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Post by auntkelly on May 14, 2019 15:32:13 GMT
My daughter will soon be moving 1200 miles from our home to start a new job. My husband plans to either drive out with my daughter in her car or he will drive his car and she will follow in hers. I’m not sure whether I will fly or drive with one of them.
My daughter has two carloads full of stuff-mostly small household items and clothes. We’re trying to decide whether it would be cheaper to take two fully loaded cars or to take one car and ship the rest of her stuff.
Have any of you ever shipped a bunch of boxes across country? Which shipper did you use?
Any advice would be appreciated.
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Post by yodutchess on May 14, 2019 15:42:44 GMT
My daughter used Greyhound. She found the website. She and son in law needed multiple trips to drive the boxes to the bus station. The boxes ( and guitar) were stored in a locked area, then loaded underneath the bus on the appointed day, and transferred accordingly. Everything arrived at the endpoint . You are given a range of dates that the stuff will arrive at the final station,or may pay extra and have it delivered. We took the cheap route, since it fit in a van and car, we went and got it. This was absolutely the cheapest from Idaho to Pa.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2019 15:49:49 GMT
I hadn't thought of Greyhound, is it cheaper than USPS?
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Post by annabella on May 14, 2019 15:51:14 GMT
How about a small U-haul trailer?
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Post by brenda89 on May 14, 2019 15:57:28 GMT
Unless it's pretty small boxes, UPS or FedEx will be way cheaper than USPS. I have no experience with other methods, sorry.
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Post by beepdave on May 14, 2019 15:57:57 GMT
Pack in boxes that can be stacked on a skid and ship FedEx Freight or Old Dominion.
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Post by Kerri W on May 14, 2019 16:04:26 GMT
We have used the small U-Haul trailers a couple times. Very affordable.
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Post by Menjiness on May 14, 2019 16:27:28 GMT
What about a pod? Or find a company that will pack everything on a pallet and move it LTL (Less-than-truckload) shipping. www.upack.com is a company that will do something like this. There is also www.1800packrat.com |
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Post by luvnlifelady on May 14, 2019 16:49:48 GMT
The Greyhound idea is a great tip. A lot of my clothes are still in California and even if I get two suitcases at Goodwill and fly Southwest with two people, I think that would be quite an expensive way to do things. I may have to ask my mom about the Greyhound option.
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Post by freebird on May 14, 2019 16:55:12 GMT
Option 3? Sell off the crappy household stuff and replace it on the other end? No need to ship spoons and skillets IMO.
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Post by lisacharlotte on May 14, 2019 16:58:48 GMT
UPS or FedEx Ground.
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Post by bc2ca on May 14, 2019 17:20:22 GMT
My daughter will soon be moving 1200 miles from our home to start a new job. My husband plans to either drive out with my daughter in her car or he will drive his car and she will follow in hers. I’m not sure whether I will fly or drive with one of them. My daughter has two carloads full of stuff-mostly small household items and clothes. We’re trying to decide whether it would be cheaper to take two fully loaded cars or to take one car and ship the rest of her stuff. Have any of you ever shipped a bunch of boxes across country? Which shipper did you use? Any advice would be appreciated. I can't see any way that taking 2 full cars is NOT the least expensive option. If you drive with them, the three of you can trade off cars and share driving. Taking a second car adds more gas plus hotel room for return trip which is not going to be more than the cost of an airline ticket home plus shipping boxes. |
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Post by Moochiemama on May 14, 2019 20:04:15 GMT
My daughter moved down here to Florida from San Francisco and she packed up all of her books (about 5 medium to large boxes) along with much of her other items and sent them on Amtrak. When they arrived, before she did, her father and I were able to go and pick up the boxes from the station. This was the most economical way that she could find.
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Post by cmpeter on May 14, 2019 20:18:53 GMT
We had a friend ship her daughters stuff for college via Greyhound. It was a hot mess with nothing arriving when expected and taking weeks to track down and finally get everything delivered.
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Post by silverlining on May 15, 2019 0:26:24 GMT
If you decide to fly, see if you can get a good flight on Southwest. You could pack your own things in a carry-on, and then some of her things in two suitcases for free.
Will she come back to visit you in a few months? She could take another load then of fall or winter stuff maybe.
If she has a lot of kitchen things that are inexpensive, or that are not as nice as she might like when she's in her new job, I would see if she would like to donate them and then buy others when she gets settled.
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Post by yodutchess on May 15, 2019 0:34:17 GMT
I hadn't thought of Greyhound, is it cheaper than USPS? It was cheaper for the weight and volume of stuff 13 boxes and a guitar, than USPS, for that distance. |
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Post by mikewozowski on May 15, 2019 1:28:35 GMT
you can also load one car up and tow it there. pack extra stuff in the car with the people.
but really, depending on what stuff she wants to take ... maybe she should just take what will fit in one car and get rid of the rest. most people moving cross country as young people don't take much with them. our daughter only moved to dallas a few hours away. she didn't have a whole lot, mostly clothes and a couple pieces of furniture.
where is she moving?
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Post by darkangel090260 on May 15, 2019 1:29:51 GMT
rent a mall u haul tailer
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Post by auntkelly on May 15, 2019 1:39:15 GMT
you can also load one car up and tow it there. pack extra stuff in the car with the people. but really, depending on what stuff she wants to take ... maybe she should just take what will fit in one car and get rid of the rest. most people moving cross country as young people don't take much with them. our daughter only moved to dallas a few hours away. she didn't have a whole lot, mostly clothes and a couple pieces of furniture. where is she moving? She is moving to the Raleigh-Durham area. |
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