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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.
After opening the box and seeing all the parts and being bewildered by the directions, MOVE IT! by bike was hired to assemble a TV stand. Arriving within minutes of being called Tim got the complicated stand together in 3 hours and 15 minutes. Our client was billed $97.50.
MOVE IT! by bike was hired to assemble 8 rolling carts and one large cabinet for the United Terminal at Louis Armstrong Airport. The carts are to be used for distributing snacks and beverages to passengers that get diverted to or stranded at the airport due to bad weather. Each cart had four drawers and a door. Each took 45 minutes to assemble once we got the first figured out. The large cabinet was assembled and put into place and leveled. We also assembled a rubbermaid cart that only took a few minutes to assemble. Two workers took 10 hours to assemble it all and the airline was billed $600.00.
Our client was moving from Arizona to New Orleans and wanted help unloading their rental truck and moving their belongings into their third floor apartment. The belongings included equipment for shoe making for one of the two clients is a cobbler. (She makes great chef shoes) When the truck was opened it was discovered that the truck was badly packed and many things shifted and fell during the trip. Untangling the mess while making sure things did not shift more or fall on someone took more time but we got it all moved in without incident. Climbing up to the third floor over and over while carrying heavy boxes or furniture took its toll and the crew was exhausted by the end of the job. The whole job took a bit over 6 hours for three movers. Our clients were billed $660.00 and added a very nice tip to our movers who worked so hard and long.
Most everything shifted during transport in this badly packed truck.
Our client was just moving across the street but the forecast did not look good, rain all day. So it was decided to get an early start and hire two more movers to get the items over faster. MOVE IT! by bike was responsible to move the large items while family and friends of the client lugged over the smaller items. All the items MOVE IT! by bike was asked to move was moved in less than two hours. We were then asked to load a refridgerator onto a pickup truck and so went to work to do just that. One problem the valve for the ice maker from the house leaked a steady stream of water instead of shutting off. Fortunately one of our crew members works for a plumber and turned the water off for the house so the fridge could be unhooked. Later he replaced the leaking valve and restored the flow of water to the house. Meanwhile a team of two MOVE IT! by bike movers rode in the pickup truck to help unload and install the fridge in it's new man cave location. All this took a little less than 3 hours and our client was billed $380.00
A queen bed, consisting of head board, foot board, rails, mattress and box spring along with a dresser proved to big for our client to move with their car and so hired MOVE IT! by bike to move them. This was a two person job but only to help carry the furnishings, load the trailer and unload and carry in. The actual transport with the bike and trailer could be done by one person and so our client was the other mover saving them half the cost of the move. The loading took some puzzling to fit it all on the trailer but it all fit and after protecting everything with furniture blankets and plastic wrap the load was on its 3.8 mile trip. The route went over the Jefferson Davis Bridge. It was a windy day and the wind was not blowing the direction of travel, rather the opposite. And so on the bridge, a bit more than half way up, the rider was slowed to the point that it was necessary to get off and push up the rest of the way. The photo is of the load at the peak of the bridge. The rest of the trip was better but the wind was still a challenge. In the end all of the furniture was unloaded and taken in to the new place. The bed assembled and the mattresses put into place all in less than three hours.
At the peak of the Jefferson Davis Bridge
Our client was moving but not very far away, just around the block, so MOVE IT! by bike was called to move a two bedroom apartment worth of furniture. Our client hired two movers but we brought three trailers anyway and Tim only pulled the third trailer while the other movers moved the furniture and loaded and unloaded the trailers. The moving out location had a unique feature; a large window at the landing of the stairs so large furniture did no have to make the many turns out the door. It took two trips to move all the furniture and boxes and the total time of the move was 2 hours and 15 minutes. Our client was billed $180.00.
Using a window at the stairs landing avoiding many turns in the stairs.
MOVE IT! by bike was hired to move a dresser purchased at Discoveries on Magazine Street. The client was going out of town and wanted it done the next day but we were booked for a job that day and could not do it. So it was agreed to deliver the dresser on Sunday, November 27 and arrive at the store at 1:30PM. This would mean missing the Saints game but clients come first at MOVE IT! by bike. Upon arriving at Discoveries it was discovered that the dresser was already delivered. After calling the client to confirm she apologized and confessed to hiring another to deliver the dresser but not informing me. So missed the Saints game and said no to other jobs because I was not informed of the change in plan. I can see why other movers charge a deposit in advance but fortunately this is a very rare occurrence and we at MOVE IT! by bike do not see the need .........yet.
Eva lived in Metairie and was moving to New Orleans and hired MOVE IT! by bike to move her things to her new place. We arrived at 8AM on a cool crisp and windy morning and moved her things from her second story apartment to our trailers and some things to her car. The 3.4 mile move went without any troubles for traffic was light. We then unloaded our trailers and her car and moved everything up to her second story loft. The move took 2 hours.
Winding stairs
Just enough room
MOVE IT! by bike was hired a third time by a client to move in some furniture recently purchased at an outlet store. Their apartment was in the CBD and on the top floor of their building. Fortunately an elevator was employed for this move. Unfortunately the elevator was small and many pieces had to be stood on end and some at an angle from lower corner to opposite higher corner to fit into it. Also the building made moving in more difficult by bolting one double door shut forcing us to take large pieces off of furniture dollies and work them through by lifting and angeling them through. Despite these challenges the truck load of furniture took only 1 hour and 15 minutes to move in.
MOVE IT! by bike was asked to unload a truck for a client that was moving back to the area he grew up in. So in two hours the furniture was placed where it might remain and boxes placed in the rooms where their contents most likely will be placed.
They say the shortest route between two points is a straight line and that route was straightest through Audubon Park. And so some people were surprised by a 7 foot tall armoire traveling the bicycle path on a trailer pulled by a bicycle. After protecting the armoire in moving blankets the large piece of solid wood furniture was removed from it's former place loaded on one of our trailers then gently transported to it's new home via Audubon Park then unloaded and installed in its new home. All this took two movers 1 hour and 45 minutes.
7 foot armoire loaded but not yet secured to one of our trailers.
MOVE IT! by bike was called by three different clients to move sofa sleepers, Two moves were in one day the other the next. Everyone is getting ready for guests for the holidays.
MOVE IT! by bike was hired to unload a rental truck for a client moving to New Orleans from Alabama. But on the day and time we booked it rained and rained hard. So we decided to try the next day. On the next day it was still raining but Weather Underground indicated the rain would end around 9:00AM so it was decided to do the job then. Sure enough the rain ended and at one point the sun shone brightly as we unloaded the truck. It took two people 1 hour and 45 minutes to bring everything in where the client wanted, into a two story house.
Our client had a problem and MOVE IT! by bike solved it. The problem was a bed, a dresser, and a desk, needed to be moved up to the loft of the apartment but would not fit up the spiral staircase. The solution was four movers with ropes to hoist the items up and over the railing of the loft. First protecting the items with moving blankets a rope was wrapped around the item like parcel. Then other ropes were attached to these ropes to be used to pull the items up. Then two more ropes were tied on to hold the item away from the wall and keep the item from twisting. Two movers stood up on the loft to lift up the items and two more stood below guiding the item with ropes from the ground. Being very careful to keep all the items away from the wall so nothing was damaged the items were hoisted one by one up and over and onto the loft. The furniture that we moved to clear our work area was moved back into place and our ropes and blankets packed onto our trailer. This work took one hour and a half.
Lifting a box containing parts for the bed.
MOVE IT by bike was hired to move a few things that would not fit in the client's car. Those things were a Queen bed, a dresser and an end table. We got to the location early and went straight to work protecting the items with tarps and blankets and then moving them out onto our trailers. During the move our client was told that the previous tenant was not moved out yet and would not be that day. So it was decided not to move the boxes via car as planned and only move the large furniture with our trailers. We were going to help load and unload the car. We also added the client's bicycle to our load. So we secured everything on the trailers and set off from Mid City to the Lower Garden District. Once at the new location, we unloaded everything and placed things so the former tenant could remove their things from the second floor apartment. All this took two hours.
Mattress protected with a reusable tarp is easily transported using a mattress sling.
Almost ready to roll.
MOVE IT! by bike was asked to assemble a king sized bed and so we did. First we removed the old bed from the room and then laid out furniture blankets on the floor so as to not mar the floor or the new bed. This bed was not typical of other beds but the directions were clear enough to get the job done. Yes we do read directions. After assembling the bed we removed all the packaging. The whole job took one hour and thirty minutes.
Bolting the frame together
Almost done
MOVE IT! by bike was called by the people running Caroline Fayard's US Senate campaign to place a few political signs on one of our trailers and circle City Hall during early voting on Saturday October 29. Using zip ties, four large signs were placed on one of our trailers and from 10AM to 3PM we circled the block that City Hall is on. We also took a trip into the CBD and the French Quarter. The signs got noticed especially when the trumpet player from a second line band boarded the trailer and blasted out tunes while riding once around the block.
Trailer ready to go campaigning
In front of City Hall
Where to go for early voting
A recent client called on MOVE IT! by bike again to remove some furniture from his former home that he had left behind to sell. Not having the time to do so he asked us to remove an ottoman, a four drawer file cabinet and a futon bed. We were asked to be at the location at 8:00am but arrived early when we were told that our client needed to get to his office on time and not come an hour late as he had planned. Our movers got everything out in a bit less than 20 minutes but our client payed for a full hour and gave our movers a nice tip.
Ottoman at Goodwill with sofa sleeper in background that was delivered by MOVE IT! by bike earlier
Moving only a couple of blocks seems easy but doing so in the CBD makes it not so easy. MOVE IT! by bike was asked to move a king sized bed with frame along with an 8 drawer dresser from the 200 Carondelet Building to 925 Common. Our client had planned to have the bed disassembled but something happened to those plans and we were asked to disassemble and reassemble the bed. We had to work around our client's work schedule so the move was scheduled to start at 4:30PM. Yes during rush hour. We arrived at 4:15 and got started early. We parked our two trailers on the side walk next to the curb out of the way of pedestrians and not taking up any parking spots. Furniture dollies and carts were employed to bring everything down from the 22nd floor and loaded onto the trailers.
At the 925 Common location we were able to unload inside the parking deck. We were told that the freight elevator was not working and so used the people elevators. It was not until our last load the we were told by another person that the freight elevator was working and so used it to haul up the large and heavy dresser. The whole process took 3 hours and 15 minutes.
Out trailers ready to be loaded. People can walk past on the sidewalk and cars and trucks can still park beside us.
Dresser waiting to be off loaded at 925 Common.
King mattress on trailer. The headboard and frame were already unloaded and being assembled in the apartment.
MOVE IT! by bike got a phone call from a client who's friend had dropped out of a promise to help move a few pieces of furniture to be picked up from two different locations and delivered to one. She had already lined up a U-Haul to do the move and just needed a mover to replace her friend. MOVE IT! by bike called on our most experienced mover and equipped with some moving devices to make the job easier, waited at our warehouse for the client to arrive from the U-Haul place just down the street. And he waited and he waited and he waited. A phone call confirmed the the client needed a mover and that they were just down the street and would be at our location very soon. So we waited and waited and waited and waited and called again. No answer. So we waited a half hour more, called again, and again got no answer. So we put our moving equipment away and sent our mover home.
