What’s the cheapest way to move across the country? We are seeing prices of $6,000 for a moving truck. And we need two.

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May 20, 2022
5:50:33am

CrimWalCoug All-American in practice

Any cheaper options out there?

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What’s the cheapest way to move across the country? We are seeing prices of $6,000 for a moving truck. And we need two.

CrimWalCoug All-American in practice

5/20/22 5:50am

A handcart might be less expensive?

AZPTCOUG

5/20/22 5:51am

Have you looked into Pods? That was cheaper than a truck when I moved.

Star-Lord

5/20/22 5:54am

I used UPack and it was about the same as UHaul

thewaterboy

5/20/22 5:59am

There is a legendary CBer that could teach you how to let people drive your

blackandblue

5/20/22 5:54am

I would love a free trip. Sign me up.

LaVellIfIKnow

5/20/22 12:37pm

Sell most of your stuff where you are and buy new stuff.

Junior Deputy

5/20/22 5:55am

Sell almost everything and buy again on the other side

AggieWeekendCougar

5/20/22 5:57am

This is the way

CBaass

5/20/22 6:00am

This is the way we did it 13 years ago was very cheap

ABCoug

5/20/22 6:53am

Find where moving trucks are cheaper. Fly there and drive it back to your home.

creameryon9th

5/20/22 6:03am

Gas prices now make that strategy shaky at best

LaserCoug

5/20/22 6:48am

this is a good strategy, even with gas prices

byujag

5/20/22 7:40am

Make sure they actually have unlimited miles. I think Uhaul has a limit.

Mostlyaccurate

5/20/22 7:47am

ABF Upack truck thing.

BYUtka

5/20/22 6:08am

This^^^^

Babyboy

5/20/22 7:09am

We reduced everything to fit all of our belongings in 1 POD.

Revolution

5/20/22 6:25am

I'm /hoping/ to fit into 3 pods. We've filled one already

BeyondTheMark

5/20/22 7:09am

Two trucks means you need to get rid of a lot of junk

Mike Honcho

5/20/22 6:29am

Not really. We’re in the stage of life where we have nice stuff, and we’re moving from a large home.

CrimWalCoug

5/20/22 7:00am

Unless you’ve got a huge home AND a bunch of kids, I can’t imagine anyone legitimately needing more than a 26’ truck

Mike Honcho

5/20/22 2:12pm

We used PODS and it cost about $3-4k. It was a lot simpler.

Marc Spector

5/20/22 6:32am

Don't hire an interstate moving truck.

rad dawg

5/20/22 6:37am

We always hire movers and have never had those problems

2FarGone

5/20/22 6:57am

There are a few good ones but not for $6k per truck moving cross country.

rad dawg

5/20/22 7:21am

Good point, I’m sure we paid more

2FarGone

5/20/22 7:25am

ABF is cheapest

Recipefordisaster

5/20/22 6:38am

Why do people keep saying get rid of all your stuff? This isn’t some college student with DI furniture. This is a grown

YIsForBrigham

5/20/22 7:05am

He asked for cheap. People gave answers based on that premise. The original

AggieWeekendCougar

5/20/22 7:15am

Anyone with a $12,000 couch ain't complaining about $12,000 to move his whole

volleyjiver

5/20/22 7:49am

Plenty of people with a couch from pottery barn would complain about that. You don’t have to be a millionaire to

YIsForBrigham

5/20/22 8:47am

Haha. $12k is definitely not a “moderately priced” sectional.

Mike Honcho

5/20/22 2:14pm

Actually, it is

YIsForBrigham

5/20/22 2:20pm

Mmmm nope. Sorry. I just looked at wayfair with 200 pages of sectionals, and exactly one page out of 200 was $12k+

Mike Honcho

5/20/22 7:03pm

All those places = low end

YIsForBrigham

5/20/22 7:17pm

Mm hmm. Like I said, sorry you got scammed. At least you can turn it into a learning opportunity.

Mike Honcho

5/20/22 8:22pm

I’ve helped move a lot of people with a “nice” house and “nice” stuff.

Junior Deputy

5/20/22 8:18am

RE: What’s the cheapest way to move across the country? We are seeing

Texan

5/20/22 7:10am

Cheapest way 1 get your employer to pay for it cheapest way 2 2 uhauls

novacoug1

5/20/22 7:16am

Estes Sure Move - you get the front part of a freight trailer

Kolipoki

5/20/22 7:18am

Uhaul was the cheapest for me, but was only about 1000 miles

cougaman

5/20/22 7:23am

Pick something reputable or do it yourself. We REALLY messed up our coast-to-

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