There are jobs where the transport is solved and all you lack is hands. The container is in your Hockessin driveway, a rental is reserved, a trailer’s hitched, and the only missing piece is a crew that can pack it to survive the road. We treat that as a standalone job, not a tack-on. Many turn into a cleanout besides, since with the crew on site they’ll heap broken furniture, the cluttered garage, and leftover debris onto a truck and leave things clean. The movers are the usual Lewis crew in the usual shirts, parked at your container for the day, the same people sent out for a baby grand or a safe.
Packing a container well is a craft rather than raw strength. Give your pod or rental to a crew that does it daily and the cube fills out, the load holds together down I-95, and your things land barely touched. The heaviest pieces ride low and lashed down, the fragile ones get cushioned, and every gap is filled, which heads off the second trip a careless load would force. On the unload, each piece comes indoors where you point, electronics and monitors with the rest, and a stairs-only Wilmington rowhome entry is in the plan from the start. Got an upright or console you’d rather we take? The piano crew is the same crew, so just ask. A pile of junk to lose along the way? We’ll haul it off to the transfer station for you.
Your wheels, our hands, set up for Delaware
Across the three counties, the work is matched to the situation: a downtown loft needing a dock held, a tight street by the University of Delaware where container curb time is short, and Mid-Atlantic weather that pushes us to load the linens and the electronics ahead of a coastal storm or the worst of a hot afternoon. Point us to where the wheels sit and we’ll sort the access and schedule the crew so the job dodges both a passing squall and a sweltering stretch of the afternoon.
The limits of this service
Two plain ones. Labor is what we bring, nothing else, not the truck, fuel, or the rental agreement on a container that’s yours; those stay with you. Hazardous goods, plants, and pets are off the load. And since the wheels were arranged by someone else, we’ll point out anything risky for the trip rather than wedge it in and stay quiet.
What it costs
It bills hourly with no minimum, so a short load by the University of Delaware or a small pod runs only the real time, nothing padded. Rates are $140/hr for two, $190/hr for three, $250/hr for four. A piano parked at the container adds its own band, $300–$480 for an upright. Junk and debris haul-off bills per truckload, in the $150–$650 range by how full the bed gets. Lay out the work and where the container sits, and the right headcount comes out, all under $1M of cargo coverage.
Sorted the wheels yourself? Call (888) 711-4778 and a Lewis crew heads out to pack it right.
What Our Delaware Crew Brings
- Loading, unloading, or both for your container, trailer, or rented truck
- The usual shirted Lewis crew on the payroll, not day labor
- A tight, balanced load that fits more and holds on the road
- Heavy kept low and tied off for the run down I-95
- Broken furniture, a cluttered garage, and leftover debris hauled off by the truckload
- A stairs-only Wilmington rowhome entry in the plan at no extra cost
- Hourly with no minimum, all under $1M of cargo coverage
What You’ll Pay
Local crews from $140/hr — or a flat written rate
A two-mover Delaware crew, the truck, blankets, and dollies, all in.
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