My friends know I have been talking about this for a while and I wanted to move to a warmer claimant. (were I will not freeze my but off) But I thought better of it when curten things happened in my life that made me think it over, so now those things are small and when I moved into this house that I am in, I told myself, "3 places, 3 strikes. If I move from this house I am leaving the state."
Well the time as come to see if I am going to keep with that idea or move into place #4. I also have a few friends that would not mind moving in with me and that makes me excited on that idea. Although there would be a kid in the house with my 3 cats I feel that this is a good choice! So I have been looking for the best why to move W/O movers (cheapest way to go) and have found 2 ways I think I might go! But let me list some of the places, for maybe they would be different for your move!
- So how should I plan for a smooth move? DOWN SIZE your stuff, you will see this everywhere! Make list on WHAT YOU NEED here, there, and now. Have most things packed that you don't need right now and might not use till after your move but would love to keep.
- See HOW MANY miles it is from your place to (roughly) the place you are moving too, if you have the address of the place all the better for planing!
- Now, finding the best way to move! Moving from city to city or just over town will ALWAYS be cheapest by U-Haul with their $20 Trucks, Vans, AND Pick-Ups. Yes they now have a regular truck now and vans to help in smaller moves! But this will very from city and state to other city and states. SO here are a list of movers that I looked at!
For me, unbelievably, I found Budget Truck to be a bit more then Penske. So it didn't get put on my budgeting list. Penske Only out did the others for having a web discount if you set it up there! Also both the 14' & 16' were renting the same, the big difference (beside the size) was the mpg and that the 16' can pull my car. Also, my one friend that is thinking on moving with me lives in another city so I was looking on how much it was for a truck over there and then looked at the ones in my city. There was, at least $60 difference in the reg price for renting and $2 difference in the trailer. So if you want to shop around to see if other places will be different, go and do that if you are looking in just the rental.If you deiced to go with a truck, cheek out to see how many mpg it gets and how big the tank is. Talk with people, do web searches and so forth see if you can find the average. If you are pulling something it will also
change the mpg. The formula I used was for the basic truck and with what their site says they get. (note: numbers are RANDOM)
- HOW MANY MILES could a full tank get (roughly). Tank Size * MPG (each Gal get X miles, so how many miles could the full get?) ie 35 gal tank*12mpg = 420miles a tank
- Now knowing how many miles it will take to get to your destination divide that with your per tank miles. ie 1202/420=2.86 fills, round up (you'll never really know how many fills till you need them, and it is better to figure more and come out with less in this case.) So I would plan 3 fills!
- HOW MUCH will gas be? Well, I am glad you asked! Think of when you are moving, gas goes up and down like Michigan weather and my weight! So hit a number you might think it will be and replan it when it gets even closer to that date to get the real amount! I planed on seeing around $4 for reg gas. (Tank Size Gal * $ per/gal) O_O Yep, if you have a 35gal tank and gas is $3.99 you are looking at $139.65 a fill! And what you say? I have do pay that at least 3 time?! Yeah, you will most likely pay around $418.95 just in gas! This is why you should keep an eye on gas and replan when you get closer to the time of the move!
- Do a gas average check for all the states you will be going through (or cities) and find the cheapest places! Then remember those miles to Greener Pastures? 1202miles? With using google map (or other) find places that you would like to refill and make that a stop so you can see where each one and the distance from place to place.
So now that you have an idea on how much it will cost (truck/accessories + gas) you can budget for your move or you can look at u-pods! And they will deliver for you, may take 11days but it will get there or you can store it with them. For my move, pods are looking like best thing. We shall see, I still have 3 cats to plan on with my move!
