Getting a big moving truck close to your home, at the beginning and end of a move, is a significant moving challenge that can eliminate or add significant cost to your moving bill. If the truck can get close to your home, than you only pay extra money if the carrying distance from the front door to the truck is more than 50 feet. If the truck is some distance away, and the moving hands are unwilling to carry the load, then you will have to rent a small moving shuttle. The shuttle can get close to your front door, and will carry your belongings from the house to the larger truck. The use of a shuttle can considerably jack up the total cost of the move.

While the requirements for a long carry or shuttle are somewhat objective, the consumer should know that at times the decision to use a shuttle, or to make the long carry or to try harder to get the truck close to the door is somewhat subjective. So the following advice, offered by Archie White, an experienced mover, participating on an anti-scam moving web site, on how to handle the situation, is full of valuable tips for the consumer.

Archie’s conversation with a woman facing a long carry or use of a shuttle for her move, was recorded on the forum of a well known anti-moving scam bulletin board, and contains lots of valuable tips for the consumer.

1) A moving company is not a moving scam company just because they suggest the cost might have to be increased to pay for moving shuttle service. Moving scam companies are more likely not to mention the problem.
2) Before the truck arrives, check with the resident manager of the complex, and get an independent opinion as to whether a moving truck can access the complex.
3) Check with the driver. Since most moving truck drivers have cell phones, you can talk to the driver while he is still in route, and get his opinion.
4) If you aren’t sure, whether the truck will fit in or not, it is best not to say anything, and just let the driver make the final call. Keep in mind, that even a scam moving company wants to unload the truck so they can get on to their next job.
5) Don’t call the police. Calling the police will only add fuel to the fire.
6) If after the movers arrive, they want to add to the original moving cost estimate before unloading the goods, don’t panic. Ask how much more they want, and then, if it is acceptable, pay the sum and be done with the move. If they are asking more than you feel is justified, Archie suggests offering the driver a good tip, $100-$150 max, if he will proceed with the unloading at a reasonable price. A little poker anti can frequently solve the problem.
7) Finally, Archie advises that if the company wants more than you are willing to pay, it might still be wise to make the payment, get your stuff off the truck, and then go to the BBB or small claims court to claim the overcharge.

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