The Heavy Lifting Podcast

Manuel Cardenas did around 1,300 moves in a single year out of a 2012 Chevy Malibu with two dollies and thirty blankets, and that was before Veterans Best Movers even existed. In this episode you'll hear how an Army flight medic built a San Antonio moving company people trust enough to leave 1,000 five star Google reviews in under 4 years. You'll get the exact estimate process behind those reviews...

If you're on the fence about whether storage belongs in your business, this episode gives you the real numbers to decide for yourself. Robin Boldt started with zero moving experience and ended up running a company where storage customers guarantee themselves a second job. What this episode covers You'll hear how Robin and his business partner Caesar built Express Moving and Storage from a single r...

Gabriel Ventura has been doing flat rate moving since before most companies knew what it was.18 years in business, zero marketing budget, and a tip rate his competitors can't explain. What This Episode Covers In this episode you'll hear exactly how Gabriel built Movers on Duty from the ground up on a flat rate pricing model and why he says going hourly was never an option. We get into the real mec...

Giorgi Battinelli and his partners launched a moving company with no prior business experience. 1,000 moves later, they're running a multi-location operation with 50 employees, all in 12 months. Giorgi Battinelli (Simply Elite Moving, NJ/PA) breaks down the exact sales process, marketing mix, and team culture that made it happen faster than anyone expected. What you'll learn: -How to get your firs...

Roderick Hill didn't plan on being a mover. His mom just needed him off the couch one summer. That summer job turned into three decades in the moving industry, and eventually ComfortZone Movers in Raleigh, North Carolina. He has over 100 five-star reviews, two crews on the road, and customers who keep sending him their kids, their siblings, and their parents. In this conversation we get into exact...

Jesse Whitaker has been in the moving industry for 31 years and never ran a single paid ad. Moxie Movers serves the Richmond metro area with 40 guys and roughly 10 moves a day. Half of that volume comes from repeat customers and referrals. He put his prices on the website before it was common practice, answers phones himself two days a week, and keeps a pool table at the office because he believes...

Alexander Surfus was mid-move when his business partner showed up unannounced, high, and threw a punch at him in front of the client. This is the story of how he walked away, started over with $500, and built Surfus Moving into a five-star rated operation in Greenville, South Carolina. If you own a moving company or you're thinking about starting one, this episode is one of the most honest convers...

He had zero jobs booked, two trucks, and a warehouse in a city he'd never operated in. You'll see exactly how Max Labarbera launched his second moving company location in Charleston, SC and ran those trucks nearly every day within 90 days, without Google Ads, without a big budget, and without a playbook handed to him. Max breaks down the full marketing mix he used to hit the ground running in a br...

Sean Stein has been in the moving business since the early 80s, back when a bread truck and 15 pads was a full operation. Today he runs A Mother's Touch Moving in Melbourne, Florida, a $4M+ company with nothing but 5-star reviews, and he's now franchising the model across the Southeast. In this episode, Sean breaks down everything he's learned across 46 years, from hiring and retaining great mover...

Tukker Watson started The Moving Guys Alabama with $700 and a car that broke down when you put it in reverse. Seven years later he has 400+ Google reviews in one of the smallest markets in the South. This is how he did it. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction to Tukker Watson and The Moving Guys 03:01 The Journey of Starting a Moving Business 06:09 The Importance of Customer Experience and Word of Mouth 0...

Dan John started Mover Dan Savannah because he needed to pay rent. Three years later he's pulling $760K in annual revenue with two wrapped trucks, a growing crew, and a waiting list of realtors who call his personal cell. In this episode you'll hear how Dan went from odd jobs and furniture assembly to running one of the most trusted moving companies in Savannah, and the exact systems he built alon...

This episode of The Heavy Lifting Podcast is packed with first hand experience from Brian and Vincent of the same common mistakes they see working with moving companies every day and an how you can start fixing them today to see real improvements to your bottom line. Brian and Vincent Moulton co-owned and operated Moulton Brothers Movers in Miami from 2021 to 2024. They now work hand in hand with...

Paxton Taylor has been running Ready to Move in Macon, Georgia since 2005. Amongst his different marketing funnels, he's an expert in one, direct mail. He does not spray and pray. He sends 40 to 50 highly targeted cards a month and gets roughly half of them calling him back. This episode breaks down exactly how he does it, how he finds the right addresses, what goes on the cards, why he hand-write...

Jeremy Thompson has been running Swift Moves in St. Petersburg, Florida for over 10 years. He's never lowered his rates to beat a competitor. He's done it on purpose. When COVID hit and the moving industry got flooded with new entrants, Jeremy watched competitors race each other to the bottom. He went the other direction. He tells it simply, he wants to be the Rolls Royce, not the Toyota. You can...

Justin Perez was 21 when he went to prison. He got out on April Fools Day 2020 with a felony record, no industry experience, and nowhere obvious to go. Within two years he was running a 28-person moving company as general manager. Then the owner vanished, the trucks got repossessed, and an eviction notice showed up on the warehouse door. So Justin went home, told his wife they were starting their...

John Farrell started his moving company, BC Brothers Moving, out of his dad's lawn care trailer at 17 years old, during COVID, with no experience and no money, and crossed $200k/month in revenue before he even turned 22. This episode covers how John built BC Brothers Moving from a high school side hustle into a legitimate operation with 40 employees and 75% SEO market share in Savannah, Georgia. Y...

Marvin Williams built a six-truck moving company in Fort Myers without a marketing agency, without a big ad budget, and without waiting until conditions were perfect. You'll hear how Marvin went from 19 years delivering furniture for someone else to running MWR Mover with six trucks, 13 crew members, and over 100 five-star Google reviews. He breaks down exactly how he landed his first commercial c...

If you run a moving company and every job feels like a one-time transaction, this episode is for you. Fernando Levario with Pro Movers of Cape Coral has built something most moving company owners think is impossible, a moving business where customers actually come back. 16% of his active clients are repeat customers, and that number only grows the longer he's in business. You can find Fernando and...

In today's episode I sit with Anthony Amato, owner of Happy Ending Movers out of NJ. Having worked his own way up at a local moving company to become the general manager, he's learnt all the tricks of the trade and applied them to his own moving company. Now boasting over 200+ 5* reviews only being in business for a little over 6 months, there's a lot to learn! If you’re a moving company owner (or...

In this episode, I sit down with Alejandro Pinto, owner of Prime Movers, to break down his journey from humble beginnings to running a 6-Figure moving business. We dive into the challenges, the lessons, and the exact steps that helped him grow Prime Movers into a trusted brand in the industry. If you’re a moving company owner (or thinking of becoming one), this episode is packed with practical ins...