Vehicle Shipping 101 From Haulingdepot.com

A sensible approach to choosing Car Shippers, Auto Transport Services and Vehicle Shipping Companies.

Monday, February 18, 2008

Have a Move Planned This Spring?

With spring just around the corner, many people make their move, literally. Along with change in weather can also bring other changes. New jobs, new cars, new opportunities can bring about the need for professional movers. In this blog we review the top things to look for as well as the different moving & shipping services.

Based on your comfort levels and needs you can hire a full service moving companies to just a truck rental. Here is a summary of each service:

1. Full service movers - Pack, box and move you items from your home for you. You just tell them what, where and when.

2. The most popular moving service today is you pack and the move the items to the truck and than to your new destination.

3. Another service growing in popularity today is you pack & you load the container and they will come pick it up and ship it to its new destination. Moving companies like pods and ABF u pack provide these types of services.

4. If you are shipping cars along with your house hold items you can either have the movers include it in the price of moving your household gods or seek and auto transport company who specializes in vehicle transport perform these services.
5. If you prefer to do the entire move yourself, including you pack, you load and you drive look into renting a truck from U haul or Ryder. Ask the dealer which size truck you should rent based on the size of your home.