26 Jun
2013
26 Jun
'13
12:26 p.m.
On Jun 26, 2013, at 11:49 AM, David Griffith <dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu> wrote:
Sometime in the next few months I will be transporting the contents of my storage unit in
central California to northern Washington. Can I get some ideas of cost of how to do
this? My first thought is to fly down, rent a truck, fill it up, and drive back to
Washington. My father thinks it would be overall cheaper to rent the truck in in
Washington, drive it down, and drive it back. Still another idea is to rent a shipping
container and put my goodies in that. Can I get some other ideas, suggestions, and/or
advice?
The cost of a local rental will be dominated by mileage. Depending upon size/weight of
what you're moving you'll want a lift gate (I recommend "rail lifts" vs
"tuck under lifts"). Most truck rental agencies will only rent lift gate trucks
locally (btw, I recommend Penske...I've tried all of the others except U-Haul which I
run away from as a matter of principle...I've had major equipment failures with
everyone but Penske).
Another option, is to talk to ABF (www.abfs.com) where you basically load up a trailer and
they move it and you unload it.
TTFN - Guy