Stoughton, MA Movers

Two movers and a truck: $159 to $199 an hour, at least 3 hours.

For Stoughton, our Boston office prices two movers and a truck from $159 to $199 an hour, depending on how booked your date is. Three movers start at $199 and four at $239. You pay for at least 3 hours, then by the quarter hour, plus the $50 equipment charge once. For a 3-bedroom Stoughton house we plan four movers for 6 to 8 hours, and the example moves above show what that comes to.

A midweek date away from the end of the month is billed at the low end of our hourly range; summer Saturdays and the last days of a month book up before anything else. In Stoughton a Monday has one more point in its favor: the DPW usually runs its large item pickups on Mondays, so furniture you have booked and set out the evening before can go the same day the truck loads. In winter, remember the overnight parking ban from December 1 to April 1.

Ask before you book whether the crew comes in the company's own truck or in a rental. Listen for how the mover describes basic coverage: it pays by weight, 60 cents per pound per article, so a TV or a laptop is covered for what it is worth only with Full Value Protection. A mover calling it insurance on everything is a warning. For a Stoughton move that stays in Massachusetts, ask for the DPU license number. Ours is MA DPU 31854, and the DPU publishes the list of movers it regulates. A final price named before anyone asks what you own, how many stairs there are or where the truck can park is another warning sign.

Flammable liquids and explosives stay off our trucks: gas cans, propane tanks, lighter fluid, paint thinner and fireworks are left behind, and so are firearms. Crews may also refuse items that are unsanitary. Before moving day, run the mower dry and leave the grill's tank at the old house. An old mattress is a different problem: we can move it, but in Stoughton it cannot go out with the trash, so book the DPW pickup or drop it at 950 Central Street.

In a house or a building of three units or fewer, book a large item pickup with the DPW and pay for it first. Pickups usually run on Mondays, and the items go to the curb no earlier than the day before. In a bigger apartment building the town pickup is not open to you, so ask the property manager how the building handles furniture. Pieces in good shape can be donated instead.

Yes. With labor only, two of our movers load your rental truck, pod or storage unit while you do the driving. The crew is billed by the hour, $129 to $159 depending on the date, for at least 2 hours, and it brings blankets, dollies and straps. Pick the truck up the morning of the move or keep it in a driveway, because Stoughton's bylaw keeps trucks over one-ton capacity and trailers off its streets between midnight and 6 a.m.

The town's permit pages list no street permit for a moving truck. The tow-zone bylaw still applies while the truck stands and loads: no sidewalk, no blocked driveway, nothing within 20 feet of an intersection, and a 10-foot lane left for traffic. A dumpster is different: one in the street needs Police, Fire and Public Works approval, and one that stays past a business day needs a Board of Health permit.