I grew up on the east side of Birmingham, around Crestwood and Avondale, back when the neighborhood was a lot rougher than the brewery crowd makes it look now. After high school I went to work on local moving crews, and I did that for the better part of fifteen years — loading trucks in July heat, carrying couches up Highland Park staircases, learning every steep driveway off Red Mountain the hard way.
What I learned working for other people is that most of what goes wrong on a move is avoidable. The price changes at the end. A guy you’ve never seen shows up hungover. The truck’s too small. Nobody wrapped the dresser and now there’s a gouge in it. I got tired of apologizing to good people for other men’s shortcuts, so in 2010 I bought a truck, hired two movers I trusted, and started Earls Moving Company.
How we run it
The rules haven’t changed since that first truck. I hire and train every mover myself — they’re our own full-time W-2 employees in Earls shirts, not day labor and not subcontractors. I write a flat price down before we lift a box, and that’s the price you pay. The crew that loads you is the crew that unloads you. If something needs handling carefully — a piano, your grandmother’s china cabinet, a marble-top table — we slow down and do it right.
We’re a real licensed mover, not a broker or a matching service. We keep our US DOT and MC authority current for moves out of state and our Alabama PSC household-goods authority for moves inside Alabama, and we carry up to $1,000,000 in cargo coverage per shipment. You can look us up. I’d rather you did.
Since 2010
Sixteen years moving Birmingham families, started with one truck and a handshake.
5 trucks, 12 movers
Our own fleet and our own uniformed crew — Dewayne’s been with me since day one.
One flat price
Written down before move day and locked. No surprise charges on the back end.
Why Birmingham
Because it’s home, and I know it. I know the Vulcan looks down on every job we run, that Railroad Park means the downtown lofts will have a loading-dock window, that the homes around Five Points South and UAB were built before anybody thought about getting a sectional up the stairs. That local knowledge is the whole point. A mover from out of town guesses. We’ve already moved your neighbor.
It’s a small company on purpose. I’d rather know every move on the calendar than be the biggest name in town. When you call (888) 711-4778, you’re calling my office — and a lot of the time, you’re calling me.
