National move - long distance - how to find a moving company?

But with these worries, I'm going crazy. I'm about to get into a 3.5-ton truck and drive to you, then drive back and forth three times and the deal is done. However, my wife would kill me then...

I'll write an excuse for your wife then

Nice! Problem solved! :D

I fear she will only accept one written in my blood (doesn’t matter if it’s a full moon). However, I wanted to avoid that for the next 40 years...

That’s no problem. I don’t know anyone who can drive trucks, but my best friend is a nurse, she can professionally draw blood for you. :D

Let’s have a small forum meeting at Kati’s and on the way back everyone from the south takes a few crates with them ;)

From about 40 years old people usually still have class 3 and are allowed to drive up to 7.5 tons

Crates with delicious Palatinate wine? ♥

My mom would probably also be allowed to drive a 7.5-ton truck, but I wouldn’t necessarily trust her to do so just because of that. :D

Unfortunately, not really. The only people I know who have anything to do with trucks are the neighbors with the radio. :D I don't really know anyone well enough to ask them to help with the move. Friends and relatives all work in completely different professions. My best friend says she would trust herself to drive one of our cars down, but not a Sprinter. But I have to admit that I myself wouldn't dare to drive a Sprinter over that distance, I've never driven anything like that. And these rental panel vans are quite high up in the accident statistics. Apart from that, I think we would need a real truck. My moving company, with whom we moved here, had a larger truck (but I don't remember how big) and a smaller one.

Try MAWA Express... Check out their website. They will only drive. Loading and unloading, you'll have to do that yourselves.

From about 40, people usually still have Class 3 and are allowed to drive up to 7.5 tons

I find it so funny that I, who have never gone beyond my little automatic Smart, am allowed to drive "huge" vehicles with semi-trailers, trailers, and much more, while all the really capable, established "guys" around me, some of whom drive forklifts, are not allowed to. :) This often serves as a source of amusement. :) I am allowed to drive trucks, but can't; others can, but are not allowed. ;-)

Just take your mom's driver's license. You probably look like her. :D

Being allowed to drive is something different from being able and willing to. Just get a few more offers and then choose from them.

I find it so funny that I, who have never gotten beyond my little Smart with automatic transmission, am allowed to drive "huge" cars with a semi-trailer, trailer, and much more, while all the really competent, established "guys" in my environment, some of whom even drive forklifts, are not allowed to. :) This often serves as amusement. :) I am allowed to drive trucks, but I can't; others can, but are not allowed. ;-)

Basically, it is true that you don't take your driving test in a Golf (or nowadays rather a Polo?) and then are allowed to drive everything possible. Precisely because a 7.5-ton vehicle is a bit bigger than a Golf. But I find that binding it to weight leads to some illogical things. An alcove motorhome is often also approved for 3.5 tons but certainly not easy to drive. When it comes to trailers, it gets completely absurd because it no longer depends on the trailer whether you may tow it but on the car in front. And the precisely the affordable combination of a large car in front of a medium trailer is prohibited. And if you reduce the trailer to 750 kg, you are suddenly allowed to drive it everywhere again, even if it is a 6.5 m catamaran trailer attached to a 7 m motorhome...