The heavy lifting, without paying for a truck you’ve already rented
Not every Philadelphia move needs a full-service mover. Plenty of jobs just need a couple of strong, experienced backs for an hour or two. Maybe you rented a Penske for a drive down I-95 and just want it loaded so the load doesn’t shift on the bridge. Maybe a POD is sitting at the curb in Bensalem and you’d rather not wrestle a sleeper sofa up the ramp yourself. That’s loading and unloading labor, and it’s work our crew does every week.
Across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, Pro Tri State Movers runs every move on one written number, with no add-ons after the truck loads.
You supply the vehicle, we supply the crew
Bring the U-Haul, the Penske, the trailer or the POD, and we bring the people and the method. There’s no one-hour minimum to burn through, so $155/hr buys two movers and $215/hr buys three for exactly as long as the job runs. A quick unload out of a Fishtown apartment doesn’t get billed like a full day.
Loaded the way it should ride
The reason to hire a real crew for a self-drive move is the load itself. We pad-wrap furniture, strap it in tiers, and set the weight low and balanced so a rental truck stays stable on the Schuylkill or the Turnpike — the same load planning we’d use on our own trucks. A poorly packed rental shifts the first time you brake hard on I-95, and that’s when the cheap day on labor turns into a broken dresser and a dented door. We pack it tight on the front end so the drive is uneventful.
- Crews for rental trucks, PODs, containers and trailers, loading or unloading
- Pads, dollies, shrink wrap and straps brought by the crew
- Beds and large furniture taken apart or rebuilt as part of the labor
- On labor-only work the released-value coverage applies to our handling, not to the drive you make afterward
Tell us the vehicle and the job. A $125 deposit holds the crew and the date and comes off the final labor bill.
What’s included
- Our own Pro Tri State muscle and method loading or unloading your rental truck, POD or trailer — you bring the vehicle, we bring the crew
- Labor-only with no one-hour minimum hanging over it — $155/hr puts two movers on the job, $215/hr puts three
- Professional load planning that keeps the weight riding safe over the bridges and packs the truck or container tight for the highway
- The crew carries in the pads, shrink wrap, dollies and load straps — none of it left for you to round up
- Beds and big furniture get taken apart or rebuilt as part of the labor whenever you need it
- A $125 deposit holds the crew and the date, then credits straight to the final labor bill
How we set the price
Following a short walkthrough or video estimate, we set one flat rate from the inventory you actually have — never an hourly clock. Whatever that sheet reads is the entire price, with nothing tacked on later.