Storage units

[abunaitoo]

Anyone in Clarksville TN have a storage unit???
Thinking of getting one for long term storage.
Thinking of moving there and want to see if I could send things there to kind of plan ahead.
Anyone know how it would compare to PODS storage????

[Winger Ed.]

You'll need to contact a moving & storage company and make your best deal.
They'll want to know how much stuff you have and about how much it all weighs.

For long term, the self storage places are cheapest, but you have to bring your stuff there and load it yourself.
A moving company will probably want to put it all in a shipping container, and take it to a storage lot/yard.
When you want your stuff, they'll bring it and unload it.

[Land Owner]

I do not know if it was me, the people who moved out of the storage unit I temporarily moved into, or just Fate. In Merritt Island, FL I put a small amount of hunting clothes, decoys, camouflage, duck blind building material, and four spare tires and wheels in an empty 10' x 8' unit on a Friday. I knew the owner and his married daughter who worked the desk there. I had been their customer several times in the past. They have video CCTV too. No problemo...

By Sunday, someone (maybe homeless) had twisted off my lock from the door, opened the unit, moved stuff around, taken some woolen socks, hooded sweat shirts, and camo tee-shirts, and vamoosed without any real vandalism. I called the Company Owner and the Sheriff. Nothing on video - dead zone in the back. Not much of lost value to declare, so it was a rather benign interview and report with the Deputy. He scratched his head, I scratched mine, we left wondering what happened. The Owner got right on it, more cameras were added, the locking mechanism was replaced that day. I was given a new lock and two free months, so was OK with that.

Long distance storage - thinking ahead - ask about their insurance, their surveillance, the location of your unit (nearer the office is best), lockset requirement (if any), hours of operation, security codes after hours, cold storage (if needed, usually is different code from yard fence), security lighting, incidence of crime at their location, and MAKE AN INVENTORY (include value) so there is something in evidence if there is ever any problem.

[rancher1913]

it only takes a few months for it to be cheaper to sell than to store

[farmerjim]

it only takes a few months for it to be cheaper to sell than to store

+1

It only takes about 6 months for it to be cheaper to throw away than to store.

[Sasquatch-1]

I would think moving from HI to TN, shipping would be your biggest concern. You can't just rent a truck and take it to storage facility. If you plan on moving a lot, a shipping company that would use the containers might be the best idea. As mentioned, it is probably cheaper to sell off what you have and buy new once you arrive. For smaller items, or things you just can't leave behind, if you have relatives in the contiguous 48 you may want to ship it to them.

[farmbif]

dont know about storage, that's a smart move to Clarksville to be right close to mid south shooters supply

[Handloader109]

Wife and I have a friend who lives there. I've never been to the area, but it appears from her description to be a good area. As far as I know, she's not stored anything in a decade or more, so no help there. I would for sure sell off everything I could reasonably do and to plan on purchasing new as needed once you move. If you have a container full of stuff, I'd find out cost to have it shipped all the way and storage for a period of time. Gonna be expensive one way or another.

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[MrWolf]

Had an issue with Pods. When they finally delivered the Pod, driver hands me a bucket of my lead cornbread ingots. Says you must be a reloader. Seems their pallet forks pierced the bottom of my unit (make sure you double check the condition of flooring, etc) and a lot of my lead got thrown about and lost. The pressure upwards destroyed some other things that I didn't know about as it took awhile to empty.
I agree with others saying sell vs ship especially from Hawaii. You just might find out you don't need a lot of that stuff anyway. Good luck.
Ron

[Hannibal]

+1

It only takes about 6 months for it to be cheaper to throw away than to store.

Bingo! We have a winner!

Things always get lost or damaged anyway. If you move very much you'll quickly realize the more stuff you have the more problems you have.

I despise moving for multiple reasons but keep finding myself having to do it for one reason or another.

[No_1]

Anyone in Clarksville TN have a storage unit???
Thinking of getting one for long term storage.
Thinking of moving there and want to see if I could send things there to kind of plan ahead.
Anyone know how it would compare to PODS storage????

I realize it does not answer your question but my niece just had some gear shipped to her in HI. It all went into a CONNEX box and I believe the cost was around $7k which was well above the value of the items.

[nvbirdman]

A friend of mine has had a storage unit for about the last thirty years, that I know of. He told me once that it's only fifty dollars a month. Fifty times twelve times thirty comes to eighteen thousand dollars. He probably has about a thousand dollars of junk in there, and before you ask, yes I have seen it.

[Hannibal]

A friend of mine has had a storage unit for about the last thirty years, that I know of. He told me once that it's only fifty dollars a month. Fifty times twelve times thirty comes to eighteen thousand dollars. He probably has about a thousand dollars of junk in there, and before you ask, yes I have seen it.

How many storage sheds complete with concrete could he have built for $18K? And if it's $50/month it's likely not very big, either. Grandfathered in on the rent or not.

If you don't have a definite plan to get your stuff out of storage in less than 6 months you'd be much better off to sell it or throw it away

[Winger Ed.]

You might be better off having a moving company pack up your stuff, wait until you get to where you're going,
then ship it all straight to your new address.

[abunaitoo]

You might be better off having a moving company pack up your stuff, wait until you get to where you're going,
then ship it all straight to your new address.

I was thinking of doing that, but no address yet, and I'm not sure how secure they would be.
Things getting crazy here.
Planing to get all firearms out of here before the hammer falls.
Have friend in Clarksville, and a sister in Spring Hill.
Maybe joining one of them in the future.
Hope not, but they way things are going here, gotta plan ahead.

[Winger Ed.]

I'm not sure how secure they would be.


It's not a perfect world. Do the best ya can with inventories and insurance.

[Bmi48219]

it only takes a few months for it to be cheaper to sell than to store

+++ this is the absolute truth.

Add to that, most storage unit companies require annual proof that the contents of your unit is covered by HO or other insurance; or you can buy a policy from them, or store elsewhere.
Unless the storage unit you rent is built like a bank vault, don’t store firearms or other valuables in it.

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

Good Luck on the move.
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Sorry, I couldn't help myself.

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[snowwolfe]

You can mail all your long guns to a friend or relative in care of yourself. It is 100% legal.

[jimlj]

+1

It only takes about 6 months for it to be cheaper to throw away than to store.

This is so true.
I've helped people numerous times move things into storage for a "month or two". Years later that month or two hasn't ended yet ant they are still paying monthly rental. Several times I've thought what we moved into storage wasn't worth the monthly rent to start with. Full disclaimer...this is coming from a guy who paid $4000 to have a shed built in his back yard that is packed with a couple hundred dollars worth of junk he will likely not use again.

[Fishman]

I would never store firearms and reloading stuff in a storage unit. Absolutely everyone I know that has recently used a storage facility has been broken into. The approach as I understand it is that the thief rents a unit for the month or gets the code somehow, maybe via an inside man, steals a car, then loads it up at the storage facility with other people's stuff. No locks are 100% effective against organized thieves. At least with a moving company, access to your stuff is somewhat limited. Anybody who knows the code can get into a storage facility.

[abunaitoo]

Makes sense.

[3584ELK]

We have been puzzling over how to move our 4 BR house and my garage/ FFL business. We got quotes on various methods;PODS, moving companies who do it all, and those who do everything but packing. After hearing the made up policies regarding firearms shipment, we decided to buy a 40 foot sea container, pack and load everything on our own, and have it transported to our new location. It will end up being about $7000 cheaper than the highest quote, and about $1000 over the lowest quote using other methods, BUT we will have our own 40 foot high cube container, used only once, and it will serve as a billboard for our new business. It will give us secure storage on our property and will provide a way to move to our final (hopefully) destination in a few years.

[John Wayne]

Everything rusts unless climate controlled. The rent will quickly outrun the value of what you store + rust.
JW

[waksupi]

I've bought a few storage units at auction over the years. Most paid rent to store things that would and should have been thrown away. If I moved much more than a hundred miles, I wouldn't take any furniture, appliances, lawn equipment. I'd just buy replacement where I got where I was going.

[Electrod47]

This is so true.
I've helped people numerous times move things into storage for a "month or two". Years later that month or two hasn't ended yet ant they are still paying monthly rental. Several times I've thought what we moved into storage wasn't worth the monthly rent to start with. Full disclaimer...this is coming from a guy who paid $4000 to have a shed built in his back yard that is packed with a couple hundred dollars worth of junk he will likely not use again.

Fear Not!...Your not alone my friend........

[Electrod47]

We have been puzzling over how to move our 4 BR house and my garage/ FFL business. We got quotes on various methods;PODS, moving companies who do it all, and those who do everything but packing. After hearing the made up policies regarding firearms shipment, we decided to buy a 40 foot sea container, pack and load everything on our own, and have it transported to our new location. It will end up being about $7000 cheaper than the highest quote, and about $1000 under the lowest quote using other methods, BUT we will have our own 40 foot high cube container, used only once, and it will serve as a billboard for our new business. It will give us secure storage on our property and will provide a way to move to our final (hopefully) destination in a few years.

Thats the best idea yet.

[ascast]

my two cents - my furniture was all 2nd hand junk or wall mark crap. The small stuff adds up really fast, like dishes pots pans cleaning stuff household stuff, linens, spices or cooking. Lots of that stuff can be "shipped"
to you via USPS or FDEex, UPS. Mops and brooms not so much. Take your furniture to the curb or call good will and get a tax ticket.

[abunaitoo]

Few places I've looked at, on-line, have inside storage.
That's what I'm looking for.
Not the outdoor storage lockers.

[3584ELK]

I've bought a few storage units at auction over the years. Most paid rent to store things that would and should have been thrown away. If I moved much more than a hundred miles, I wouldn't take any furniture, appliances, lawn equipment. I'd just buy replacement where I got where I was going.

You can do that, but if you bought your old items at pre-Biden prices, you might find inflation has outpaced any savings you could kept by hauling those items. Especially when speaking of appliances, lawn mowers, and high end furniture. It simply is not replaceable in an economic sense. That being said, my wife says I am a pack rat...