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MO Betta
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Yikes, that blows. I've always just used U-Haul trucks, I do like the lower deck heights on their rigs and I'm pretty sure you can hook up their car haulers to them. Just have to disconnect the driveshaft on the vehicle being towed.
Where are you off to now?
Where are you off to now?
Wildabeest
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The fact that you’ve done it 7 times and are still married tells me you’re doing something right! Congrats! I always use moves as an opportunity to purge stuff. If it’s still in a box from the last move, then I probably don’t need it.
rideold
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Best advice I can give is hire it out if you can afford it. Second option is to get the company you're going to work for to pay for it. Otherwise rent a larger truck than you think you need. Makes it easier to load.
Hunting Wife
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If there’s anything big (furniture, appliances, etc) you are already thinking of replacing in the short to mid-term, don’t move it, even if you might need to live without said item for a few months in the interim. I remember helping friends move a PITA behemoth cabinet TV that actually cracked the riser on the basement stairs. They got rid of it shortly after they moved. 
KB_
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where to this time around?
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Definitely, we are getting pretty good at being ruthless to never-used possessions.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts... not as much fun as when we moved to Montana...
thusby
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No way to make it suck much less, I've moved from WI>MN>FL>MN>OR>LA>WI in the past 18 years. My pro tip is if you rent a truck make sure it has 10-12 foot ramp. I always liked to back right up through the yard and to the door, then slide that ramp right through the threshold. We invested in a really solid 2 wheel cart with straps. Get some full length door jamb protectors, they make a clamp on style that is great.
Biggest tip my wife and I found was to take good breaks too. We would stop and just have a beer on the patio every couple hours. It helped to avoid some verbal quarreling.
Biggest tip my wife and I found was to take good breaks too. We would stop and just have a beer on the patio every couple hours. It helped to avoid some verbal quarreling.
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Yeah was wondering about that... we have a Forester we will be towing, was wondering if we needed to do anything in particular to tow it since it's all wheel drive?
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LOL... "You're carrying the box wrong".... yep time for a beer
Pucky Freak
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If you are traveling I-80 you’re welcome to a couple of beers on me E of Des Moines 
rtraverdavis
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It's the worst. My wife and I have moved eight times in 15 years. If you can, hire people to do the dirty work.
MO Betta
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Won't be any different than a RWD - your front wheels will be up on the hauler, disconnecting the driveshaft lets the rear wheels spin freely. You'll need to secure the driveshaft, it would be a good idea to talk with them as you might need to use something to secure it yourself.
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I couldn't afford to have movers do the whole thing, but I hired people to load/unload my uhaul for 1/10th the price. Worth it.
Moved a bunch.....always box everything even if you're going just across the street (actually did that when we bought first house).
Even the budget "two guys and a truck " are worth gold....
Doing it in a pandemic...? I got nothing for that. Good luck! May it be a painless as moving can possibly be.
Even the budget "two guys and a truck " are worth gold....
Doing it in a pandemic...? I got nothing for that. Good luck! May it be a painless as moving can possibly be.
Straight Arrow
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Wish I were there to help. My old horse trailer has been used more frequently to move folks into their new places.
We have been in our house since 1975 and have accumulated massive amount of I don't even remember what! But if you need something ... I probably have it laying around here or in a cabinet somewhere! Help me out; come get it.
We have been in our house since 1975 and have accumulated massive amount of I don't even remember what! But if you need something ... I probably have it laying around here or in a cabinet somewhere! Help me out; come get it.
Totally worth it
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Only take job offers from companies that have a relocation package that includes shipping household goods. Wife and I have moved 8 times in 15 yrs. First time we moved ourselves. Never again.
