Some Chicago renters book the truck themselves — a Penske out of Avondale, a U-Haul off Western Avenue, a Budget rental off the Kennedy access road, a POD set down in the alley behind a Wicker Park three-flat, a 1-800-PACK-RAT container parked at the curb in Logan Square — and just need the hands to pack the box right. Waley sends two W-2 movers at $115 an hour to load or unload, blankets and dollies on the meter, with no equipment minimum on our side because you brought the truck.
The packing plan inside the rented box is the whole job
A 26-foot Penske or U-Haul packed right is a 26-foot truck. Packed wrong it’s a 14-foot truck with a second trip you didn’t budget for. Tony or Reggie chief the load-help slots themselves on bigger jobs — not a junior — because the load plan is exactly the same plan the Waley crew uses on its own boxes: weight forward on the axle, mattresses upright against the bulkhead, drawers full and lashed, boxes ranked floor-to-ceiling against the wall before the soft goods top out the middle, e-track straps every six feet so a Detroit-bound load doesn’t shift on the I-94 curves.
Two-hour minimum and a flexible clock
Two-hour minimum on the meter, no fuel charge because you supplied the truck, no equipment fee because we’re working with what’s on the box-truck rental. If the job runs long on a Lakeview courtyard fourth-floor walk-up, the meter just runs the extra hour at $115 — no surcharge, no re-quote. Trish books the slot, Eddy confirms the building and the truck size, and Marcus signs off on long-haul load-help bookings (POD container heading to Florida, U-Haul going to Indianapolis on Saturday) because the load plan has to ride a thousand miles after we walk off.
What's Covered
- Two W-2 Waley movers at $115/hr with a two-hour meter minimum, no fuel surcharge because you supplied the truck and no equipment fee on our side
- Engineered Waley load plan inside your Penske, U-Haul, Budget, POD or 1-800-PACK-RAT box — weight forward on the axle and the bulkhead packed solid first
- Mattresses upright against the bulkhead, drawers full and lashed, soft goods topping the middle to absorb shock on Kennedy Expressway frost heaves
- E-track straps every six feet through the load so an Indianapolis or Milwaukee road leg doesn’t walk the boxes during the long-haul on I-65 or I-94
- Tony Pawlak or Reggie Brooks personally chiefing the bigger load-help slots so the plan inside the rented truck is the same plan we use inside our own
- Long-haul load-help bookings (POD shipped to Florida, U-Haul going to Indianapolis Saturday) signed off by Marcus because the plan has to ride a thousand miles after we walk off
What's the Cost?
Two uniformed W-2 Waley movers and the 26-ft straight truck run a posted Logan Square hourly of $185 an hour; if your room count slots cleanly into a half-day — studio, junior one-bedroom, or a tight in-building swap — Eddy will quote it as a locked flat instead, starting at $545 all-in.
Everything the day calls for is folded into that hourly figure: the two W-2 movers themselves, the 26-ft Waley truck, quilted blankets, masonite floor runners, two-wheel and four-wheel dollies, ratchet straps, walk-boards, and the lake-effect winter mats we put down off the porch in any month with salt on the sidewalk. Fuel adders, third-floor stair charges, long-carry charges from the alley to the door — none of those line items show up on a Waley invoice, period.
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