You already have the rental truck, the PODS container, or the freight trailer. You just need strong hands that know how to load it efficiently and protect what goes in. We provide the crew — loading, unloading, or both — without the truck.
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Renting a truck is cheap. Loading it correctly so nothing breaks and everything fits is where most DIY moves go wrong. That is exactly what we do.
Maybe you already rented a U-Haul. Maybe you booked a PODS container and it lands on Friday. Maybe you have a friend with a truck but nobody willing to carry the sectional. Labor only is for the mover who has the transport figured out and just needs trained hands to do the loading, the unloading, or both.
Royal Moving & Storage provides labor only crews across eight markets — experienced movers who load your vehicle properly, protect your furniture, and do the physical work that turns a DIY move from a back-injury risk into a job that actually gets done. You handle the driving. We handle the rest.
Read More About Us →Labor only works differently depending on what you already have arranged. Here are the three most common setups and what each one involves.
The most common setup. You drive the U-Haul, Penske, or Budget truck. We show up at the load address, pack the truck efficiently, and either hand it back to you for the drive or meet you at the destination to unload. You pay for your truck rental and our crew time — nothing else.
The container is already sitting in your driveway or parking lot. You need it loaded before pickup, or unloaded after delivery. We pack it wall-to-wall and floor-to-ceiling so nothing shifts in transit and you are not paying to move air.
No truck at all. Just a sectional that needs to move to the new layout, a treadmill going to the basement, or a new delivery sitting at the curb that the store will not carry in. We show up, move the piece or pieces to where you want them, and leave.
Four steps, a transparent hourly price, and a crew that shows up ready to load or unload whatever you have.
Rental truck, container, or in-home job — tell us the vehicle type, the home size, and how many floors. We quote a transparent hourly rate.
Moving blankets, shrink wrap, straps, and dollies. We protect your furniture and pack the vehicle so it stays that way.
We load the vehicle efficiently at origin, or unload and place at the destination, or both if you need a crew at each end.
At the unload end, furniture is placed where you want it and beds or frames are reassembled before the crew leaves.
Labor only is the lean option. If you want the truck, the crew, and the whole move handled, these services have it covered.
We bring the truck. Same-city moves priced by crew and hours so you do not have to rent, drive, and return a van.
If the drive is too far to handle yourself, we move everything cross-state under USDOT #3617767 with no rented truck needed.
We pack, move, unpack, and haul the boxes. The all-in option when you want to lift nothing at all.
Want us to pack before you load? Add packing to a labor only job and the boxes are ready when the truck arrives.
Just the heavy pieces — sofa, bed frame, armoire — moved in-home or to another address without a full truck load.
When the dates do not line up, we can pick up and hold your items so the rental truck does not sit in your driveway for a week.
We provide loading and unloading crews across the West Coast and in Texas. Whether your rental truck is at the origin or the destination, we can have a crew there.
The truck is rented. The date is set. And then nobody loads it efficiently, the fragile things get put in last, and half the furniture has no padding.
The crew, their time, moving blankets, shrink wrap, straps, and dollies. We load or unload your vehicle, protect your furniture, disassemble and reassemble furniture as needed, and place everything where you want it at the destination. What is not included is the truck or container — that is yours to arrange. See our labor only moving guide for more detail on what to expect.
