Retail furniture, office furniture and full office relocations moved blanket-wrapped or crated, with liftgate, inside delivery and building bookings arranged before the truck arrives.
Furniture fills a trailer long before it gets heavy, scuffs if it is not wrapped, and often has to be carried past the dock into an office or a store. That makes it freight that depends on handling more than horsepower. We move furniture for manufacturers, importers and retailers, and we run commercial office relocations between buildings and cities. That means coordinating the building on both ends: freight elevator bookings, certificates of insurance, loading dock times and move-in hours. Loads go blanket-wrapped on air-ride trailers, crated when they must, as LTL for a few pieces or as a dedicated truck for a full office.
Unwrapped furniture rubs against other freight and the trailer walls. Blanket wrapping, or proper cartons and corner protection, is what keeps finishes intact. Ordinary LTL handling with forklifts and cross-docks is hard on upholstered and finished pieces.
In LTL, furniture is priced by density under the NMFC, so a light sofa can cost more per pound than steel. Wrong dimensions on the bill of lading lead to reweigh and reclass charges after delivery.
Office towers and malls need freight elevator bookings, certificates of insurance naming the landlord, and deliveries inside set hours. A truck that arrives without them waits or is turned away.
Many furniture receivers have no dock. Liftgate, inside delivery, room of choice and debris removal have to be booked in advance, or the driver drops the freight on the curb.
A company relocating cannot be without desks for a week. Packing, transport, storage and set-up have to line up with the lease dates on both ends, often over a weekend.
We start with a list of pieces, dimensions and weights, or a walk-through of the office, so the truck size and freight class are right from the start.
Blanket wrap on an air-ride trailer, crated, or cartoned on pallets, depending on the product, the distance and how many times it will be handled.
For office moves and commercial deliveries we arrange the certificate of insurance, elevator bookings and delivery windows with property management on both ends.
Freight moves as LTL, a dedicated truck or white-glove service, with storage between dates when the new space is not ready.
Liftgate, inside delivery, placement and debris removal are booked up front, and the delivery is confirmed with signed paperwork and photos.
LTL furniture is classed by density, pounds per cubic foot. Accurate dimensions and weights on the bill of lading decide the price and avoid reclass charges.
Most commercial buildings require a certificate of insurance naming the landlord and property manager before movers or carriers can use the dock or elevators.
Crates and pallets used for international furniture shipments must be heat-treated and stamped under ISPM 15, or the shipment can be refused at the border.
Many imported wood products need a Lacey Act plant declaration when entering the US. Whether a furniture line needs one depends on its tariff code, which your customs broker checks.
Furniture made overseas clears customs in Canada or the US through a licensed broker, with duties based on classification and origin.
An office move is a logistics project with a fixed end date. The old lease ends, the new space opens, and the business needs to be working on Monday. Planning backwards from that date is what makes it work: when packing starts, when the trucks load, when the building on each end is booked, and when set-up finishes.
Buildings set the schedule as much as the movers do. Freight elevators are booked in time slots, loading docks have their own hours, and most landlords need a certificate of insurance with specific wording before anyone is allowed in. Getting these from both property managers a week ahead avoids a truck waiting on the street.
An inventory is the starting point. Desks, chairs, filing cabinets, boardroom tables, IT equipment and anything that is being thrown out or donated. A good inventory decides the truck size, the crew size and whether storage is needed between dates.
Moves between cities add transit time and sometimes storage. A Toronto office moving to Montreal, for example, needs the load out, a day on the road and the load in to line up with two buildings' schedules. We plan the whole sequence as one booking, with one contact who knows where everything is.
Furniture retailers and manufacturers move product in three ways: imports arriving by container, replenishment from a warehouse to stores, and deliveries to the end customer. Each has a different cost driver. Containers are priced per box, store replenishment per truck, and final deliveries by handling and service level.
Imported furniture usually arrives in 40 ft high-cube containers because it is light and bulky. Free time at the port and the rail ramp is short, and a container that sits too long builds up demurrage and per diem charges. Booking the drayage before the vessel arrives keeps that in check.
Freight class is the most common source of surprise charges. LTL carriers price furniture by density, and a carrier that reweighs and remeasures at the terminal will bill the difference. Measuring and weighing each piece or pallet before booking is the simplest fix.
Final delivery decides what the customer remembers. Appointment scheduling, two-person crews, room of choice and packaging removal all cost more than a dock drop, and they are worth booking when the product is expensive or the customer is a business that cannot unload a truck.
Yes. We move office furniture, files and equipment between buildings and between cities, including building bookings, certificates of insurance, and storage if the new space is not ready on the day.
Blanket wrap means the furniture is wrapped in moving blankets and loaded on an air-ride trailer rather than boxed and palletized. It protects finishes and avoids the cost of crating, and it is the usual way to move finished furniture.
Yes. Liftgate, inside delivery, room of choice, assembly and debris removal can be booked as part of the shipment. Tell us at quote time so the right crew and truck are assigned.
LTL furniture is priced by density, using the weight and dimensions of each piece or pallet. Accurate measurements give an accurate quote and avoid reclass charges after delivery.
Yes. We arrange ocean freight, customs clearance through a licensed broker, container drayage and delivery to your warehouse or stores.
Yes. Short-term storage is available through our warehouse partners when the delivery site is not ready or a move happens in stages.
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