Moving across country

[nadogail]

Welcome Aboard.

 

[Ole Slewfoot]

Renting a truck is a guaranteed ?$2000? loss.

Everything costs more in Cali, including box trucks.
To sell it here, it will have to be gas or 2010+ if diesel and over 14,000GVW.

Even a $2000 Box truck should easily last 25 or so hours on the highway.

 

[Berserk]

Just make sure if some of your belongings are guns and magazines you look up the new California gun laws that were passed. You could be committing multiple felonies just bringing them across the border into the state.

 

[Andysvette1]

Lots of great advice everyone! Thanks.

 

[tinmanwpk]

I just moved locally. The worst move of my life. The movers destroyed two antiques, a large hutch and a table. GET EXTRA INSURANCE. Your agent will help you. If you have anything valuable, move it yourself, don't have these wankers do it for you. They just don't care. We had a reputable company move us and they ruined many of our belongings.

 

[wornoutoldman]

I recently did your move in reverse San Diego to Conover. Call North American Van Lines. I had 9000 lbs to move according to their rep and the entire cost door to door was $7395. My entire home, garage, tools, and two motorcycles all included at that price. BTW the rep underestimated the weight by over 2000 lbs but they cap the estimate so you won't pay any extra if they are wrong. They do weigh and if they over estimate you can get a refund on the overage it isn't automatic you must request it.

 

[575cat]

I thought people were moving out of cal ?

 

[TheEquineFencer]

I thought people were moving out of cal ?

Only a few if Donald gets elected....

 

[Jackfre]

The way to control the cost is to have a hard conversation on what is wanted/needed and what is just "stuff". As you are unloading, you will decide that you brought to much stuff. We moved back to CA from MA 5 yrs ago. Love the winters. To hot/dry in summer, but it has been excellent overall. Nice ride you have there!

 

[85cj7boy]

So I recently moved from Chattanooga, TN to Dayton, OH. Had two 30 ft storage units and a 1 bedroom apt to move. I used Penske 26' box with a car hauler for one trip, a Penske 26' box with lift gate for another trip, and a U-Pack trailer (ABF) for the last trip. The U-Pack is great and if you get a bunch of E-track straps you can really tie stuff down well. I bought a bunch off of Craigslist and some load beams. It really helps to maximize the volume and secure stuff efficiently. Oh and I bought an enclosed trailer as well that I still own.... great driveway storage. It all depends on what you need to take and how much it weighs. Oh and if you need to tow a vehicle. So you can't get a liftgate truck with a ball to tow a trailer. Ramp and trailer or Liftgate. It is also really hard to get a One Way liftgate rental. I drove a liftgate truck round trip to use it. Penske cut my local milage rate down to be competative with a one way trip cost. Was nice of them.

 

[lilredex]

If you use a truck, especially U=haul, take it up to highway speeds to see if it is really roadworthy, before you load anything. I failed to do that and had to re-load on another truck late Sat. Afternoon.

The only good news was, I filled out their report card detailing my lousy experience and they replied with an apology and a full refund.

 

[jd_1138]

I'd liquidate as much stuff as possible. Maybe even have an estate sales/auction come in. Unless your furniture and appliances are pricey/really nice/fairly new, then it's best to probably take them.

If you end up not having to rent a large truck or containers, you can use the saved money and the money from selling the stuff to buy new, more appropriate stuff in California that fits the home/decor.

Plus it's just less physical and emotional work having to lift and move all that stuff.