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I am deciding between two right now. Pack Rat and Upack relocube. Pods was $1,000 higher than the others.
Upack is the cheapest and fastest delivery. It requires two of their containers though. They said 2-3 day delivery.
Pack rat is a couple hundred higher, and they are saying 7-10 day delivery. As of right now im leaning toward upack because it will be delivered so much faster. Michigan to North Carolina. What the heck is upack doing with my stuff for a week or more?
Also look at Atlas Smartmoves. We used them last summer and were very satisfied. It was much cheaper than regular movers, even though we used their professional movers to load and unload (optional, and would have been even cheaper if we had done it ourselves).
The Atlas vaults were small enough that they can bring 5, plus a bobcat (or some such thing), on a truck. They used the bobcat to bring the vault right up to the door. We used 4 small vaults to move the equivalent of a three-bedroom house.
Mayflower also has containers now, but I don't know anything about them, except that they did not go where we needed to go.
We have used U-Pack in the past, also without problem, but it was a lot more work.
Can someone please give me some guidance as to which container moving service I should use.
I am looking at PODS U-Ship, Pack-Rat, etc.
I'm using ABF (UPack) and their rates are very reasonable, and they're extremely helpful. Once my move is complete, I'll be sure to make an update on how everything goes.
Before you invest too much time comparing mobile/portable container transportation options, you better first determine of an unattended container/trailer can even be dropped at both you origin and destination address.
Many apartment managers, community associations and municipalities have enacted homeowner covenants and traffic laws which may restrict their use on private property and public access thoroughfares.
Do all of them offer storage of the containers for a week or several if needed? We are going to need to stay in a motel or vacation rental for a bit after we arrive and look for a permanent home once we are in the new town. So we won't be able to unpack right away and can't have the containers on the street there.
Do all of them offer storage of the containers for a week or several if needed? We are going to need to stay in a motel or vacation rental for a bit after we arrive and look for a permanent home once we are in the new town. So we won't be able to unpack right away and can't have the containers on the street there.
Highly recommend ABF u-pack if they service your area. They were very easy to work with and flexible about drop off dates. When I realized that the pod and we were going to be at our home earlier than anticipated, they fit us in and delivered earlier than they were originally scheduled. Fill it full, bottom to top and back to front. Fill in the spaces with bags full of pillows, bedding, bulky clothing, linens etc. They are very careful, but items do shift.
I decided against the relocubes, because they are very small. I am using their regular moving service with a semi. Packrat would have received my business if their transit time wasn't so long. I'm moving in a couple weeks and I will update how it goes. Based on their rave reviews i'm sure it will be fine.
Do all of them offer storage of the containers for a week or several if needed? We are going to need to stay in a motel or vacation rental for a bit after we arrive and look for a permanent home once we are in the new town. So we won't be able to unpack right away and can't have the containers on the street there.
We used Atlas SmartVaults. The price included up to 28 (maybe 30?) days of storage. After that, it would have been a very reasonable daily rate. One advantage of a container is that your stuff doesn't have to be transferred off of (and back onto) a truck, so it is cheaper and there is less risk of things being broken or lost.
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