Tips on moving?

[mrb1]

Extreme valuables and all ordinance travels in your own vehicle.

...and "marital aides"... tip for folks moving in the future . Before the packers show up, do a walk through with your partner and box everything up. I probably packed up 500 houses working the job back when. Amazing the stuff (and where it's found) that folks forget about. Unless you want it to be found. Those types are out there also

 

[cvairwerks]

Years back, we had to do a move where stuff was going to be dropped in 3 different locations. We did a walk thru with the crew boss and he color tagged everything based on drop location. It took longer to get between the old house and the first location than it took to completely unload at all three stops. The crew showed about 7:30 in the morning and were completely done and on the way home by 6 that night.

 

[dchawk81]

Last time I got moved by a company (35 years ago) I was told to not plug my TV in until it acclimated 12 hours in the new place. I read that as "we don't want to be blamed for breaking your TV".

IOW we're long gone and you can't prove it was us.

 

[Bucko]

The driver is the main guy in charge. Everyone works for him and he's responsible for any claims for damage. If stuff happens you can work with him and he will potentially cover stuff on his own to prevent a claim, assuming it's not a huge claim. He may very well be the only guy on the packing and moving crew that is there for the delivery.

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During one of our moves that was several states away the guys damaged a wall with a couch after t told them it wouldn't go thru that way. I was coming back to the house for a while so I told the driver I would deal with the damage.

When we got to our new house the downstairs was either tile or glue down hardwood that was in new condition. I stressed that NO Boxes were to be placed on the hardwood. My wife was directing things inside and I was dealing with the checkout list and directing outside. Apparently the guys could not figure out how to assemble a bed upstairs and asked my wife for help. When she returned the other guys had placed about 8 stacks of boxes right on the hardwood. Our previous driveway was gravel and the loaders staged boxes around the truck and rocks got embedded in the cardboard and they used the kick and twist method of pulling the hand truck from under the boxes on our hardwood floors.
Several days later when my wife was unpacking those boxes we found the floor all scratched up and submitted a claim. The driver was quick to deny any damage saying there was no way it happened. Adjuster first told us we were basically screwed because the drivers word was better that ours. After the adjuster dug deeper into the paperwork he found the driver did not have us sign the release for damages on the delivery side so they had to side with us. We received a check for $10,000 because they had no way of matching the flooring.
If the driver and the company had not been so quick to try and deny our claim we probably would of been happy with $500.

 

[dchawk81]

During one of our moves that was several states away the guys damaged a wall with a couch after t told them it wouldn't go thru that way. I was coming back to the house for a while so I told the driver I would deal with the damage.

When we got to our new house the downstairs was either tile or glue down hardwood that was in new condition. I stressed that NO Boxes were to be placed on the hardwood. My wife was directing things inside and I was dealing with the checkout list and directing outside. Apparently the guys could not figure out how to assemble a bed upstairs and asked my wife for help. When she returned the other guys had placed about 8 stacks of boxes right on the hardwood. Our previous driveway was gravel and the loaders staged boxes around the truck and rocks got embedded in the cardboard and they used the kick and twist method of pulling the hand truck from under the boxes on our hardwood floors.
Several days later when my wife was unpacking those boxes we found the floor all scratched up and submitted a claim. The driver was quick to deny any damage saying there was no way it happened. Adjuster first told us we were basically screwed because the drivers word was better that ours. After the adjuster dug deeper into the paperwork he found the driver did not have us sign the release for damages on the delivery side so they had to side with us. We received a check for $10,000 because they had no way of matching the flooring.
If the driver and the company had not been so quick to try and deny our claim we probably would of been happy with $500.

I am a truck driver and would not trust a trucking company to move my household.

 

[8Line]

everyone thank you for the input!
we made it! packed in one day, moved the second and now unpacked (mostly) on day 3. but have the rest of this weekend to finish.

exhausted but happy to be in the new place.