Container Moving - Pods or Trucks

If you are self moving, you have more than one type of moving container to choose from. Rental moving trucks are widely used, but moving pods have emerged as an attractive choice as well.

Moving Pods (portable on demand storage units) are a recent innovation. They can be kept on site and in all weathers, letting people pack items at their leisure without concerns of being damaged by rain, wind, sun, snow, etc. This moving container is easy to pack since it is level to the ground and has a rectangular or square configuration. With moving pods, you will not need to deal with the inconvenience of walking up a ramp, avoiding a wheel hub, ducking your head under the door like you would with a moving truck. When a moving pod is packed and loaded, you can lock it and transport it to your new home. You can arrange for a moving company to pick it up and move it as well.

Another benefit of a moving pod is that it can be useful when remodeling and selling a home as well. Since you will need to free up space in your house in either or both situations, you can use a moving pod to store these items conveniently on site rather than purchase an off-site storage space. This lets you return items to your house more quickly and/or have them ready to be transported elsewhere to a new location. In either case, moving pods offer easy, flexible loading and on-site location advantages.

Rental moving trucks have been the primary moving container of the moving industry for many years. They are still valuable today. They are not as easy to load as moving pods and they tend to be gas guzzlers, but they can be driven and they carry larger loads. Moving trucks will continue to be important in part because moving pods cannot always be used. Depending on the area in which you live, code restrictions and space availability can make the use of moving pods impossible and/or illegal.

When you self move, you will have to decide which moving container to use: a moving pod or a moving truck. Your choice will depend on the needs of your move and your budget.