The American Moving and Storage Association has provided the following information regarding actual costs incurred when moving without a professional moving company. For more information, please log onto www.Moving.org.
If you are considering moving yourself, especially moving interstate, you should ask a lot of questions and compute the actual costs of self-moving.
Before you sign an agreement with a truck rental company, here are some costs to keep in mind:
- Truck rental charge – Include total days for packing, loading, driving and unloading
- Rental Deposit
- Trailer Package or Automobile hitch
- Wear and tear if you drive your personal vehicle – average $0.45 per mile
- Insurance – daily insurance rate
- Furniture pads
- Appliance dollies
- Value of your time and other family members involved in the packing, loading, driving, unloading and unpacking
- Cost of boxes, cartons, tape and other packing materials plus trash and land fill fees for getting rid of the debris after your move is finished
- Loading and unloading service
- Additional mileage
- Fuel charge – $3.00 per gallon / 10 miles per gallon
- Appliance service cost
- Warehouse / storage rental cost
- Additional truck rental to deliver from the storage warehouse
- Additional costs – food, child care, back brace, hotels, tolls
