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Helpful Moving Tips - Shady Moving Truck Realities

Occasionally, moves bring us hundreds of miles away from home - to new states, nations or continents. This kind of relocation is more difficult to arrange and necessitates closer examination of possessions, in order to be able to afford moving.

Perhaps you and your family haven't moved long distance much before. Maybe you don't know too much about the practices of the moving industry and what is even worse is that ignorance can cost you hundreds of dollars in your long distance move. It is readily apparent that the improvement of your understanding of your legal obligations in this instance, especially regarding those that apply to the moving industry, can help you, indeed.

Intrastate Moves

The whole moving industry breaks down consumer moves in different categories: Intrastate Moves - moves within the same state. The moving company is not required to take your possessions across the state lines. A move that is from Los Angeles, CA to let's say to San Francisco, CA would be labeled as intrastate moving.

Interstate Moves

Interstate Moves - relocating across state lines regardless of how a few miles there are between points. Though only a few miles separate Hoboken in New Jersey from Queens in New York, moving between these two places is an interstate move.

International Moves

Finally, these moves are the ones that cross country boundaries. For instance, relocating from a town in California to Tijuana in Mexico is classified as international moving.

This article focuses on shady and questionable things long distance moving companies do when they are engaged for an interstate move. What most consumers are being told is that the cost to move their property from State A to State B is based on the number of pounds the loaded shipping truck is. In other words, the heavier your move, the more costly it would be.

Moving Weight Standard:

For your long distance move, if a mover offers a non-binding moving estimate, then charges will be based on the actual weight of your shipment. Legally, the mover can't add transportation fees calculated by the cubic feet, hour charges, or something else except the weight only to add up your shipment fees. The mover is supposed to weight your belonging on a state certified scale and a copy of your weight master ticket be given to you as part of your final papers to settle the move.

Usually, your shipment will be weighed in the city or local area where you live. The mover has the truck weighed before coming to your residence and then has it weighed again after your shipment has been loaded. The difference in these two weights is the weight of your shipment.

Moving companies might also take weigh readings once the shipment has reached its destination. The driver will take the weight of your truck with your shipment on it and take the weight again without your shipment.

Homeowners are usually unaware that they have the right to be present when the truck is being weighed, and because of this they are losing out on hundreds, sometimes thousands, of dollars as a result. You should always be present when the truck is being weighed.

You'd like to have the assurance that these weights represent the actual weight of your move.

Make sure:

1. wheels, implements, bedding, carts, dollies and the like all make up the first and last weigh-in. What you don't want is to have these items counted as part of the shipment on the final weight scale when they were not part of the initial weight, thus adding more weight to your load that is not even yours.

2. the gas tank of the vehicle be the same. A full gas tank recorded at the start needs to be recorded at the end, too. Avoid getting charged for an extra full gas tank weight if the first recording was taken on a tank that was empty. It is imperative that the reading be done so that you will know the actual weight of the things you are moving.

3. you attend weigh-in stations at the beginning and end of the trip. Legally, a trustworthy mover ought to have no issues with consumers initiating this.

Unethical moving companies could take advantage of this differential in weight and the fact that you are not there. These recorded statistics allow disreputable movers the chance to 'squeeze in' extra fees that aren't equitable. Even a shady mover would rethink its strategy to over charge you because it seems like you've done your homework.

If you disagree with the weight you were initially given, you can request that the mover reweigh your belongings prior to emptying the truck. The moving company may not charge you for this re-weight; however, the final charges will be assessed based on this new reading.

You have the right to observe the process each time your shipment is weighed. If you insist upon having the item re-weighed, then you have to waive the right to watch them re-weight it in writing.

Moreover, it isn't necessary for all moves to be subjected to a weigh-in. If your move is under a binding estimate which you have agreed to pay prior to loading the truck, then there is not need to weight the shipment, however, binding estimates do have the potential of being more costly than non-binding estimates.

Finally, small shipments under 3,000 pounds can be weighed on a certified warehouse scale and not be taken to a state certified weight station scale.

Learning as much as you can about the moving industry will save you money, avoid being scammed, and lessen the aggravation of moving.

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