Licensed PA, NJ & DE mover Est. 2014 Philadelphia & Delaware Valley 5★ / 32 reviews
Service area · near Philadelphia

South Philadelphia Movers

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01 Overview

South Philadelphia is rowhouse country, and that’s the work Pro Tri State knows best. Anthony grew up down here before he started the company, so our crews already know what a move off Passyunk Avenue, around the Italian Market, or over near the stadiums actually involves: narrow one-way streets, cars parked bumper to bumper, marble stoops, and shared party walls where there’s no margin for a careless corner.

Moving in this part of the tri-state? Philadelphia, PA movers is on these streets just about every week.

The housing stock is the real challenge. A classic two-story rowhouse has a straight run of stairs we can handle clean, but the trinity houses, those skinny three-story homes built around a corkscrew winder staircase, are a different animal. Pat Doyle runs our walk-up and tight-stair crew and treats every trinity the same way: measure the turn, decide what comes apart, and hoist the pieces that won’t fit the stairwell. We pad the stoop and the door frame before anything moves.

Parking gets planned ahead too. We’ll pull a temporary no-parking permit so there’s a clear loading zone at your door, and we time the start to miss the worst of the block traffic. Everything runs on one flat rate, set in writing before the day. We’re a licensed PA, NJ, and DE mover with our own trucks and our own crew, the same faces both ends of the move.

We move South Philadelphia

Week after week our crews work South Philadelphia, so the parking permits, the building access, and the tight streets are second nature long before the truck arrives. Every quote is flat-rate and on paper, with nothing slipped into the fine print.

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02 Why us

The name on the contract is the name on the truck

When you book Pro Tri State, it is our paperwork you sign, our rig that parks on your block, and our own movers carrying the load — nobody hands your job off. A broker does the opposite: auctions it to the cheapest bidder of the week, then disappears.

Pro Tri State Movers
  • Full-time, background-checked movers on our own trucks — never a day-labor pickup
  • Your flat rate goes on paper and stays there — the signed figure is the settled figure, to the dollar
  • Load-out and unload are the same crew, beginning to end
  • Licensed in PA, NJ & DE plus USDOT/MC for interstate, and fully insured
  • One Philadelphia office and one contact, from the first call to the last box
What a broker does
  • Sells your move to whichever carrier underbids the rest this week
  • Lets the price climb on move day with fees nobody mentioned up front
  • Sends people you have never met to carry everything you own
  • Leaves it murky whose insurance is actually on the hook
  • Stands a phone bank between you and whoever finally shows up to lift
03 Reviews

Reviews from South Philadelphia & nearby

★★★★★

“Did a great job moving everything in a timely manner”

Greg C., Queen Village · Google
★★★★★

“Mike & Joey were great personable and quick with the job.”

Laura D., Northern Liberties · Google
★★★★★

“Without a doubt the best movers I’ve ever used! I can’t say enough good things about Mike, Joey and Anthony. They were friendly, efficient, and very professional. They treated my items with great care! Thanks team for making my move so great! Highly recommend!!”

Theresa R., Bella Vista · Google
04 Good to know

What South Philadelphia movers ask us

I live in a trinity house off the Italian Market with those tight winder stairs. Can your crew get a couch up?
Trinities are a South Philly specialty for us, and Pat Doyle leads our walk-up and tight-stair crew for that reason. The winder staircases in a trinity won't take a full-size sofa around the turn, so we measure first and hoist oversized pieces through a window or take legs and feet off where we can. It's slower and we plan the time in, but nothing gets forced or scratched.
The blocks around here are narrow one-ways with cars on both sides. Where does the truck go?
We scout your block before the date and pick the move-in window when the street's lightest. On a tight one-way off Passyunk or near the market, Sean parks the truck on the closest cross street and the crew carries the shuttle, keeping the lane clear so your neighbors can still get through.
Do I need a parking permit to hold space in front of my rowhouse on move day?
For a city rowhouse it usually helps. We can arrange a temporary no-parking permit from the city so there's a clear loading zone at your stoop, which matters a lot on a packed South Philly block. Tell us the address when you book and we'll sort out whether your street needs one.

Heading into or out of this area?

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