Specialty items
Specialty Item Moving Costs
Heavy single objects are priced in two parts: the transport, which is weight over distance and which our model produces, and the handling, which is skilled labor and which it does not. Each page below states the transport figure and then explains, in that item's own mechanics, what decides the part we will not put a number on.
Items we model
| Item | Assumed weight | Transport, 1,000 miles |
|---|---|---|
| Moving a piano | 600 lbs | $250–$325 |
| Moving a shed | 1,200 lbs | $500–$650 |
| Moving a pool table | 850 lbs | $350–$475 |
| Moving a hot tub | 850 lbs | $350–$475 |
| Moving a gun safe | 750 lbs | $325–$425 |
Every weight above is an estimating assumption used to derive a transport figure, not a measured average and not a statement about your item. No figure here includes crating, stair carries, hoists, disassembly or reassembly.
What each page covers
Piano
Uprights travel standing; grands are partly dismantled and travel on a board. Stairs, turns and any hoist drive the handling.
Shed
Most shed moves never reach a road. What it sits on, and whether it fits down the route intact, decide the job.
Pool table
Three slate slabs, bolted and shimmed flat. Disassembly, new cloth and re-levelling are the real purchase.
Hot tub
Light once drained, hard to extract. Gate width, decks and whether a crane is needed decide the price.
Gun safe
Weight on a tiny footprint. Stairs, anchoring and floor loading set the price; the safe always travels empty.
Why the handling is not priced here
Our pricing model is a transported-weight model: it converts shipment weight and mileage into a line-haul figure, adds origin and destination crew time, and adjusts for local labor cost. That structure describes a household shipment well. It has no term for a hoist booking, a stair-climbing dolly, a permit, a crane window or a billiards installer's afternoon, and extending it to pretend otherwise would produce a number with nothing behind it.
So these pages stop where the model stops. The transport component is a real derivation from our published methodology, and the handling section names the variables a surveyor will actually be pricing on, so you can ask for those lines to appear in writing rather than as a single lump on an estimate.
Moving Cost Editorial Team · Pricing model pricing-v1.0 · Estimates last recalculated