Packing built to survive I-95, not just the driveway
A rushed self-pack job is how a dresser gets chipped or a serving dish cracks before it even reaches the truck. Momentum Movers packs the same way every time, and that consistency is what shows up intact at the other end.
One number, quoted before a box gets taped
Silas Vance walks the home once, works out what each room actually needs, and gives you labor and materials as a single figure. That number doesn’t move once packing starts.
What shows up with the packing crew
| Box type | What it’s for |
|---|---|
| Standard cartons | Books, kitchen odds and ends, whatever’s overflowing from closets and drawers |
| Dish-pack boxes | Plates, bowls, stemware, anything with an edge that chips easily |
| Wardrobe boxes | Hanging clothes stay on a bar for the whole drive |
| Custom crates | Mirrors, artwork, flat screens, anything built around glass or a frame |
| Moisture-rated wrap | Wood furniture and instruments, protected from Lowcountry humidity |
| Room-coded labels | Every box tagged for its destination room before it leaves the house |
A Johns Island shed gets the same treatment as a bookshelf
A Johns Island shed stuffed with years of untouched gear gets packed with the same standard as one shelf of paperbacks in a downtown studio. Volume doesn’t lower the bar.
Daniel Island townhomes bring their own wrinkle: boxes need to be staged and ready the moment the HOA opens its gate window, since the property manager controls that schedule, not us. When a job’s tied to a PCS timeline, packing sometimes compresses into an overnight push between report dates. Wrapping is matched to how fragile a piece actually is, and loading stays tight enough that nothing shifts in transit.
Fitting packing day into your schedule
- Clear out the shed or garage ahead of time, not the morning the truck shows up
- Or limit our scope to the kitchen and breakables, and box the rest yourself
- Most full houses finish packing the day before, leaving moving day just for the drive
- A smaller home can pack and load same-day if a PCS timeline requires it
- One crew handles packing and hauling both, so there’s a single contact if something’s damaged
What that price is actually protecting
A box taped correctly makes it up I-95 or out I-26 without a problem. We’ve unloaded more than a few self-packed kitchens where a dish towel was doing the job bubble wrap should have done.
Standard coverage runs $0.60 per pound on anything our crew packs, and a higher declared value is available if you ask for it.
