What labor-only means
You've got the transportation handled — a rental truck, a PODS or U-Box container, a trailer — and you need trained hands to load it right or unload it fast. Our crews show up with dollies, straps, and pads technique, and do the physical work by the hour. It's the cheapest way to get professional muscle into a DIY move.
Loading is the skill that matters most here: a properly loaded truck fits more, shifts less, and arrives without crushed boxes. If you've ever opened a rental truck after 200 miles and watched a bookcase fall out, you know what you're paying to avoid.
What our labor crews handle
- Loading and unloading rental trucks, portable containers, and storage units
- Heavy lifting inside your home — moving a safe downstairs, a treadmill to the basement, appliances in or out
- Furniture assembly: new furniture assembled — beds, dressers, desks, shelving — whether or not we moved it
- In-home rearrangement: redoing a room layout, rotating furniture between rooms and floors, staging a house for sale
- Truck-packing rescue: you started packing the truck, it's not going well, we finish it properly
How labor-only is priced
Hourly per crew member, usually with a two-hour minimum, and no truck fee since there's no truck. Tell us what's being loaded or moved and we'll size the crew honestly — most container loads are a two-person job.
When you'd want full-service instead
Straight talk: if you're renting a truck for a local move, price it against our full-service local moving before you book. After the rental, fuel, insurance, and your Saturday, labor-only plus a rental doesn't always win — and if it doesn't, we'll tell you.