$315. Two Movers, Two Hours, and the Drive to Your Door.
That is the starting total for a local move, before tax. $60 a mover per hour after that, and the $75 for fuel and travel is already in it. No card to ask, and nothing is booked until Bird Dog calls you back.
Not sure which? Send it with two and say what you have got. Bird Dog sizes the crew with you on the call.
How the Clock Works
A One-Bedroom on a Tuesday
Made up from the published rates so you can see where the money goes. Yours will run its own way, but the clock works like this every time.
We pull up to your door. That is when the clock starts, not when we left the shop.
Clock starts
Hello, where is it going, what is coming. We look it over while you talk, then get to work. It is your time.
Loaded. The drive across town is on the clock. The drive to reach you this morning was not.
Unloading. Everything lands in the room you point to, boxes in the kitchen, bed in the bedroom.
Last piece where you want it. You look it over. The clock stops.
Clock stops
2.75 hours × $120 an hour for 2 movers
$330
Fuel and travel, once
$75
This move, before tax
$405
Two movers, two and three-quarter hours, and one trip. If the truck has to sit a long walk from your door, or the elevator makes us wait, that is where the hours go.
Planning Numbers
What Common Moves Come To
Same crew and hours the request form suggests for each size. Planning numbers, not quotes, before tax.
MoveCrewHoursPlanning estimate
01
Studio apartment
Boxes closed and labeled, ground floor or elevator
2 movers2 hrs$315
02
One-bedroom apartment
Packed, with a normal walk from the truck
2 movers3 hrs$435
03
Two-bedroom house or apartment
Full furniture, a longer load
3 movers4 hrs$795
04
Three-bedroom house
Furniture, appliances, and the garage
4 movers6 hrs$1,515
05
Four or more bedrooms
A full house with stairs and a long carry
4 movers8 hrs$1,995
06
Small office or suite
Workstations apart and back together
4 movers4 hrs$1,035
Stairs, a long walk from the truck, an elevator window, and a longer drive between addresses add hours. Boxes packed and a clear path take them off.
Each estimate is crew × $60 per hour × hours, plus the one-time $75 fuel and travel charge, before sales tax. Card payments add 3.75%.
Run Your Own Numbers
Pick a Crew, Guess the Hours
Say how you plan to pay and it adds the card fee. The number carries into the request so you do not type it twice.
Planning number, before tax. Not a quote and not a booking. Bird Dog looks at both addresses, what is going, and the access before he confirms anything.
What Moves the Number
Access Moves It More Than Size Does
Two things set the total: the crew and the hours. The crew is your call and ours together. The hours are mostly about access: stairs, how far the truck sits from the door, an elevator you have to wait on, a drive across the metro. Send those with the request and nobody is solving them on the clock.
The easiest hours to save are the ones you take off yourself before we get there:
→Boxes closed, labeled, and stacked near the door
→Beds stripped and the TV unhooked
→A spot for the truck, and the gate code ready
→The elevator reserved, if the building needs it
→Anything you want taken apart and put back together, asked for ahead; it is real time on the clock
At Bird Dog, $60 a mover per hour, two hours minimum, plus $75 once for fuel and travel. Two movers start at $315 and run $120 an hour after that, before tax. Those are the prices for movers in Oklahoma City we publish, and the calculator uses the same ones.
Plan on about $435: two movers, three hours, fuel and travel, before tax. A studio with the boxes packed is often a two-hour job at $315. Stairs, a long walk from the truck, or an elevator window add time.
No. It starts when we pull up to your door. The drive between your two addresses is on the clock.
Once per move, and it is already inside every starting total on this page.
Two for most studios and one-bedrooms. Three for a two-bedroom. Four for a three-bedroom house or an office. The examples above use those, and so does the request form. Not sure? Send it with two and tell Bird Dog what you have; he sizes it with you on the call.
The numbers are at the top of the page so you can decide with them in front of you. What keeps the total down is preparation: boxes packed, a clear path to the truck, and the access details sent ahead.
Yes. Everything on this page is before sales tax, which goes on the final total.
No. Nothing is charged to send a request, and nothing is booked until Bird Dog calls you back. Cash, check, or card on the day; cards carry a 3.75% fee.
No. It is a planning number from the crew and hours you picked. The estimate Bird Dog gives you on the call is built from what you tell him, and the crew confirms it at your door.