Portable Storage … A Hassle Free Transportation Option
Posted by admin on Feb 5, 2009
Portable Storage is fast becoming the preferred method of household transportation across the United States. The system has developed over years because of some disadvantages perceived in the traditional transportation business. The traditional transportation model required a person to book a trucking company in advance, with fixed times for loading and unloading at the new destination. If the customer had a housing problem at the new destination, the traditional trucking system had no answer and the customer had to find a friends house to store his belongings or book into expensive warehouses. The new portable storage system addresses these problems quite effectively.
Moving services and storing services are the two components of Portable Storage system. The moving services consist of portable storage units that are delivered at the customer’s doorstep. The contract clauses in the portable storage system allow the customer flexibility of time to load the containers. Unlike the traditional Truck based system, portable storage units do not require ramps as they are ergonomically designed. A large variety of portable storage units are on offer compared to the variety offered by traditional trucking system. For example, Portable Storage companies offer containers of differing sizes such as 5X5 feet sized container for loading belongings from a studio flat, 5X10 feet sized container for a one bedroom apartment, 10X15 feet for two/three bedroom apartment, 10X20 feet for a three/four bedroom apartment and a 10X30 feet for a larger house. Thus the customer has the flexibility to choose from a range of sizes according to his requirements.
Even during the move, the Portable Storage units loaded on trucks are kept under constant surveillance by incorporating the latest in GPS tracking technology, so the customer know the position of his luggage at all times. The storage services offer to keep the customer’s belongings in secure company warehouses till such time the customer is ready to accept the delivery of the items. This gives the customer time to arrange for a new house or a new storing place at his new destination which was not the case with traditional trucking services.
Of course these services come at a price but this is competitive when taking into consideration the troubles one would have had to undergo in case such a storage option was not available at the new destination. Other services offered by portable storage companies include storage of a customer’s car or boat. Portable storage companies even provide home portable storage solutions to store wines under controlled environment. The portable Storage industry has grown and diversified into many fields and is truly a revolution in the transportation industry.
Portable Storage Units and Moving Containers
Posted by admin on Feb 1, 2009
Portable storage is quickly displacing classic self-storage as the best way to store and move your possessions. Why is this happening? Because this is an entirely new way to get your stuff moved and coordinate bringing your belongings together at a distant location. And the best part is that you don’t have to drive the truck.
Portable Storage Units for Moving
It is very stressful to try to move and get everything packed when you need it packed. The movers have you on a tight schedule and it costs money if you are not ready. And nothing can remove all the stress from your move, you can make life a ton easier by using a portable storage unit to manage parts of this event.
With a portable storage container, you simply call the storage company to arrange for the delivery of your unit at a set date before the move. Most people hold on to their portable storage containers for two to four weeks, but you can keep it for as long as you need in order to accommodate your own schedule.
The weather-safe portable storage unit is then delivered to your front drive, where you can fill it as you go. This helps you get the things that can go into deep storage packed away way before the actual move. When the real moving day comes, you already have the less necessary things packed way in the back and you can add the more day to day stuff in. Then the unit is picked up by the portable storage company driver team. When you’re all one with your unpacking, you simply call them up and have the portable storage container removed.
Are you planning a move to a temporary location? The storage company can store your stuff for a long period of time until you actually need it delivered. Very easy.
Portable Storage Containers for Long-Term Storage
Whether you’ve moved from a larger home to a smaller one or you just have more possessions than you have room for, chances are you’ll want to de-clutter at some time in your life. But just because you don’t have room for something doesn’t mean you want to sell it or throw it away. And while non-portable storage units are always an option, the convenience of a portable storage unit makes it an ideal choice.
To use it for storage, simply have a portable storage container delivered to your home, and take the time you need to fill it with your unneeded (but still wanted) items. When it’s full, the container will be delivered to a climate-controlled storage warehouse– and your household clutter will be out from underfoot. Do you need access to your portable storage unit while it’s stored? Call to have the unit re-delivered, or even visit it in the warehouse yourself.