If you own a large home filled with valuable personal possessions, consider making an Exclusive Use Long-Distance Move when you relocate. Usually, the possessions of multiple families are loaded aboard an interstate moving vehicle. Once the vehicle is filled, the driver can begin making deliveries in the most efficient pattern. An Exclusive Use Long-Distance Move means that your possessions are the only ones that travel aboard the moving vehicle.
Your goods are picked up and delivered immediately when you order an Exclusive Use Move. With a regular long-distance move, your goods could be anywhere from first to last off the truck. An Exclusive Use Long-Distance Move provides you with a moving vehicle and moving crew dedicated to moving only your family’s possessions. Other major benefits of scheduling and Exclusive Use Moves include:
- Better scheduling
- Tighter transport windows
- Increased security.
Ask About The Availability of Specialty Handling for Your High-Value Items
People choose Exclusive Use moves when they have a large amount of valuable possessions. Once those moving doors close at your former residence, they don’t open again until we reach your new home. Avoid damages to your goods during the unloading of other people’s items by selecting an Exclusive Use move. An Exclusive Use move limits the opportunities for bad things to happen during your move.
Ask about special packing for your valuable items. With the extra room you have, let us build protective wooden crates around your most fragile antiques and pieces of art. We’ll pack everything you own in cardboard boxes, too. You can move any amount of goods in an Exclusive Use vehicle, but here are our general estimates for the weight of your goods by bedroom:
- Three bedrooms – 10,000 pounds
- Four bedrooms – 14,000 pounds
- Five bedrooms – 18,000 pounds
If You Have 13,000 Pounds or Less, Consider Using a Straight Truck
A straight truck, also known as a box truck, can hold as much as 13,000 pounds of goods. That’s nearly four bedrooms worth of goods, according to our rough measurement scale. In addition to a driver who contributes to the moving effort, you’ll receive the services of one or two other crew members when you opt for a straight truck for Exclusive Use. If you can fit your goods in an Exclusive Use straight truck, it will cost you less than hiring an Exclusive Use tractor trailer.
Straight trucks are good for urban areas and tight driving spaces. In a regular move, if the tractor-trailer can’t fit down your street, you’ll have to pay for a straight truck to take your stuff from the trailer to your home. That goes for pickup and delivery. So if either end of your move has tight streets, it’s best to opt for a straight truck with a:
- Single frame
- Cargo box
- Sliding rear door.
Choose An Exclusive Use Tractor Trailor to Transport Up to 26,000 Pounds
People with more than four bedrooms worth of goods need a tractor-trailer for their Exclusive Use Move. A tractor-trailer moving vehicle can accommodate up to 26,000 pounds of possessions. When you include items like pool tables and mattresses from a five-bedroom home, truck space gets filled quickly. We’d had people use multiple Exclusive Use vehicles to move their possessions.
Tractor-trailer drivers must have commercial driver’s licenses, while anyone with a valid driver’s license can legally operate a box truck. Choose a tractor-trailer over a box truck to be sure your operator is an interstate mover with a CDL. Your Exclusive Use Move tractor-trailer includes one driver and two or three crew members. A simple tractor-trailer unit used for interstate moves features a:
- Tractor power unit
- Trailer cargo area
- Multiple side doors.
Make An Exclusive Use Move When You Need To Relocate Immediately
If you need to move to another state right away without delay, an Exclusive Use Move is your best option. Your moving vehicle can be dispatched as soon as the driver and crew are organized. Once your Exclusive Use goods are picked up, they’ll be delivered by the most direct path possible. The only limits are those dictated by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), which says your driver can only drive about 700 miles each day.
Pick an Exclusive Use Move and your goods could be relocated across the country within a week or 10 days. It’s fast and simple to relocate when you’re the only customer on board the moving vehicle. Add professional packing services, where the experts bring all the packing supplies you need, and your Exclusive is quick and hassle-free. In certain situations, such as when you had to be there yesterday and your family was left behind, the availability of an Exclusive Use Move can be a godsend.
