Bang!Zoom! Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Interesting little note, my movers weighed our truck at 3K pounds today. If you have moved and know what/how many pounds of "stuff" you had to pay for, what did it come in at? We had an allowance for 20K pounds. I can't even get my head around the number at this point in my life. So, does anyone recall how many pounds were in their shipments? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan C. Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 The one time we used professional movers, it was 12,000 lbs. That was everything we owned, but not the cars, from a 1300 SF house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 We had an allowance of 18,000 lbs. and twice we have met that or maybe exceeded a bit. TJat is also with shedding furniture at each of the last two places= in both, we got rid of one couch, and in the second one- two beds, a dresser, and I am sure some other things too. Our heavy things include a upright piano, lots and lots of books, my dh's woodworking tools which are very heavy, 55 gallon aquarium and stand, all our science equipment- including two large microscopes and all the chemical glassware, etc. We have also been moving at that level after 23 and 25 years in a profession. So we are not just starting out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvasMom Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Ours is typically 8K pounds or so but I'm a chronic declutterer so we don't have a lot of stuff. Yours is quite impressive!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Our last two moves were 2,000 pounds each. 1500 was stored in the US and we flew with 500 pounds in the suitcases. To an American, that seems pretty low. To our friends in Kyrgyzstan, that seemed unbelievably high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meriwether Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 (edited) We had over 20,000 lbs. We have six beds, a piano, four couches/loveseats including a sleeper. We moved canning supplies, my material stash, and gardening supplies. We save and store outgrown clothes for the next kid. We also have books. Lots and lots of books. This is a picture of most of my book boxes. Four or five of these were material and half a dozed were school supplies that were not books. I had about 10 boxes of books upstairs. The movers we've used use little colored stickers on each item labeled 001-500. The head mover had to go get a second roll for us.:blushing: Edited November 1, 2012 by Meriwether Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 I don't know about weight. When we came back from China (amalgamating the contents of a flat in China and a flat in Hong Kong) it was a 40' container. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Jen* Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Our move home from our temporary rental where we only took about 1/3 of our stuff was 4000lbs. That included a fridge, washer/dryer, 1 couch, 1 kitchen table, 4 beds and a crib. The rest was clothes, kids toys and games, homeschool books and kitchen dishes etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommytobees Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 We had an allowance of 18,000 lbs. and twice we have met that or maybe exceeded a bit. TJat is also with shedding furniture at each of the last two places= in both, we got rid of one couch, and in the second one- two beds, a dresser, and I am sure some other things too. Our heavy things include a upright piano, lots and lots of books, my dh's woodworking tools which are very heavy, 55 gallon aquarium and stand, all our science equipment- including two large microscopes and all the chemical glassware, etc. We have also been moving at that level after 23 and 25 years in a profession. So we are not just starting out. Ours currently is 12,500 (also military, E7 rather than upper officer :D ) and last year our weight coming from Japan was almost 10,000 and 2000 from long-term storage in WA, PLUS an additional 450 of "professional gear". I keep our stuff "lighter" and I personally love Ikea (cause when they destroy something it is easy to replace). Fast forward to today....I moved (separated from my husband) last month and took about 2/3's of the house and it was a total of about 6000 lbs....we've pared down a bit. Kris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenCat Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Our last move was around 14,000 lbs. Included a piano and the furniture from a 2400 sq foot house. Did not include cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justLisa Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 We had about 20K. Also 2 cars. THAT was a pretty penny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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