Checklist for moving across country4/23/2024 ![]() ![]() They will also help you determine which size truck to rent. Uhaul has them and will help you out with all of the hookup and everything. What I think is the best option: If you don’t have kids, I would rent a truck, and get a trailer that can haul one of your cars behind the truck. I’m moving to a new state in a couple of months. I took a larger than needed truck because it cost less than the vanbody I might have been unable to fit everything in. Penske was literally 60% cheaper than Uhaul that particular trip. It was about a 10 hour drive from our place. A few years ago I cleaned out my MILs place she was selling and took essentially everything she didn't have a determined fate for, just to help her clean thr place out. If they need trucks relocated in the direction you are going, a company can have a cheap rate to incentivize rentals. If you DO rent a truck, check rates with multiple companies. And maybe have a month of a storage unit rental close to the new place lined up so you can get that truck empty and turned in promptly. Where you gonna park that truck? Is it a secure location or did you just bring your stuff cross country and hand it to a thief? What if no one is actually there with keys to meet you? You really trying to unload that tonight after driving 400 miles? Yeah, no. ![]() For example, if using a moving truck and arriving at end of day at an apartment complex. LA to Albuquerque is too long, what's in between that meets criteria for overnight stop? Yes, you're stabbing in the dark a bit, but you can tweak on the fly if necessary as long as you build flexibility into the operation.Įighth, have a clear arrival plan. Plug in both ends of the trip and try to divvy it up into days. So anotger hour wiggle room on average we may drive longer or shorter. And we need to end up at pet friendly hotels at the end of each day, not on a deserted stretch of highway 200 miles from a town. We'll need to be on the road more like 11 hours to get 10 hours driving time in with a meal and potty breaks. Ok, so that's a 50 mph average for 10 hours. Seventh, start with goals and use those goals to build a plan. Set an estimate and revise it as necessary. Don't set a hard arrival time and date and then put yourself in a bind trying to meet it. Structure your trip such that these things do not cause cascading disasters if and when they occur. Fortunately this occurred at my parent's house, 6 hours from our starting point and it cost us nothing but time, which we absolutely had aplenty. We waited for their systems to clear, got a good night',s sleep and then continued our journey. The transformation to twitchy fiends was unexpected and annoying. Note, we tested them all on these meds a week before starting the move and they looked like drowsy little calm angels. Our FL-WI move got paused for 2 extra days because our cats decided their prescribed road trip sedative was actually a blend of neth and coke and they didn't sleep at all for 2 days. I assume they are your babies and that they will hate this. Are you using a moving company? Fitting it all in the vehicles? Renting a truck and car dolly and driving that across country? If one thing is tipping ypu from fitting it all, is it better to replace that one thing instead, ship it separately, or go with the more spacious method?įifth, have a plan and a backup plan for dealing with your cats. You WILL want to find things and this will reduce the associated bullshit.įourth, assess how much needs to be moved and how you are going to do that. And document it in a spreadsheet or other format which is easily viewable on your phone. Consider whether you will pack and move and unpack or pack and store these items. Second, look at things that rarely or never get used but you will never relinquish. In general, the less stuff you move, the easier it will be. The first 3 were solo moves, the last was with my wife.įirst of all, look at anything not worth moving. Reporting it brings it to our attention and will definitely be looked at by someone. ![]() If something is not reported, it will most likely slip past us. If you see anyone breaking the rules above, please report the post and/or message the mods. The mods also reserve the right to remove any particularly bad quality posts at their discretion.
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