Save Money On Your Move
Cheap Moving Trucks
You have finally bought the house of your dreams or are moving to a new workplace, and you are now faced with the huge problem of moving all your belongings.
Since you are still paying for escrow and are still neck deep in debt, you have to find ways to save money by all means. After asking for price quotes from moving companies, you decide that it's cheaper if you do the move yourself by renting cheap moving trucks.
Doing the move to your new residence is better because you get to meticulously pack all your belongings yourself making the margin for breakage minimal. You can even carefully plan and estimate how big (or small) the type of rental truck you will be getting. But that is just half the battle won, because you still need to know and check out the place of business that you will be renting the truck from.
Safety is a major concern so pick a cheap moving truck company that has no or less reports for major vehicle collisions meaning that they do regular maintenance on their truck rentals. You can ask the local truck company for that information or better yet go to the Better Business Bureau for a list of credible cheap moving trucks. Do not compromise price for safety. Just give a little more money room for rental; after all, it’s your life's savings that you are going to transport.
Rental fees for cheap moving trucks is based on how many hours will you be renting it. You could either do daily, hourly or weekend rates, depending on the type of move (and distance) you will be doing, so you can carefully consider and plan your move.
Don’t forget restrictions on the type of vehicles you can drive. Bigger trucks mean a much more special type of license. If you are not moving too far a distance, maybe you could just rent a smaller or mid-sized truck, and you could just take multiple trips.
You also need to pay some sort of bond and some companies also ask you to refill the gas that was used during the move.
As with any rental, especially when renting cheap moving trucks, they will require you to show proof of identification just to make sure that you are capable of driving and you are who you say you are.