Specialty items I trust to one crew
Tyler Whitlock has been my piano-and-specialty lead since 2020. Uprights, baby grands, the occasional 7-foot concert grand from a SKyPAC or WKU music-department donor, gun safes from 600 to 1,400 pounds, slate-bed pool tables, antique armoires, grandfather clocks. The Bowling Green calls I take most are gun safes (a lot of Warren County folks keep one) and pianos (the WKU music-department circuit and Reservoir Hill historic-home estates).
Specialty work doesn’t fit a simple hourly meter. We quote it flat — based on item, floor, stairs, doorway widths, gravel-driveway approach. Cargo coverage rides up to $1,000,000 per shipment, with $0.60/lb released-value standard. Kentucky Motor Carrier moving certificate plus US DOT and MC authority on file.
Bowling Green specialty flat-rate examples
| Item | Crew | Typical flat rate |
|---|---|---|
| Upright piano — ground floor to ground floor | 3 movers | $385 – $560 |
| Upright piano — stairs at one end | 3 movers | $540 – $780 |
| Baby grand — disassembled and crated | 3-4 movers | $820 – $1,280 |
| Gun safe 600-900 lbs — ranch to ranch | 3 movers | $465 – $720 |
| Gun safe 1000-1400 lbs — basement carry | 3-4 movers | $820 – $1,180 |
| Slate-bed pool table — disassemble + reassemble | 3 movers | $580 – $880 |
Hourly basis is $159/hr for the 3-mover specialty crew if the job runs odd, but flat-rate is what you’ll sign.
What the gravel-driveway calls teach us
A 1,200-pound gun safe rolling down a half-mile gravel approach in Alvaton needs plywood tracks the whole way. A baby grand coming out of a Reservoir Hill historic needs the legs and lyre off before it makes the turn. We don’t guess. 2018-founded with eight years of these calls, and we book specialty separately from the rest of the household when timing matters. Pair with residential moving or long-distance on the same job.
What is folded into your Bowling Green, KY flat rate
- Piano board, four-wheel dolly, custom strapping for uprights and grands
- Disassembly of baby grand legs, lyre, and pedal assembly with custom crating
- Gun safe dolly rated to 1,500 lbs and stair climbers for basement carries
- Slate-bed pool table breakdown, re-leveling, and felt re-stretch on request
- Plywood tracks for gravel-driveway carries in Rich Pond, Plano, Alvaton
- Floor runners and corner guards through both houses
- Up to $1,000,000 cargo coverage per shipment — full-value option available
- Kentucky Motor Carrier moving certificate plus US DOT and MC authority
What will it run?
Two polos plus the rig running the clock at $119/hr, or shut the meter down entirely with a countersigned South-Central KY figure that folds the whole job onto one page
Furniture pads, four-wheelers, shrink film, red-clay-mud floor armor for Rich Pond and Alvaton brick-ranch carries and the boilerplate COI paperwork that WKU campus and downtown SoKY buildings ask for sit inside either number. Stepping the crew to three uniforms alongside the rig moves the clock to $159/hr.
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