Accountability is the thing to settle first on a move that leaves the state, ahead of any quoted price. From your door in Delaware to the one waiting several states away, one company stays responsible the whole time with us, because the operating authority belongs to Lewis. Ours is the crew that packs, ours is the driver, and ours is the team that carries the last box inside at the destination. Nothing touches a load board, no broker takes a slice, and no nameless rental ends up on the highway. The same hands cinch the straps in Wilmington and loosen them when you arrive.
We know these routes by heart. North on I-95 toward Philadelphia, across the Jersey turnpike, and up into New England; south past Baltimore and Washington for the Carolinas and Georgia; over the bridges on US-301 and US-13 to the Eastern Shore and Virginia; and the long single pulls to either coast that come with a new job or a fresh chapter. University of Delaware graduates moving for work account for a good share, and many of those moves hinge on one valued piece. A piano is often that piece, and a grand out of the Greenville chateau country gets a route laid out to keep it level, padded, and climate-aware all the way.
A fixed total and a load you can track
Surprise charges on delivery day are what sink a long-distance bill, and we shut that door. The total is on paper before loading begins, it’s the figure you settle, and there’s no reweigh and no curbside add-on. As the trailer fills, every piece is logged into a room-by-room inventory. With GPS in the cab, you can ask for the load’s location at any hour, and we commit to an actual delivery date rather than a soft range. Should the calendar slide, our own climate-controlled Delaware warehouse holds everything, humidity care included for instruments, so two homes never overlap on your tab.
What won’t ride the long haul
A handful of exclusions keep the number clean. Federal regulation bars hazardous freight from the trailer, which rules out gasoline, propane, paint thinner, solvents, and live rounds. Anything that spoils, along with houseplants and animals, stays with you. Anything added once the inventory is closed goes on a fresh written line, never folded silently into the delivery-day total.
Pricing and protection
Weight, the miles, and the access at each end set what a long haul costs, which is why your firm number sits in the signed quote and not in a phone guess. A grand riding the lane keeps its own band, $540–$880 for a baby grand and $800–$1,400 for a concert grand. Protection is identical on every job: $1M of cargo coverage across the route, basic released value at $0.60/lb by default, or full-value protection in the 1–3% band for dollar-for-dollar replacement. File a claim and you get a 9-month window plus a Delaware-licensed mover on the phone, not a call center elsewhere.
Headed out of Delaware? Ring (888) 711-4778 with the destination and dates, and we’ll route and price the lane.
What Our Delaware Crew Brings
- A total on paper before loading begins in Delaware
- One company across the full route on authority registered to Lewis
- A room-by-room inventory logged as the trailer fills
- GPS in the cab and a committed delivery date, not a soft range
- The same Lewis crew loading here and carrying it inside at the destination
- Our climate-controlled Delaware warehouse, humidity care for any piano, if dates slide
- Cargo coverage of $1M from one end of the route to the other
What You’ll Pay
Long-distance out of Delaware on a binding written quote
No weight games, no add-ons when our crew unloads at the far end — one price, set in writing.
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