PODS Iowa – Moving and Storage

Plainview New York to Maquoketa Iowa, it went without a snag.
We packed all our boxes on hand trucks, the ones with the folding handles. When the pod was delivered, it was a wood frame interior which turned out to be a plus, there were eye hooks I used to put loops in to make it easier to strap the boxes in.
We had to change the pick up date because when we sold the house the closing date was up in the air. Was not a problem and I changed the pick up date with the chat feature on the Pods website.
We drove to Iowa which took longer because of the winter storms in the states from Iowa to New York. Staying an extra day in a hotel worked out well– we missed the worst of it and saw the interstate littered with cars.
The day they dropped off the pod it was windy and around 1 degree outside.
Sadly they couldn’t park the pod in the driveway– low hanging wires.
The night before we moved the cars out of the driveway, my wife’s Mini wouldn’t start it wouldn’t even recognize the keyless ignition. My Kia started and stalled out before I could get close enough to give the Mini a jump … so glad we have great neighbors who helped us push the cars so the truck could drop off the pod.
The next day it was warm enough the cars would start and we put them back in the driveway– over to one side to have a clear run to the garage. Just in time too, the police showed up, my car had been parked on the wrong side of the street for the failed attempt at giving the Mini a jump. We should have gotten permission from the town to park a pod on the street, but we explained it was an error that we missed the low hanging wires.
Unloaded the Pod in two hours– just us two and 3 of the hand trucks collapsed (packing mishap). We called that afternoon and the Pod was picked up the next day, we called the police (small town) and the town administrator and everyone was very happy.
Add a star if you go through life as an optimist remove a star if you can not be pleased.

1 star only because pods is more expensive than any other moving company. You can find pod like options for half the price and twice the length.