Submitted by -yeahnoiknow- t3_11zr23b in pittsburgh
CARLEtheCamry t1_jde8pok wrote
If you haven't committed yet -
I'm a huge fan of the PODS-style moving containers. You can get them delivered early (assuming you have a place to put it) and load at your own pace. It's like $150 just to rent the unit for a month, then when you're ready you pay whatever fee relating to where you move, and you can take your time to unload later.
Multiple friends have used them to move over the past 10 years or so. So much less stressful than the mad rush of "everything has to get out in one day, all hands on deck" with a truck rental. And you don't have to drive the huge thing to it's destination.
There's multiple companies that do something similar. All my friends used the PODS brand and never had any issues. I've been jerked around so many times by U-Haul, renting from one location, oh we don't have the truck you'll have to go to Moon to pick it up kind of things. My brother was driving one from Latrobe to Virginia in the hills and the brake calipers straight fell off and he had to wait 8 hours in the middle of no-where for someone to come fix it and walk up a hill to get cell signal.
-yeahnoiknow- OP t1_jde8xpr wrote
Oh, interesting! I’d not heard of this before. I will definitely look into it, thanks !
MrRiski t1_jdgzg43 wrote
Seconding pods. Have moved from Pittsburgh to Florida and back using them. The pod is slightly more than just a moving truck in my experience but imo it's worth the added cost of you can swing it just because of the freedom of loading and unloading over a week instead of trying to slam everything out in a couple days. Plus I don't have to drive a shitty U-Haul for hours on end and can spend that time in my car which I enjoy driving.
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