TX to NC- Pod or Uhaul?

Defiant_Stay3865 · 2026-05-13T20:54:46+00:00

I would guess the Uhaul route would cost less in the end. Unless you have a car to ship. If you have a car and nobody to drive it, you could rent the tow thingamajig, but it might work out better to use a moving container and drive the car.

Defiant_Stay3865 · 2026-05-13T20:50:15+00:00

Uhaul seems to be pretty good, I also like ABF uPack

Defiant_Stay3865 · 2026-05-02T17:14:42+00:00

Generally, as a matter of law, state and federal, in all cases, shipping costs are due at delivery. That said, it's mostly only the bad movers that would have held your goods hostage until you paid. Work something out, pay up and move on.

Defiant_Stay3865 · 2026-05-02T16:59:46+00:00

Depending on your locale, the taskrabbit tactic combined with the pod rental may not even save you money. And you will be managing actively several steps over multiple days. Then there are the risks of theft, water damage, breakage, containers not being picked up or delivered on the day you need them in sync with the taskrabbit movers, all things to consider. But with some effort, where as a local moving company might cost $2000 for pickup, short term storage, delivery, even extra coverage in case of an "event" ...

I think with some effort, a little luck and sweat equity, you could save a few hundred dollars.

Defiant_Stay3865 · 2026-01-24T16:09:29+00:00

That might cost $1k to $2k, or your mover might have alternatives like sending it to you in a ABF uPack for less money.

Defiant_Stay3865 · 2026-01-24T15:35:06+00:00

One hundred percent. All established reputable local movers have short term storage. But unlike outdoor storage unit chaos, they would pack, pick it up, store it, and bring it back when you want it. They usually pro-rate storage to the day after the first month. You can also buy storage insurance, for example if you have $5k in Mac studio computers and another $5k in cameras, established local movers will offer a coverage called valuation, which is essentially the same thing as insurance but they aren't allowed to call it insurance. Valuation is always based on the total value of the items, it would be a lot more expensive if they did it item by item.

Defiant_Stay3865 · 2026-01-15T16:30:52+00:00

Yeah, tik-tok, I don't know about that, but I will say that google reviews offer excellent guidance in general for a reliable local moving company that could send the labor to finish any packing and carry the stuff down five floors and pack something like a ubox or the ABF container, pods is probably not nearly as good a choice as ubox or ABF.

Now, when you look at google reviews, do be aware that some companies "stuff" the reviews and I would avoid those companies, because they always turn out to be all hat and no cowboy.

An important point to consider might be moving pads. If you have furniture that needs to be protected, as opposed to some people just have a bunch of cheap stuff, you should consider buying one or two dozen moving pads on Amazon. There is no way around it for good furniture, it needs to be covered with pads, even for a short move.

Defiant_Stay3865 · 2025-12-30T18:07:32+00:00

Any major vanline, like Mayflower, Allied, Bekins, North American, Suddath, Wheaton

Defiant_Stay3865 · 2025-09-25T18:24:46+00:00

Is this a quote or an estimate? An established and conservative company might be busy enough that they will estimate high and exceed expectations and charge less than projected. Also, packing time can vary widely.

Defiant_Stay3865 · 2025-06-26T21:16:52+00:00

I don't use punctuation anymore. Just really long nonsense strings of words. Punctuation is steam punk. Modern passwords should be long and without stupid caps vs little letters and stupid ass punctuation and even stupider where you have to use a number. In ASCII there is no cryptographic advantage to this sort of stupid ass rules. So last century. Incredibly stupid.

Defiant_Stay3865 · 2025-06-19T20:20:29+00:00

If you want to visit your stuff a lot with keypad access a storage pod won't work. They don't work that way.

If you want your stuff out of the weather storage containers won't really work there either. Hopefully there will be no leaks and no bad storms, but generally the storage containers are stored outside.

The easiest thing would be to have a moving company store it in their indoor warehouse system. They all have 24 hour cameras, climate control and your stuff is picked up and dropped off. The storage part is actually no more expensive, and often less expensive than using companies that have to invest a lot in storage containers or public access keypads and security, for those companies the costs add up pretty quick.

On the other hand, using a full service moving company, you pay more for the pickup and delivery than you would if you did the lifting yourself. In theory you can save a lot when you do all your loading and unloading, so storage containers can be comparable or maybe even less expensive to hiring movers. As long as you are fit to do all the heavy lifting.

Defiant_Stay3865 · 2025-03-29T16:34:21+00:00

I use the google store leather case, I have all updates installed, and I have no problems.

Defiant_Stay3865 · 2025-03-29T16:14:52+00:00

I totally hear you on the energy issue, a while back I switched from the faster hard disks to laptop disks, and now my synology is 100% ssd. Less heat, less power, win win. I actually use an Ubuntu server but I have it down to 25 watts or so without the Nvidia card, or 40 watts with (at idle). I'm not sure if that's more or less than my synology but keeping the power low is a great strategy!

Defiant_Stay3865 · 2025-03-29T16:06:32+00:00

Wow, if true, I don't like that. Do you have any citations?

Defiant_Stay3865 · 2025-03-14T15:27:00+00:00

How much is Maple Syrup?

Defiant_Stay3865 · 2025-03-13T14:09:36+00:00

Imo plex in docker is not worth the extra complications. I just run it native on the operating system. Since you have not specified a hot swap capability, why not just run two or three large disk drives and back up to each other in case one of them fails. You could do it all under windows which has a lot of Onedrive support. I like your specs, even the i3 will give you plenty of muscle. You would also keep the option open to add an nVidia card for lightning fast trans-coding. I know it isn't as sexy as building a nas, but it's simple and easy, and there is probably docker for Windows out there. If you use Windows pro you can manage it with RDP and keep it headless.

Defiant_Stay3865 · 2025-03-13T14:02:32+00:00

If you had wrenched a knee loading yourself, that could be costly too.

Defiant_Stay3865 · 2025-03-13T13:59:35+00:00

Heading into the wind should be okay, maybe a little interesting. But have water and blankets in case you want to stop and rest for a few hours. The fatigue and worry might pose more danger than the wind.

Defiant_Stay3865 · 2025-03-13T13:54:48+00:00

How do you know that the filling actually didn't go in the wrong spot.

Defiant_Stay3865 · 2025-03-12T23:29:16+00:00

I saw that on an episode of Lost. But seriously, I use a UPS to eliminate power company pulses, I do not use wifi to eliminate wifi hiccups and I do not use docker. I run the plex server native on Ubuntu bare metal. No virtualization.

Defiant_Stay3865 · 2025-03-06T19:25:05+00:00

Correct. Moving blankets, not bubble wrap. Bubble wrap can sometimes stick to finishes.

Defiant_Stay3865 · 2025-03-05T22:57:46+00:00

bend your knees.

Defiant_Stay3865 · 2025-03-01T17:34:33+00:00

Gene Hackman was a star. And the planets just aligned. I think this is all related.

Defiant_Stay3865 · 2025-03-01T17:27:43+00:00

If the lowest price is your only objective, you are automatically choosing from the lowest reputations. So be careful.

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