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We rented the 6'x12' cargo trailer from u haul and drove over 1450 miles. Your not supposed to exceed 55 mph, which was a bummer with all the 18 wheelers passing you on 95. I remember praying alot. LOL We did it over a 2 day period, because it being a fairly heavy load. Sure was happy when we hit our driveway and got it unloaded.
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I have used U-haul to furnish 3 homes in TV. One 17 foot and one 14 foot and one 10 foot trailer. Plus about 4 pick-up loads that looked like the Beverly Hillbillys. We are about 850 miles away. One thing I noticed about pricing U-Haul was that it really depended on timing. I would keep checking the web site and reserving another when the price was lower then canceling the last one reserved. There prices change depending on where there inventory is located. When an area gets more trucks and trailers then they need, the price drops. When I first reserved the first 17 foot truck, it was around $1200. By the time I picked it up a couple months later, I had it down to $650. I was able to pack our first home, 3 bedroom, 1900 sq ft in that first 17 foot truck. Took some planning, lots of pads, and some load adjusting, but it all fit.
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We used a trailer from ABF in Sept 2010 after getting estimates from UHaul, United, Allied and Ryder and PODS. The problem with the moving companies was they wouldn't give us a date when they would arrive in FL. It was anywhere between 3-12 days. If it was 8-12 days or more it was ok with us but if it was less we wouldn't be here yet or have closed on the house and TV would not let them unload before we owned (understandable). PODS and ABF had the most flexibility. ABF dropped off the trailer, we (and nephews and neighbors kids) loaded it under the supervision of my husband. We had 3 days to load. They drove it down and held it for free for 3 days in Ocala then delivered it to our driveway between 1&3PM on the day we took ownership of the house and we had 3 days to unload. We hired 2 Charter School high school boys to unload (recommended here on TOTV) and they emptied that thing in 3 hours and placed contents in rooms under our supervision. They were amazing especially in 95+ heat. We called ABF and they picked up the next day 2 days earlier than we originally thought. Very pleased with the move. Also, United quoted us double the price Allied quoted which was weird.
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If...everything goes well and we are soon homeless...:wave: we may need storage for our stuff when we get there and POD offers climate controlled storage and that lock you lock on the end. Relocubes hold about a room of furniture. AND the use of their pup trailers are not as precise as to pick up and delivery. I think it will cost us about 8K to get our stuff there and store it for a couple three months using PODS. If we can get all this accomplished, and become homeless can the three of us and our kitties sleep on your lanai for awhile? We are no trouble. We have already picked out our shopping cart for our day to day belongings. |
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We used ABF Relocubes for our move from Allentown, PA to TV the end of March. We used 3 and the cost was less than $1,800; we were very pleased with the service. We had them in Allentown ~1 week and then they delivered them to the Village Pack and Storage for us.
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Used PODS last July from Lower NYS cost was about $1500, when I spoke with them I did mention my quote from ABF for two of their cubes at that price, which PODS matched.
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We are going to have to store all of our belongings for about three months while we find something. Maybe that is the difference and the fact we are bringing all of our furniture.
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Take a look at unitedmayflower dot com. They have cubes, too, and you can get an online quote.
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do not use internet moving companies
Last year, we almost used a company I found on the Internet. The rep was so friendly, their website looked wonderful, and the price was great. Luckily, I checked with someone from the Commerce Commission...oooboy, the horror stories they had to tell. We had already sent them a deposit. I called them and said our home sale had fallen through. I didn't want to get into what I heard about them. Just be careful. Luckily we sold most of our "stuff" which made the cost much lower. Good luck
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