ESPN launches X Games 2013, at Aspen, Colorado’s Buttermilk Mountain for the 11th consecutive year. Since late November, the crews have been full on transforming Buttermilk Mountain into a place of massive jumps, snowmobile courses, and one of the largest half pipes in the country for the skiers and snowboarders to show their stuff.
Ageasoft, LLC has come out with an iOS app for the iPhone and iPod Touch that will help folks determine the weight and volume of their household. Home owners can quickly go from room to room with their iPhone and inventory the entire household item by item. The app can support a number of different moves such as moving your child to college or moving a single family home. It can store all the items in your home plus keep track of the quantity, volume, weight, pictures, and notes. You can designate room by name, i.e. “Haley’s room”, “Master Bedroom”. It supports imperial and metric measurement units as well as generates a PDF file report that shows room by room details and summary of the weight and volume of what you have entered.
A small household goods shipment in the moving and storage business is considered between 1000 pounds to 5000 pounds. These types of shipments are generally picked up by Columbine Moving & Storage, the local agent in in the Roaring Fork Valley and Vail Valley, in our 24 foot moving trucks. There are several reasons why the semi-truck will not or cannot pick these shipments up direct from the residence.
Moving can be costly to anyone moving locally or across the country. Being in the Vail Valley can even be more challenging because of bad weather and mountainous roads which can cause access to home driveways a problem. The first decision to make is whether to move everything yourself or hire a mover. It is important to set up a budget for each moving scenario to make an informed decision on which way to go. Here are eight ways to save on moving costs:
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Have you ever wondered why certain businesses are more “popular” or at the top of the list in your search engine? Well in most cases the businesses that are at the top of the page have reviews, exact phrases you are searching, or content specific. However, the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation conducted a study and found far from creditable business practices being performed. In the study many of the businesses being affected were moving and storage companies.
