How each one works
With a rental truck, you pick up the truck, load it, drive it to the new place, unload it and return it, usually within a day or two for a local move.
With a portable container like PODS or U-Box, the company drops the container at your home, you load it on your own schedule, and they pick it up and deliver it to the new address or keep it in storage.
Pick a rental truck if
- Your move is local, or you are happy to drive a large truck long distance
- You want everything moved in one day
- You want the lowest price for a short move
Pick a container if
- You do not want to drive a big truck
- You need time to load, or a gap between moving out and moving in
- You need storage in the middle of the move
- You have space at both ends for the container to sit, like a driveway
Things to check first
Containers come in set sizes, and PODS says its 12-foot container is for local moves and storage only, so long-distance moves use the 8-foot or 16-foot. Check whether your street or HOA needs a permit for a container. For a truck, check the mileage rate and fuel policy, since those add up on long trips.
Either way, someone has to load it
Both options leave the lifting to you. Movewise loads and unloads rental trucks and PODS and other containers across the Triad.
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