Rent a 26' or whatever the biggest you can get without a special license is, and DIY. Or if you have kids or relatives in their early twenties, see if you can p

Rent a 26' or whatever the biggest you can get without a special license is, and DIY. Or if you have kids or relatives in their early twenties, see if you can pay them to do it. It is still probably cheaper. I have always moved myself (never with as much stuff as you have though) and I think I always will. Like you say, there is no real way you can trust the movers, you have to be there for the loading and unloading anyway, so you're probably not saving time and effort, other than a bit of lifting. And if you can't do that, still better to get a friend or paid local to help you. If it's really not feasible to DIY, you'll have to bite the bullet and just use one of the sketchy companies. You could look for those containers that they drop off and you load yourself, that may give more piece of mind.