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Loading & Unloading Help in the Hamptons

You supply the truck, pod, or container — our own crew loads or unloads it by the hour, carefully and balanced to ride safe.

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Drop the particulars into the form below and our Southampton office writes back one flat figure, in writing, inside the business hour.

Or call (888) 711-4778

Watch for a reply from our County Road 39 office in Southampton within one business hour. There is no fee for the figure and nothing is owed for asking — read it, sit with it, decide later. The details you send never travel past the desk that writes your rate.

4.9 ★ average across 28 reviews 18 years working the East End 5,167+ moves finished NYS-licensed & fully insured

Loading and Unloading Help, By the Hour

Sometimes you have already got the truck, the pod, or the container — you just need the muscle and the know-how to load it right or unload it without breaking your back or your belongings. That is what this service is. Our trained crew shows up with the pads, straps, dollies, and the skill to stack a load so it rides safely, whether you are filling a rental truck headed off-island, a pod sitting in the driveway, or a container being shipped. You are not hiring a roster of strangers; you are getting our own W-2 movers, the same people who handle full estate moves.

What Loading Help Covers

We load to ride, not just to fit. Heavy and stable pieces go on the bottom and against the walls, weight is balanced front to back so the load does not shift, furniture is blanket-wrapped, and everything is strapped in tiers so nothing topples on the highway. For an unload, we bring it all in, place it room by room, and reassemble what needs it. We protect the floors, door frames, and stair rails on the way through — the same care we would give a full move, just on your equipment. If a pod or container needs a Certificate of Insurance to sit in a gated community’s driveway, we can help sort that out too.

Built for the East End

A lot of load-help out here is seasonal: a share-house group splitting the cost of a pod, a second-home owner loading a container for the off-season, a do-it-yourself move that just needs the heavy lifting handled. We schedule around the summer traffic on Route 27 and the Shinnecock Canal so the crew arrives in your loading window, not an hour into it. And because we know the long driveways and narrow lanes, we know where a pod or truck can actually sit without blocking a neighbor.

Who This Is For

Anyone doing a partial DIY move — you supply the truck, pod, or container, we supply the experienced crew and the careful loading. If you want the heavy, awkward, load-it-wrong-and-it-shifts part done right, this is it.

What's included

Book this service and here is everything the crew handles

  • Our own trained W-2 movers, not day labor

  • Pads, straps, and dollies brought to the job

  • Loading that balances weight and straps the load in tiers so it rides safe

  • Blanket-wrapping of furniture before it goes on the truck or pod

  • Floor, door-frame, and stair-rail protection during the carry

  • Room-by-room placement and reassembly on an unload

  • Help arranging a COI if a pod or container needs to sit in a gated driveway

  • An hourly rate quoted clearly up front

Numbers we stand behind

What should this service cost you?

By-the-Hour Crews

Starting from$199/hr

That hourly rate covers a two-mover white-glove crew with a three-hour minimum, the truck they arrive in, and every bit of kit aboard it — quilted pads, dollies, straps, ramps, and floor runners — none of which is ever itemized back to you as an extra line.

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Recent moves

What Southampton families say about our crew

Meredith P.
Meredith P. Ocean Road · four-bedroom shingle-style home
★★★★☆

Max Moving recently moved me to a new city. The owner Max was so great working with me as I am on a fixed income. Three men came down and were polite, knew what they were doing and worked efficiently. On the other end; they placed my furniture and were very helpful.

Google · 2025-11-07
Joan D.
Joan D. Southampton Village · waterfront estate move
★★★★★

Max’s team was very nice and professional. They handled all of our belongings with great care and worked very efficiently. The whole move went smoothly, and the final cost was very accurate to the initial quote we received. We had a great experience and would definitely recommend them.

Google · 2025-12-21
Bennett L.
Bennett L. Springs · long-driveway move on a narrow lane
★★★★★

Tomas and Walter were amazing ! Super helpful and fast!

Google · 2025-09-10
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Service FAQs

What people usually want to know about this service

Can I just hire the crew and use my own truck or pod?
Yes, that is exactly what this service is. You provide the truck, pod, or container, and our own crew loads or unloads it by the hour with the pads, straps, and dollies.
Will you load it so nothing shifts on the highway?
That is the whole point of hiring an experienced crew. We load heavy pieces low and against the walls, balance the weight front to back, and strap the load in tiers so it rides safe.
Do you protect the house during a load or unload?
Yes. We run floor protection and pad door frames and stair rails on the carry, the same as we would on a full move.
Can you help if my pod needs a COI to sit in a gated driveway?
We can help arrange the Certificate of Insurance with the gated community so your pod or container is allowed in the driveway during loading.
Is loading help charged hourly or flat?
Loading and unloading help is charged by the hour, and we confirm the rate and the expected hours before the crew starts.