Long-distance movers in Birmingham, AL who stay with your load

Four days is how long it took our movers to pack a six-bedroom home in Hoover, AL, drive it to Queens, NY, and set every room back up with nothing damaged. Tunj Control Moving runs long-distance moves out of Birmingham, AL, for households and businesses headed anywhere in the United States, with our own movers on the job the whole way. We have been locally owned in Birmingham for five years and hold a 4.8-star rating from more than 200 Google reviews. The company is licensed and insured. Our office at Perimeter Park sits off US 280, minutes from I-459, which feeds into I-65, I-20, and I-59, the routes that carry nearly every move out of the metro.

How a long-distance move from Birmingham works with us

A long move is planned in reverse from the day you need to be in the new house. Once we know that date, we set a loading day in Birmingham and a driving plan for the miles between. On loading day, the movers pad and wrap the furniture, take apart beds and tables, load the truck so nothing shifts on the interstate, and inventory everything that goes on.

The same movers drive the truck. There is no transfer to a second carrier partway through the trip. When the truck reaches your new address, those movers unload it, rebuild what they took apart, place furniture by room, and check the inventory against what left Alabama. The reassembly at the far end gets the same care our movers bring to FF&E installation projects, so beds and tables go back together square.

The Hoover to Queens job followed that exact sequence. Our movers packed the house, took the furniture apart and wrapped it, loaded, drove north, then unloaded, unpacked, reassembled, and placed every piece, with the last room finished on day four and zero items damaged.

Packing built for the highway

Packing for six hundred miles is a different job from packing for six. Boxes ride longer, shift with every mile, and sit in a truck through Alabama heat or a Northeast winter. What changes from a local pack:

  • Double-walled dish packs with cell dividers for every glass and plate
  • Mattress bags and stretch wrap on all upholstered pieces
  • Wardrobe boxes so clothes ride on their hangers
  • Corner protection and cardboard sleeves for mirrors, art, and glass tabletops
  • Room and contents written on every box and logged to the inventory
  • Moving blankets on every furniture surface, strapped to the truck wall

You can pack yourself, have our movers pack the fragile rooms, or book a full pack through our packing services. Antiques, art, and designer pieces get the white glove service treatment, with an inspection before wrapping and room-by-room placement at delivery.

Moving within Alabama vs. out of state

The state line changes the paperwork and the drive time, not the way the truck gets loaded.

Across Alabama on I-65 and I-20

As long-distance movers in Birmingham, AL, we treat an in-state move as the same job with a shorter drive. Common runs from Birmingham go north on I-65 to Huntsville, south to Montgomery and on to Mobile, and east on I-20 toward Anniston. The movers still wrap and inventory everything as they would for a cross-country trip, because a dresser does not care if the drive is 90 miles or 900.

Out of state and across the country

Atlanta and Nashville are each a few hours out on I-20 and I-65. Florida moves head south on I-65 to Mobile and pick up I-10, or run down US 231 toward the Panhandle. Moves to the Northeast usually climb I-59 to Chattanooga and continue on I-75 and I-81. Every route and load is different, so the estimate spells out the loading day and the delivery plan for your specific trip rather than a blanket promise.

Businesses relocating to another state can see our commercial moving page for how we handle office furniture on a long haul. Renters headed to a unit in Nashville or Atlanta should read apartment moving for how we deal with elevators and loading zones at delivery. For a household staying inside the metro, our residential moving page covers local jobs.

Where we pick up

Long-distance jobs start at homes across the Birmingham metro. From Perimeter Park, we cover Vestavia Hills and Cahaba Heights next door, Mountain Brook and Homewood on the way toward downtown, and Hoover along I-65, where the Queens move began. We load out of Pelham and Chelsea in Shelby County, Brook Highland a few exits down 280, Trussville on the I-59 side of the metro, and Bessemer to the west on I-20/59. Birmingham proper, Avondale and Crestwood included, is home base.

What to sort out before a long move

A move across state lines has more moving parts than the truck. Handle these in the two weeks before loading day:

  • Set utility shutoff at the old house for the day after loading, and turn on at the new one for the day before delivery
  • Plan to carry houseplants yourself, since a closed truck is hard on them over several days
  • Pull passports, titles, medical records, and school files into one folder that rides with you
  • Decide how the cars get there, driven or shipped, and book that early
  • Update your address with the post office, your bank, and your employer
  • Use up frozen and refrigerated food, since it will not make the trip
  • Pack a first-night box with sheets, towels, chargers and a few dishes

We can walk through this list with you at the estimate stage. Questions before you book can go through our contact page.