Moving The World To A Greener Future
MOVE IT! by bike has been serving New Orleans by moving stuff since August of 2013 using a bicycle and a trailer that can haul 600lbs.
MOVE IT! by bike was hired by a college student’s mom through Thumbtack. It was a stormy day on moving day but in the afternoon the sky cleared and the sun came out and the the move was started.
Here is mom’s review on Thumbtack:
iT! was hired to assemble a rotating shoe rack.
MOVE IT! by bike was hired to move a family heirloom from it’s location at Bella Umbrella to an apartment in the Warehouse District. With our newly purchased dolly the move was a snap for one mover. After turning the drawer knobs around and removing the legs the dresser was covered with moving blankets. Then it was loaded on and secured to the dolly, rolled out of the store and onto the trailer. After securing it on the trailer it was moved to its new home. It was discovered that the door to the apartment could not be opened remotely so it had to be left outside the door.
Where it was
Tim and “Bella” and Dresser
On the trailer
Ready to enter the new home
Could not open the door so had to leave it outside the apartment to be brought in later. Note that the drawer knobs were reversed for moving.
Moved a few things from storage to a dorm. Was told MOVE IT! by bike will be hired at the end of the semester to bring it all back.
ASSEMBLE it! is a division of MOVE it! by bike
Assembled a bed and dresser in the Marigny
Assembled a vanity in the Quarter then a bed and bench in the Lower Garden District
MOVE IT! by bike was hired to move the big stuff. So we moved a full sized bed. Seven chairs. Three book shelves. A large coffee table. Two night stands. An end table. A kitchen table. And a few other things. It took two trips from the 3800 block of Napoleon to the 700 block of Josephine a distance of three miles. Total time of the move was 6 hours with two movers at $40/hour each. So $40 x 2 x 6 = $480 was the bill. Our client gave a generous tip to our movers as well.
Avita contacted MOVE IT! by bike through Thumbtack and wanted a bed and two night stands assembled. Since another scheduled job was rescheduled we had an opening for that day. So in just a few hours from contact, Avita had her bed and night stands assembled and ready for a good night’s sleep.
Not our best move. Our clients for our move were very unhappy. We had an inexperienced crew and not enough equipment to do the job right. MOVE IT! by bike has a long way to go before we start moving entire apartments again. We need more trailers and equipment before doing so. For now we will move just one thing or two. I will keep on doing Uber Eats to pay the bills and grow MOVE IT! by bike.
Using a hand saw, I cut down the plywood decking to make room for the wheels.
Thinking about putting the wheels on the outside
The MOVE IT! by bike trailer delivered its own sheet of plywood for its deck
MOVE IT! by bike’s trailer being built by Ultropolis
Almost completed
It’s ready
Michael Webber of Ultropolis Design will build our new trailers. The stackable design will allow one person to transport our equipment to the worksite and back from the worksite.
Vanessa P.
Furniture Assembly
Tim arrived on time (actually a few minutes early!) and was ready to get to work. In his response to my initial request, he actually had the foresight to ask if I had links to the furniture I wanted assembled so that he could be prepared with requisite tools - and prepared he was. He was pleasant, finished in a timely manner, and even helped to clear boxes and packaging for us. I would [will] request his support for any future help, and have, as well, already referred him to someone else.
MOVE IT! by bike was hired to load a 15 foot U-Haul truck with the contents of a one bedroom apartment. Our clients were giving up their place because they no longer spend as much work related time in New Orleans as they did in the past. So renting an apartment is not justified and will stay in hotels when here on business. So in three hours the truck was carefully and securely packed. The total bill was $240.00 and a very generous tip was included for our talented movers.
MOVE IT! by bike was contacted to move a couch from the front room in a house to the back room on the second floor. Trouble was the couch was large and the only path was a narrow walkway at the side of the house. On one side of the walkway was the house on the other a 6 foot high fence. After taking the legs off to make the couch a bit smaller, the couch was carefully rewrapped for protection. To make it through the narrow walkway a part of the couch had to be lifted and carried above the fence. Dave and Romel took a breather after making it down the long narrow walkway after holding the couch up over their heads for so long. After a short breather the couch was transported upstairs and placed where the client wished. The job took less than an hour but our minimum billing is for one hour so the charge was $80.00. A tip was also added for our movers for a job well done.
A bed frame, a dining set, a book shelf and an entertainment center was in need of assembly and MOVE IT! by bike was hired to put them all together. After helping the client move some things in from her car we got to work. Tim was there just to assist as his broken elbow is still healing. Freddy was the main assembler. First to be assembled was the bed and the mattress was also placed on and allowed to expand. Then the dining set followed by the book shelf followed by the entertainment center. All took four hours and our client was billed $120. She added a very nice tip on top of that for a job well done.
MOVE IT! by bike was hired to move the chairs and benches from a wedding ceremony in Audubon Park to the reception area just a block away. Our movers arrived very early and were able to witness the entire ceremony. Then during the time the wedding party was second lining we moved first the chairs and then the benches to the reception area. We had 4 movers working for one hour and our client was billed $160.00.
In the evening on October 29 MOVE IT! by bike was requested to help move the large furnishings from a second and third floor apartment from the Quarter to two different locations in the Garden District on the morning of October 30. Tim quickly put a crew together and arrived with two of our trailers and two movers the next day as requested. The challenge of this move was that the bedrooms were on the third floor via a spiral staircase; to small, twisted and narrow to fit the queen sized mattresses. But we could lower them over the third floor balcony onto a second floor balcony, and so that is what we did. With the help of our clients vehicles and a pick up truck everything was loaded, moved to the two locations, unloaded and moved in. The whole move took 3 hours and 45 minutes and our clients were billed $300. A very nice tip was given to our movers for a tough job done well.
Lowering box spring from third floor balcony
Our trailers being loaded; out of the way of traffic with plenty of room on sidewalk for pedestrians.
