July 19, 2025
Boxes we bring vs boxes you buy — Kansas City
We bring cartons if you booked packing. You can buy your own. Grocery boxes are weight. How Kansas City box supply works — not a two-bedroom count.
Packing is per box if you book us: standard $10–20, wardrobe $25–30, dish pack $30–40. How many boxes for a two-bedroom is the next page. This page is supply: we bring cartons when packing is on the sheet. You can buy your own. A banana box is weight. Two ZIP codes: Get my price. We will not write “licensed and insured.”
From [$XXX] an hour for two movers and a truck — two movers and a truck. Most local jobs $1,200–$1,500. Full packing can move a local job toward $3,000–$4,000. Cartons without labour is not a packing day. What changes the price. How we quote: two ZIP codes. Compare hours: how to compare hourly quotes. Damage: [TIM'S DAMAGE POLICY]. What I will honour: [WHAT TIM WILL HONOUR].
Who brings the cardboard
- You buy small, medium, and dish packs if you are packing yourself
- We bring cartons if packing is on the sheet — leftover empty boxes go back on the truck
- Grocery produce boxes crush. Small cartons for books — packing books and records
- Wardrobe vs drawers is its own page — wardrobe boxes vs drawers
- We will not invent a carton SKU price beyond the packing list we already publish
Labour only means you already have the boxes and the van — labour-only. Labels: how to label boxes. What to pack first: what to pack first. Kitchen last — how to pack a kitchen. Heavy keep: heavy contents. Donate and dump are not box supply — donation pickup, dump run. Thin first — how to thin out.
A weak box is an hour
A split carton on a walk-up is a second carry — walk-ups, stairs and tight turns. Long carry: long carry and shuttle. Rain on open cardboard: rain and ice. We pad furniture, not a wet grocery box — how we pad and wrap furniture. Floors: how we protect floors and rails, doorway and banister. How long: how long a local move takes. If it runs long we will not start a re-box of the whole house at 4pm — what we do if it runs long.
Glass wants a dish pack — china and glass, china cabinets. Art: mirrors and framed art. A third person is for weight, not for free cardboard — when you need a third, how we staff three. A tip is not a box store — tipping. Photos of your carton stack: photos that get a written price. Video: video walkthrough. Walk: what a walkthrough looks like.
Access does not fix a banana box
Parking. HOA. Town homes. Waldo. Midtown. Northland. Kansas City. Independence — split-levels. Raytown — ranch. Blue Springs — garage-first. Grandview — 71 corridor. Lee's Summit — school-year. Johnson County — mention only. Johnson County checklist. Live list: service areas. Elevator: elevator reservations. Ice: winter moving day. Heat: July and August.
Living, dining, bedroom, bathroom, kids, workshop: living room, dining room, bedroom, bathroom, kids’ rooms, workshop. Garage: garage. Shed: shed contents. Attic: attic pull-down. Crawl: crawlspace. Outdoor: outdoor furniture and grill. Sleeper: sleeper sofa. Sectional: sectionals. Desk: desk and filing cabinet. Home office: home office. Screens: TVs and electronics. Home gym: home gym. Treadmill: treadmill and elliptical. Wine fridge: wine fridge or kegerator. Aquarium: aquarium empty only. Longcase: grandfather clock. Fridge, washer, beds: fridge prep, washer and dryer, beds, mattress bags. What you are not taking: what you are not taking. What stays off the truck: what not to put on the truck. Morning-of: moving-day morning. What to tell us: what to tell us. Week before: what movers need the week before. Kids and pets: kids and pets. Weekend vs weekday: weekend vs weekday. Month-end: month-end. Same-day: same-day. After the form: after you request a price.
Houses and apartments. Awkward still needs a name: appliances — basement washers. Pianos — piano moves, baby grand ([REAL JOB] stays). Safes — safes and gun safes, gun cabinet vs gun safe. Hot tubs — hot tub moves. Pool tables — pool table moves. White glove: white glove, white glove vs standard. Playset: playset and trampoline. Cleanout: when a cleanout is the job. Server closet: server closet. Office hours: office moves around your hours. Retail: retail and shop. Church: church and nonprofit. Medical: medical office. Storage: storage. Rental: moving out of a rental. Landlord walkthrough: landlord walkthrough. Estate: estate and inherited. First apartment: first apartment. Smaller place: moving into a smaller place. Downsizing: senior downsizing. New construction: new-construction. Four weeks: four weeks. Keys late: keys late. Closing day: closing day. Split pickup: split pickup. Partial: partial moves. Compare: comparing Kansas City movers. Costs: what a Kansas City move costs. Furniture that will not turn: furniture that will not turn.
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Frequently asked questions
Will you drop boxes off before the move?
If we agreed it. Packing on the day is cartons we bring that day. Ask when you request a price.
Can I use grocery boxes?
Small, dry, and not for books or glass. Produce boxes crush. Small cartons for weight.
Do unused boxes get billed?
Packing is per box we pack. Empty leftovers go back on the truck. We will not invent a carton SKU list.
Is this the two-bedroom count page?
That page is how many. This page is who supplies them. Read both.
Labour only — do you bring boxes?
No. You have the cartons. We have the labour. See labour-only.
Say who is packing. Say who brings cartons.
Two ZIP codes and whether packing is on the sheet. We will write boxes as supply, not as a guess.