We would bring our Honda CRV packed to the gills every time we drove down from NJ. I also bought a hitch and a Curt 2'x4' rack on which we hauled smelly stuff, like the leaf blower, Pellet smoker, etc. When it came time to empty the house, we did a 2 day driveway sale, numerous trips to the dump and finally packed got a 16' PODS pod.
I used probably 2 dozen ratchet straps, lots of blankets strapped everything in. We were staging the house for sale, so I half filled the pod and it sat there for about a month, slowly re-arranging and filling up. When the house sold, everything else went into the pod or got dumped. Took about 3 hours to unload.
The only other thing I'll mention, a guy down the street used an ABF trailer. While it may have been cheaper, I saw him huffing and puffing going up and down the ramp all day. The pod is about a 5 inch step up, no risk of falling off and not having heat stroke going up and down a ramp all day is a bonus.
For me, the math to use a pod washed about even. All in, the pod was about $3400 for the nearly two months. A Uhaul truck NJ to TV was going to be $2700, plus probably $300 in fuel, plus a $150 for a hotel and food plus $250 for a flight back AND I'd have to go up and down a ramp loading and unloading. Not to mention the sheer annoyance of driving those garbage Uhaul trucks. Got to drive our own vehicle down with the dog, the pod dropped right at the garage, right on time.
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