June Perry on mon 4 jun 01
Hi Everyone:
My husband and I in our dottering years have decided to move from Oregon to
the land of warmth for old bones--Florida! I could use some input on moving
the house and studio cross country.
If any Clayart members have made a interstate move with home and studio, I'd
love to know how you cut costs and what moving company or companies you used.
Right now I'm estimating that I have between 40 and 50 thousand pounds of
studio and home, with most of the weight being in the studio.
I called Mayflower and they won't give me the low rates for shipping raw
materials, machinery, etc. and I'd like to know how the rest of you have
handled this. Did you use one mover for household and freight the studio
equipment and raw materials; and if so, did the freight company load for you,
or was the responsibility for renting fork lifts, palletting materials, left
in your hands.
Thanks in advance for any and all help!
Warmest regards,
June
Philip Poburka on mon 4 jun 01
Dear June,
Well...my plan, for when I move, is to get with some Trucking outfit and
arrange for them to haul a 40ft. 'Containerized-Cargo' box, which I will buy
sometime at my liesure.
I will put my stuff in there, tie it all down or up nice and snug, lock the
Doors and lat them haul the thing to where-ever...
Sell or keep the Container when I am done with it.
Some outfits will also rent the container and leave it on the Big Trailer
for you to load up...I have done that before and it was cheap and easy...but
I did that one to ship stuff to Amsterdam...
So...you could look into that...see what shakes in that
consideration...could save a lot of money.
Good Luck!
Philip
Las Vegas...
> Hi Everyone:
>
> My husband and I in our dottering years have decided to move from Oregon
to
> the land of warmth for old bones--Florida! I could use some input on
moving
> the house and studio cross country.
> If any Clayart members have made a interstate move with home and studio,
I'd
> love to know how you cut costs and what moving company or companies you
used.
> Right now I'm estimating that I have between 40 and 50 thousand pounds of
> studio and home, with most of the weight being in the studio.
> I called Mayflower and they won't give me the low rates for shipping raw
> materials, machinery, etc. and I'd like to know how the rest of you have
> handled this. Did you use one mover for household and freight the studio
> equipment and raw materials; and if so, did the freight company load for
you,
> or was the responsibility for renting fork lifts, palletting materials,
left
> in your hands.
> Thanks in advance for any and all help!
>
> Warmest regards,
> June
>
>
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Chris Clarke on tue 5 jun 01
It's going to be tough getting anyone to lower their rates. I moved my
studio in '99. We had two semis to move us and it cost around $15000.
Luckily the company moved us and paid.
I would suggest purging, get rid of anything that would be cheaper to rebuy.
And I liked Mayflower, they were wonderful, don't use Paul Arpin. They
broke everything the could. My last move was Alliance and they put all my
chemical jars (glass, I had taped them shut, oxides) upside down in the box
and the drive vibrated then oxides out.
Tape and pack anything you can. And don't let them load the truck and then
come to you with the list that says all your stuff is junk that you have to
sign. Our driver was pretty pissed when I told him either change the
wording or unload the truck so we could go over it together (we had new
furniture that they said was soiled and old). chris, never moving again
temecula, california
chris@ccpots.com
www.ccpots.com
----- Original Message -----
From: June Perry
To:
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 12:31 PM
Subject: Moving cross country need some advice on movers, etc.
> Hi Everyone:
>
> My husband and I in our dottering years have decided to move from Oregon
to
> the land of warmth for old bones--Florida! I could use some input on
moving
> the house and studio cross country.
> If any Clayart members have made a interstate move with home and studio,
I'd
> love to know how you cut costs and what moving company or companies you
used.
> Right now I'm estimating that I have between 40 and 50 thousand pounds of
> studio and home, with most of the weight being in the studio.
> I called Mayflower and they won't give me the low rates for shipping raw
> materials, machinery, etc. and I'd like to know how the rest of you have
> handled this. Did you use one mover for household and freight the studio
> equipment and raw materials; and if so, did the freight company load for
you,
> or was the responsibility for renting fork lifts, palletting materials,
left
> in your hands.
> Thanks in advance for any and all help!
>
> Warmest regards,
> June
>
>
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__
> Send postings to clayart@lsv.ceramics.org
>
> You may look at the archives for the list or change your subscription
> settings from http://www.ceramics.org/clayart/
>
> Moderator of the list is Mel Jacobson who may be reached at
melpots@pclink.com.
Jane Powers on thu 7 jun 01
If you decide to use professional movers, be sure to get an estimate of your
weight load and be sure that you get the estimator to sign it, thereby
guaranteeing the amount they will charge you. A well known practice in the
moving industry is that they give you an estimate which is often under the
actual weight. Upon reaching the destination, the driver will often expect
to be paid for the extra weight before he will agree to unload.
I would suggest highly recommend you NOT use North American. I used them one
time and had some items stolen by the packers and could not get them to
return my calls regarding some broken pieces of furniture.
I also had a friend that used the "container cargo" method I think someone
else suggested. He said he would never go another way, although it is alot
of work loading it.
Enjoy your new home.
Jane Powers
Severna Park, MD
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