Which is the Best Truck to Rent if You are Planning a DIY Move?

Determining the right truck size for relocating your home or workplace is tricky. Thankfully, many moving truck rental companies make this simple by providing online moving calculators to assist you in finding a truck of the right size, categorising your heavy goods, and determining the best layout to fit them into the cargo space.

This blog will give you an overview of what to consider before renting a truck and the different types of trucks you can rent for a DIY move based on your moving requirements, the factors affecting truck rental rates and so on.

Things to Consider Before Renting a Moving Truck

Before choosing a truck of the appropriate size, it's critical to understand the scale of your relocation, along with other factors like:

• Relocation distance
• Quantity of moving items
• Moving budget
• Fuel charges
• Driver fees
• Additional charges such as tolls, etc.

How to Select a Suitable Truck from Numerous Truck Types and Moving Capabilities?

Trucks come in a range of types and sizes in India. A typical Indian truck is 13-14 feet long, 10-11 feet in height, and 6-7 feet wide. The maximum load a truck in the country can hold legally is 20 tons. Here are different types of trucks which you can rent based on the size of your relocation.

Trucks suitable for 1 RK & 1 BHK relocation (7 ft – 9 ft)

You can consider renting small-sized trucks like Tata ACE, Pickup trucks, and Tata 407 if your size of relocation is limited to 1BHK or if you only need to move a few items (such as a mattress and a few other things) and not the entire house. 

• Best used for: Transporting various goods within the city
• Maximum load weight: 600 Kg - 2500 Kg
• Length: 7 feet to 9 feet

Trucks suitable for 2-3 BHK relocation (14 ft – 19 ft)

A medium-sized moving truck is 14 - 19 feet long and works amazingly well for small homes or 2 BHK apartments. Even if you have a 1BHK flat, you can rent a medium size moving truck, as it can reduce the number of trips required to move the entire home.

• Best used for: Transporting household goods, moving offices, and industrial relocation.
• Maximum load weight: 4000 Kg - 9000 Kg
• Length: 14 feet to 19 feet

Trucks suitable for 3-5 BHK relocation (20 ft – 32 ft)

The largest moving trucks available for rent are between 20 - 32 feet long. These moving trucks are best for a 3 BHK or a 5 BHK apartment, or even a large house. 

• Best used for: transporting household goods, moving offices, and industrial relocation
• Maximum load weight: 7000 Kg - 22,000 Kg
• Length: 20 feet to 32 feet

How the Costs of Renting a Moving Truck are Calculated?

The renting rates vary based on the truck rental company, the size of the chosen moving truck and the distance and duration of your move. When looking up prices on truck rental websites, you can expect the rate to be just base prices, so keep that in mind when you receive each quote, look out for additional upfront fees, daily rates, pay-per-mile fees, etc. 

Once you have all of this information, you can make a final comparison and feel comfortable deciding on renting a truck for your DIY move. By keeping the budget in mind, start comparing the prices of moving trucks from different companies before renting a moving truck.

Conclusion

The size of your household and the number of goods you wish to move determines the type of truck you should rent for transportation. You can also ask the truck rental company to select a truck of the right size by sharing your moving requirements with them. You get better-suited trucks with half the effort in this manner.

You can also use the online moving calculators to assist you in discovering the best truck you need to fit all of your belongings for making a DIY move. The best way to move, however, would be to hire a moving company that does all of this for you, including taking care of the move itself. So, now that you have the info you need, get moving!