where it may not fit in the rooms well, or not fit the decor of the new place) wasn't a bad idea anyway. I think he only took his bed, a dresser, and all his kitchen and electronic stuff, and his clothing.
Now if you have a lot of high quality, high end, rather new furnature this may not work. But if it's getting old and you didn't pay much for it to begin with, it may not be worth moving.
We are hoping that someone our family will be moving soon. If they have large furniture they want to bring with them, do you think renting a u-haul will be the cheapest way to deal with that?