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U Move - Do It Yourself

There are many options to cut back on expenses when moving.

Self Moving, with everything it involves, may not always turn out to be the cheapest way and certainly not the safest.

When considering doing the move all by yourself, estimate the following -

Expenses:

• Packing material
• Moving boxes
• Truck rental
• Trucks fuel
• Insurance
• Time working – by value

Tasks:

• Packing boxes
• Wrapping furniture to prevent damage
• Finding a truck – that fits your budget and needs
• Loading to the truck
• Stacking your entire house inventory, efficiently, on the truck.
• Driving from origin to destination – It is illegal driving more then 10 hours per day.
• Truck driver will require by law a Drivers log book
• Unloading – all your goods in to your new residence
• Organizing – all the goods into the proper rooms.

Risks:

• Personal injury – lifting the boxes and the heavy furniture is not a simple job and any slip-up could cause a dangerous result to your or your surrounding health .
• Household goods damage – mishandling your items around the house and in the way to truck could end up "not good".
• Stacking the load on the truck has its own importance and lack of experience and misjudge could cause a box to crash down and its content damaged or cause scratches or dents to any of your furniture misplaced.
• Insurance – most insurance companies will either rate a high charge to cover a move that is not being done by a professional mover or in a lot of cases won't agree to cover at all.

*** Note – a normal USA driver license is only good up to 24' trucks. Any larger truck requires a CDL (Commercial Drivers License).

Still considering moving yourself

Here's a short how to move yourself guide that would assist you on your way to a self move:

Inventory your goods

• Write a full inventory list of your household goods and use this list to:
  • Categorize your boxes to rooms, so when you unload the boxes at your new residence it would be easier to distinguish which boxes goes to which room.
  • Calculate the amount of moving boxes and other packing material you will need for your move.
  • Verifying you've loaded all boxes and also unloaded all boxes when you get to your destination.
  • You can use our moving calculator to estimate your move volume and weight or get assistance from one of the truck rental guides.

Rent a truck

•  Use that information to find a truck or trailer fitting your moving needs for the best price.

•  When selecting a truck rental company consider the pick up and drop off points. Try to find a truck company offering as close as possible to either or both your current residence and destination.

•  BestMovingQuotes.com Truck Rental information

Need to order

• Moving boxes – as much as you wrote down in the inventory list and some more for reserve.
• Packing supply – it is hard to estimate alone how much packing supply and which packing material exactly you will need. Consult with the company from which you choose to order from.
• Rent or purchase a moving dolly to ease on the heavier appliances relocation.

Other Arrangements

• Make sleeping arrangements a head if the drive is suppose to take more then 1 day, Keep in mind you can only drive 10 hours each single day.
• Many motels and hotels offer internet reservation discounts.
• If any family members are traveling separately make plans for a car renting or flight tickets.
• Try getting rid of unwanted items, items you want to replace and more. Consider donating to charity or throwing a garage sale.

Consult our garage sale guide.

Got it all? Now go over our packing guide for further assistance: choose the room you need to pack:

Don't want to do it all by yourself there are more options that could fit your moving needs and budget:

U Pack and Load we drive move

Keep in mind that although price will cut down by much, boxes packed by you will not be insured for more then the 60cents for long distance move or 30cents for local move.

Many companies offer this service, use our moving quote form to receive several estimates, from companies serving your needs and area, you can compare between.

Follow carefully our packing guide before packing and during the packing.

U Pack We Load and Drive move

This option is pretty basic and can be done with almost any moving company and any move type.

Packing could turn out to be more the 50% of a full service move cost, but by packing by yourself you will not get your moving boxed insured for more then the basic, by law, insurance of 60cents for long distance move or 30cents for local move.

Make sure to coordinate the terms you want with the moving company, already when receiving the moving estimate.

Follow carefully our packing guide before packing and during the packing. You can ask further assistance from the moving company you have chosen.

We Pack We Load U Drive move

Not many companies will give you this option.

Basically what you want from this move is to hire professional movers to do all the work for you, but load it to your rented truck and you drive it to the destination.

If price is not in your planned budget, you could enquire at your local labor office for any experienced movers looking for a job.