Los Angeles, CA
Long distance movers in Los Angeles
Our own crews and our own trucks, out of a Culver City base. We book the LADOT parking permit, handle the building certificate, and tell you at survey if your street needs a shuttle.
- Local crew based in Culver City
- Permit handled LADOT, by us
- COI issued direct to management
- USDOT 2138595 · MC-744411 checkable on FMCSA SAFER
Los Angeles, CA
What a long distance move from Los Angeles involves
An LA move is decided by the last hundred feet, not the miles.
We survey the carry, the permit and the parking, then quote one price in writing. It sits inside the price you were quoted rather than arriving afterwards.
The rest is the ordinary work: a survey that counts what you own, a binding price in writing, our own crew loading and delivering, and thirty days of storage if your dates slip.
Moving services in Los Angeles
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Long distance moving Out of Los Angeles on our own trucks.
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Auto transport Open or enclosed, with $100,000 or $500,000 of cover.
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Packing and crating Partial up to fifteen boxes, full beyond, crates for the rest.
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Storage Thirty days included on a long move.
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Moving insurance What each level of cover actually pays.
Why people book us for a move from Los Angeles
- 1,789
- Households moved
- 160
- Crew
- 28
- Cities
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Your quote is your final price, in writing after the survey
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Trained crews on our own payroll, never day labor
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Licensed and insured under our own USDOT and MC authority
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Thirty days of storage included on long distance moves
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We file and pay the Los Angeles street permit as part of the booking
What it costs
What moving from Los Angeles typically costs
Price comes from weight and mileage first, then access. Weight is the part you can estimate before anybody visits.
| Home size | Typical weight | To New York | To Seattle |
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| Studio or 1 bed one bedroom of contents | 2,000 – 3,500 lb | $1,540 – $7,068 | $1,359 – $5,435 |
| 2 – 3 bedrooms the most common interstate move | 4,000 – 9,000 lb | $4,597 – $8,781 | $2,977 – $7,109 |
| 4+ bedrooms often needs a trailer to itself | 10,000 – 14,000 lb | $8,733 – $14,440 | $5,143 – $9,130 |
The dollar ranges are the MARKET rate for these lanes, not our quote: Los Angeles to New York and Los Angeles to Seattle. moveBuddha's monthly dataset of live quotes across vetted movers, last updated 31 August 2026. Weights are the industry rule of thumb. We price your move from a survey of your actual inventory and give you one binding number in writing, which is why no figure above is presented as ours.
Get a binding priceIncluded and extra
What your final price includes
The complaint in this industry is always the bill that grew. This is the line between included and extra, before you have to ask.
- Included One truck, one crew The crew that loads you is the crew that unloads you.
- Included Storage for 30 days Useful when a closing slips.
- Included Basic cover 60 cents for every pound an item weighs.
- Extra Full cover Pays to repair or replace what we list together.
- Extra Packing and crates Up to 15 boxes is partial, more than that is full.
- Extra Car shipping Open or enclosed.
- Extra The street permit Its own line on your estimate, not hidden in a total.
How your move from Los Angeles works, step by step
Four points where something is decided. The first two happen before a truck is booked.
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Survey, and the street
We count the inventory and look at the address: whether a trailer can turn in, how far the carry is, and whether the building wants a certificate.
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Permit and paperwork
The LADOT posting goes in at least five working days out, and the certificate of insurance goes to building management. Both before the day, not on it.
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Load day
The curb is reserved and signed. Where a trailer cannot reach the door, the shuttle works the address and transfers to it.
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Transit and delivery
One carrier, one crew, and a delivery window rather than a promised hour — northbound that window allows for the Grapevine, which ice can close without much warning.
Long distance moving routes from Los Angeles
Distance and typical transit window on the lanes we run most from LA.
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Los Angeles, CA → New York, NY
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Los Angeles, CA → Washington, DC
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Los Angeles → Chicago
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Los Angeles → Austin
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Los Angeles → Seattle
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Los Angeles → Denver
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Los Angeles → Nashville
- Base
- Culver City 11208 Patom Drive
- Permit notice
- 5 working days LADOT minimum, signs up 24–72h before
- To the east coast
- 7–12 days Los Angeles to New York, 2,790 mi
- Tejon Pass
- 4,160 ft every northbound lane climbs it
Sources: LADOT Special Traffic Control, (213) 485-2298; Caltrans winter driving.
Los Angeles moving access: the last hundred feet, not the miles
An LA move is rarely difficult because of the distance. It is difficult because of the last hundred feet.
The curb comes first. Los Angeles requires an LADOT temporary no-parking posting to hold space for the truck, and LADOT asks to be reached a minimum of five working days before the move date; the signs themselves go up on the street somewhere between 24 and 72 hours ahead. We handle that as part of the booking, because a crew arriving to a full curb on a street with no legal alternative is a crew you are paying to wait.
Then the street itself. A great many LA addresses sit up a canyon, and a canyon road frequently will not take a 53-foot trailer at all — not because of the grade but because of the turns. The answer is a shuttle: a smaller truck works your door and transfers to the trailer parked somewhere it can legally sit. We look at the actual address at survey and price it then.
Then the building. A certificate of insurance naming the building is standard downtown and on the Westside, and management will usually not let a crew into the freight lift without one. Give us the building name and the management contact at survey and we issue it directly to them.
One thing that genuinely is about the distance: every northbound lane out of Los Angeles climbs the Grapevine, forty miles of I-5 through the Tehachapis topping out at Tejon Pass, 4,160 feet. What closes it in winter is ice rather than snow, and when it closes there is no useful detour for a loaded trailer. It is why a northbound winter delivery is a window and not an hour.
What decides an LA move
Three things happen in the last hundred feet
The curb, the canyon and the certificate. All three are settled before the day here, because all three stop a crew that turns up without them.
5 working days LADOT minimum notice
Filing the LADOT no-parking notice
Los Angeles wants to be reached at least five working days before the move to post a temporary no-parking notice, and the signs go up 24 to 72 hours ahead. We file it with the booking rather than leaving it to the week of.
Shuttle where a trailer cannot turn
Shuttling into a canyon address
Canyon addresses often cannot take a 53-foot trailer, and the reason is usually the turns rather than the gradient. A smaller truck works the door and transfers to the trailer. It is a line on the estimate, priced at survey.
COI standard downtown and Westside
The certificate buildings require
Building management will usually not release the freight lift without a certificate of insurance naming the building. Give us the management contact at survey and it is with them before the day rather than argued about in the lobby.
Sources: LADOT Special Traffic Control, (213) 485-2298.
Protection
Moving insurance: what your belongings are covered for
Every interstate move carries released-value liability by law, and it is lower than almost everyone expects: sixty cents per pound of the item, not what the item is worth. A lot of what leaves Los Angeles is art, instruments and glass, which is exactly the category where the two options diverge.
- 60¢ / lb
- released value — free, but you have to choose it
- Full value
- the federal default if you choose nothing
- $100k / $500k
- auto transport, open or enclosed
Custom crating is what makes full-value protection worth buying on the awkward items.
What each level actually paysWant the permit and the shuttle priced before you book?
Two ZIP codes and a move size is enough to start.
Where we load in Los Angeles
Three kinds of address, three kinds of load.
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Downtown and Westside towers
Downtown LA · Century City · Westwood
Management will not release the freight lift without a certificate naming the building. We issue it before the day, not at the desk.
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Canyon and hillside streets
Hollywood Hills · Laurel Canyon · Silver Lake · Echo Park
A 53-foot trailer cannot make the turns. A smaller truck works the door and transfers, priced at survey rather than improvised.
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Outside the city line
Pasadena · Burbank · Glendale · Santa Monica · Culver City
Separate cities, so the LADOT notice does not apply. Each has its own rule, and we check the one that covers your address.
Reviews from customers on our long-distance lanes
“The stuff arrived on time in LA and delivered expertly as well. Nothing was damaged at all!”
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S.W.
TrustpilotI've used their moving service both from VA to CA and from CA back to VA over the years and it never disappointed me. They print out bar codes for every little thing, even a bucket, so that no item gets lost/damaged. Read the full review Read less
I've used their moving service both from VA to CA and from CA back to VA over the years and it never disappointed me. They print out bar codes for every little thing, even a bucket, so that no item gets lost/damaged. Not to mention the pricing is the most competitive in the market (has always been the lowest!) You won't regret going with these guys!
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Patricia D.
Read on YelpExcellent! highly recommend them! Corporate office (Ron Rubin) was very helpful and flexible with the numerous date changes in our move. The actual movers Ricardo and his team… Read the full review Read less
Excellent! highly recommend them! Corporate office (Ron Rubin) was very helpful and flexible with the numerous date changes in our move. The actual movers Ricardo and his team… Awesome (Cobra Van Lines) the team went over and beyond in wrapping my furniture and fitting into the truck. They were friendly, helpful and seemed to really care about doing the best job for me and my family. I truly appreciated it.
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Kara R.
Read on Googlei had an amazing experience with a moving service. the technician and his team really turned things around when they showed up to transfer all my home goods from a malfunctioning truck to another. they showed genuine concern about avoiding any damages. Read the full review Read less
i had an amazing experience with a moving service. the technician and his team really turned things around when they showed up to transfer all my home goods from a malfunctioning truck to another. they showed genuine concern about avoiding any damages. both of them were extremely polite, professional, and went beyond what was typically expected. i had some items that needed to remain at my place and the rest needed to stay on the truck. initially, i was informed that it could only be one or the other – everything moved to the other truck or everything offloaded where the truck was. but these workers happily carried the items into my home after moving the rest of my belongings. they had no clue how much it meant to me and how grateful i was. i know that in the future i will definitely reach out to this moving service and request for the same team. if you or anyone you know needs this service, you won't be let down. it was a very positive experience. thank you, gentlemen.
Where to go next
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Areas we serve
the states we run into
Do you pull the parking permit or do I?
We do, as part of the booking, and we post the signs. LADOT asks to be reached a minimum of five working days before the move date and the signs go up on the street 24 to 72 hours ahead — so it is not something to leave to the week of the move.
My building needs a certificate of insurance.
Standard downtown and on the Westside, and management will usually not release the freight lift without one. Give us the building name and the management contact at survey and we issue it directly to them before the day.
I am up a canyon. Can a truck get to me?
Often not a full tractor-trailer, and usually because of the turns rather than the gradient. We look at the address at survey and price a shuttle if the street needs one — a smaller truck works your door and transfers to the trailer parked where it can legally sit.
Can you take the car too?
Yes, on the same order — open or enclosed trailer. It is a common request on LA moves, where a second car is rarely worth driving across the country. Cover is $100,000 on an open trailer and $500,000 enclosed.
What is my furniture actually insured for?
By default sixty cents per pound of the item — the federal released-value standard, included at no cost. That is weight, not worth. Full-value protection is the paid alternative on an inventory we declare together, and it matters most on the art, instruments and glass that make up a lot of what leaves this city.
You are an interstate carrier — what about a move inside California?
Different regulator. Interstate is federal: USDOT 2138595 and MC-744411, both checkable on the FMCSA register. A move that starts and ends inside California falls under the CPUC, which requires a household goods carrier permit — a CAL-T number — from every mover. Ask any company for its CAL-T and verify it with the CPUC before booking an in-state move.
How does winter affect a northbound delivery?
Every northbound lane out of Los Angeles climbs the Grapevine — forty miles of I-5 through the Tehachapis, topping out at Tejon Pass at 4,160 feet. What closes it is ice rather than snow, and there is no useful detour for a loaded trailer, so the delivery window allows for it.
Can you store my things between places?
Thirty days of storage in transit is included, in a facility we control. It covers most gaps between an LA lease ending and the next one starting, and it does not have to be decided at booking.
Moving out of Los Angeles?
A local coordinator, a binding price, and the permit handled.
Get a price for your move from Los Angeles
Two ZIP codes and a date is enough to start. A coordinator confirms the permit, the certificate and whether the street needs a shuttle before anything is booked.