[widebody911]

The last two times I moved, I hired a moving company. I'd just had ACL recon, and was in no shape to do it myself, and didn't feel like dealing with the hassles of wrangling up a U-haul truck that might run, manpower, etc.

The first move was picture perfect except for a couple minor details, which were truly minor. Due to some mixup, the bobtail they had scheduled for my move was committed, so they sent a semi. However, they only had one semi driver to work 2 jobs, so he dropped the trailer and two guys at my house to load everything up whilst he drove the other job, then came back and delivered my trailer. It lengthened the whole ordeal by 2 hours, but not on the clock. These guys were pros - one guy tipped my 5hp/60g compressor onto a dolly, and ran it up the ramp into the semi.

The second time was a borderline disaster. Neither of the two guys who showed up had any moving experience - there was an older guy who just happened to have the appropriate license, and a skinny 19 year-old kid on his first day at this job. They put one row of boxes across the floor of the truck, and then wanted to drive over and drop them off. They had no idea how to load the truck at all. They didn't know how to take a door off it's hinges, or any of the common moving tricks. In fact, they didn't even know how to get the ramp out of the truck - I caught them trying to lift stuff 4' or so off the ground trying to get it inside.