Re: Coronavirus and how it is affecting the furniture industry
No, self-storage places won't work because there is no one there to accept delivery, and most cannot accommodate a 53' 18-wheeler. These are BIG trucks, they look like this:
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So realistically it has to be a place that gets trucks like you see above on a regular basis. While it doesn't have to have a loading dock, it's better if they do. The furniture trucking industry runs regular routes all over the country, and their dispatch center will go to Google Earth / Maps and look at the address given to see if they can get a truck in there, if they feel they can't then they will deny the load and you're back to square 1, so it's not a good idea to think "Well, they get it here, they will drop it off", it will get punted before if they don't like the Google picture.
If you have a place to accept delivery Mon-Fri without an appointment in a commercial destination that can accept a truck like this, then we can schedule it in and its quite a bit less money than the home delivery services. Of course, you still have to get it the Last Mile to your home. Moving and Storage businesses will accept delivery, unbox, and bring to you for a fee as well.
Duane Collie
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