2023 TWO MEN AND A TRUCK Review

Bottom line: TWO MEN AND A TRUCK offers full-service moving options, storage options, and hourly labor for an assortment of in-home jobs, making it a reliable choice for most moves. The company owns over 300 franchises nationwide, meaning you can hire help almost anywhere in the US. And its excellent customer service ensures you’ll have a convenient move.

Keep reading for our detailed review of TWO MEN AND A TRUCK.

See how TWO MEN AND A TRUCK compares to our favorite local moving companies.

Due to TWO MEN AND A TRUCK’s franchise model, it’s impossible to get accurate prices for the company’s services. Each franchise sets its own rates, and there is no pricing standardization, which means that your price will vary depending on where you live.

To avoid giving customers incorrect or outdated pricing information, the company forgoes listing rates of any kind on its website. However, we were able to gather some info about how TWO MEN AND A TRUCK calculates its prices so you can get a better sense of what you’ll pay.

This option isn’t as expensive as expedited shipping, but it takes longer and comes with some risks. Instead of being loaded into a truck, your belongings are packed into a large crate that gets shipped (with other people’s crates) on a trailer. When your crate arrives at your destination, a local TWO MEN AND A TRUCK team delivers and unloads it at your new home.

If your budget allows, we recommend using the expedited service. You will get your furniture and belongings sooner, and the chances of damage and loss are much lower because your stuff won’t be out on the road as long. But if your wallet is too tight for expedited shipping, Value Flex can make a financially difficult move more feasible.

TWO MEN AND A TRUCK usually bills by the hour for local moves, though the hourly rate varies from franchise to franchise. Like with long-distance moves, a few additional elements impact local move prices:

• Flights of stairs
• Distance between the truck and the door at your load and unload locations
• Time it takes to load and unload
• Driving time

Unlike the delivery options listed for long-distance moves, there is only one choice for local moves. Luckily, it resembles the expedited shipping option—the same movers who load your belongings into your truck then drive it to your new location and unload it.

TWO MEN AND A TRUCK allows you to start your quote online, but you don’t actually get your final price until you speak with one of the company’s representatives. To get started, you have to provide your name, email, phone number, and the date of your move.

Next, you’re asked for a detailed inventory of everything in your home. This sounds boring, but the website’s interactive tool makes it pretty fun. You add rooms to your inventory and list which furniture and appliances are in each room. The tool also asks how many boxes you’d need to fully pack up each room.

After you complete this step, someone from the company contacts you to finalize your move and provide your quote.

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On top of its standard moving services, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK can also help you with heavy lifting around your home. Even if you aren’t moving, the company can give you a hand repositioning a bulky sofa, a king-size bed, a large fridge, a priceless piano, or almost anything else.

Instead of straining your back as you haul furniture through your house, up your stairs, or out to the curb, you can enlist professional movers from TWO MEN AND A TRUCK for the job.

This service is particularly handy if you’re staging your home and need to rearrange your furniture. In fact, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK’s movers are trained to assist with home staging to guarantee your home looks beautiful when you’re trying to sell it.

TWO MEN AND A TRUCK also does a lot of donation drives to help local communities. While these aren’t services that directly benefit you during your move, they caught our eye as a way TWO MEN AND A TRUCK is trying to make the world better. We’ve outlined a few of our favorite programs the company offers.

Around Mother’s Day each year, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK gathers donations for women staying in homeless shelters. The donations can include essentials like soap, shampoo, blankets, and clothing—and TWO MEN AND A TRUCK staff takes them to local shelters the company has partnered with.

Similar to the Movers for Moms program, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK’s Movers for Military program partners with shelters, schools, and other organizations to collect donations for military veterans who are living in homeless shelters. The company then delivers these donations on Veteran’s Day to mark this special day of appreciation for vets.

When the weather turns cold and snow begins to fall, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK gathers warm clothing and blankets to donate to homeless shelters. Since winter is the hardest time for homeless individuals—and a time when shelters are the most overburdened—this is an invaluable service for these communities.

For a full list of TWO MEN AND A TRUCK’s service programs, check out their community service page.

If you’ve ever moved, then you know that collecting boxes, wrapping paper, and tape is one of the worst parts of the whole process. From asking local restaurants for boxes to searching under your bed for duct tape, it’s nothing but a hassle from beginning to end.

TWO MEN AND A TRUCK helps you skip all this trouble by giving you easy access to a laundry list of professional-grade packing supplies:

• Several sizes of corrugated cardboard boxes
• Cardboard inserts for safely transporting dishes
• Specialty boxes for items like TVs and lamps
• Packing paper
• Bubble wrap
• Packing tape

Of course, these supplies aren’t free, but paying for quality beats packing with old cardboard. As with TWO MEN AND A TRUCK’s services, the prices for these supplies depend on the franchise you purchase them from. When you’re filling out your quote request online, you can add your desired packing supplies to your order.

TWO MEN AND A TRUCK provides full-service local and long-distance moves for homes of any size, though as we mentioned earlier, some franchises can only handle shorter moves. One franchise we contacted only accepts moves within 800 miles, but we were referred to another nearby franchise that accommodates larger moves, so this shortcoming is easily bypassed in most areas.

If, however, there is only one TWO MEN AND A TRUCK franchise in your area—and it doesn’t do long-distance moves—you may need to work with a different company.

With TWO MEN AND A TRUCK, you can also get short- and long-term storage, even if you’re not moving. This is handy if you still need to finalize your move-in date, don’t have enough space for all of your keepsakes and collectibles, or just need to free up a spare bedroom.

While these services are essential, they aren’t unique. Most moving companies can do everything we’ve listed so far, but there are a few features that make TWO MEN AND A TRUCK stand out.

1. Its in-home moving services
2. Its community service programs
3. Its packing supply selection

• Local and interstate moves
• Packing and unpacking
• Storage services
• Protective wrapping for furniture
• Piano moving
• Large appliance moving
• Corporate moves
• Moves for specialty items like hot tubs
• Basic liability coverage
• Additional valuation coverage

TWO MEN AND A TRUCK is well-equipped to help with most moves and heavy lifting around the house, and supporting the company means helping the communities that benefit from its service programs.

But if inconsistent pricing and limited service in some areas make TWO MEN AND A TRUCK the wrong option for your situation, we understand—and we want to help find a company that will work for you.

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Move.org evaluates and identifies the moving industry’s best full-service movers using a fivefold research approach:

• Compare pricing transparency. We gather quotes, check for binding estimates, and read customer reviews about pricing to ensure each moving company’s prices are trustworthy. 

• Review accreditation. We check every company’s records in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s database to confirm companies are properly authorized to transport household goods.

• Mystery shopping. We review every company’s website, pose as customers in calls to companies, and read customer reviews to analyze every company’s moving services, transit protection, and customer service. We also interview actual customers to learn how their moves went from start to finish.

• Site visits.  We invite moving companies to our headquarters in Salt Lake City, UT, to share data and expertise. We verify the information they provide by comparing it to data gathered through independent research and interviews with other movers.
• Regular review. We routinely repeat this process to update our recommendations to reflect current data and trends. We also revise each review annually and make updates throughout the year.

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