Heartland lanes,run on schedule
Dedicated corridors out of the Midwest, with pickup windows that hold and drivers who call ahead.
Corridors we run every week
A regular lane means a truck is already headed your way, so your pickup does not sit waiting on somebody else to book.
The lane is already scheduled. Your load rides it.
Two ZIP codes gets you a lane and a window.
Quotes coordinated via 8 Top Movers
Ranked #7 by 8 Top Movers
Windows that hold
Two day pickup windows instead of two week ones, because the truck is already scheduled on the lane.
One driver, whole haul
The same driver takes your load from origin to destination with no warehouse transfer in between.
Call ahead on delivery
You get a call the day before and again on approach, so nobody spends an afternoon waiting.
Before you book anyone
Check the mover, not the ad
Every line on this plate is federal, public and free to check. Run it on us. Then run it on whoever quotes against us.
Registration and authority
Any company moving household goods across state lines has to be registered with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and carry a USDOT number. Registration, operating authority and insurance are all public records, so you never have to take a mover's word for any of it.
Look up a mover's USDOT registration, authority and insurance on the FMCSA SAFER company snapshotPaperwork you are owed
Before an interstate move, the mover has to give you a written estimate and the booklet “Your Rights and Responsibilities When You Move”. If either one is missing, that is not a paperwork delay. That is the answer.
Read the FMCSA consumer guide to interstate moves, Protect Your MoveTwo levels of liability
Released Value Protection is included at no extra charge and pays 60 cents per pound per article, which is very little for anything valuable. Full Value Protection costs extra and covers repair, replacement or a cash settlement. Full Value is the default unless you waive it in writing.
Three kinds of estimate
A binding estimate fixes the price for the inventory listed on it. A non binding estimate can change once the shipment is weighed. A binding not to exceed estimate means you pay the lower of the estimate and the actual cost. Ask which one you are holding.
Walk away if you see
- A quote given over the phone with no inventory and no survey
- A demand for a large cash deposit up front
- A company that will not put the estimate in writing
Our side of it: the estimate reaches you in writing before a lane is booked, we tell you which of the three kinds it is, the booklet goes out with it, and you choose your liability level on paper rather than on a clipboard at the door. We do not ask for a large cash deposit to hold a truck.
“The truck showed up inside the window they gave us back in March.”
“Same driver loaded and unloaded. Nothing got handled twice.”
Asked before booking
What does a dedicated lane change about my pickup window?
A lane is a corridor a truck already runs on a schedule, so equipment is routed through your origin whether or not your load is on it. That is what lets a pickup window be a couple of days instead of a couple of weeks: you are being fitted to a truck that is already moving, rather than waiting for one to fill. The honest limit is that the tight windows belong to the corridors listed on this page. Away from them the window is set by when a truck can be routed your way, and either way you should have the window in writing.
My pickup is not on a corridor you run. Can you still take it?
Often yes, and the answer turns on three things: how far the pickup sits off the corridor, how flexible your dates are, and how large the load is. A small load an hour off a lane is straightforward to add. A large load several hours off it may need a leg of its own, which changes both the window and the price. Ask which of those two your move is before you book, because that is the difference between a scheduled window and a best effort one.
Is it really one driver from origin to destination?
On a direct haul the shipment stays on one trailer from load to unload, so there is no warehouse transfer and no second crew handling your boxes. Whether that is available for your move depends on the size of the load and the lane it rides. If a transfer is needed you should be told before you book and it should be written on the estimate, not explained on delivery day. Ask for that in writing from any mover, including this one.
Why will you not price the move over the phone from a room count?
Because the price is driven by weight and by the space the load takes on the trailer, and a room count tells you neither. A binding estimate only fixes the price for the inventory listed on it, so an estimate built without an inventory or a survey has nothing holding it in place. A quote given over the phone with no inventory is one of the warning signs the FMCSA tells consumers to watch for, and it is not how a lane gets priced here.
The pickup window is a couple of days. What happens across them?
The window is the range the driver arrives in, not an appointment. Federal hours of service rules cap how long a driver can be behind the wheel in a day, and weather and road closures move the rest, so any honest mover gives you a range rather than an hour. What you should get inside that range is contact: a call the day before and another on approach, so a two day window does not cost you two days of waiting by the door.
Get your lane and your window
Tell us where the load starts and where it lands. We will tell you when the truck rolls.