Moving Advice for Going Long Distances
Moving your family and entire household can be a costly and extremely stressful process, especially if you are moving to a very distant state (for example, moving from Florida to California). When considering moving your household items specifically, the possibility that your household items may get lost, damaged, stolen become very real during a move. As such, it is extremely important that you take your time deciding on whether you want to move your household items yourself (via a U-Haul truck for example).
If you do decide to move your household items yourself, there are many factors that you must consider before renting a moving truck from a do it yourself moving company. The first factor is selecting a company to rent your truck from. You should probably get moving estimates and the contract terms from all of the truck rental companies you possibly can before you rent a truck. This is to ensure that you get the best rate that you can for the truck and to ensure that terms of rental agreement are favorable towards you. You should keep in mind that a company will charge a rate per mile and a fixed amount per day for maintenance and insurance.
After you select a truck rental company, you should go out to the yard where the company stores its trucks and find out how well it is maintained and how much mileage the truck can travel on a gallon of gas. On average, a 24 foot box truck gets about 8 to 10 miles per gallon of diesel fuel. You should also keep in mind that you are responsible for keeping the truck fueled on your long distance move and that the truck must have a full tank of gas when you return it to the company.
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