Long-distance rates out of Los Angeles, by the numbers
A cross-state move stops being an hourly job the moment it clears the Los Angeles basin. San Diego, Denver, and everywhere between, weight and distance set the number, not a clock running in the truck, and everything the crew needs at both ends gets built in before Danny signs off on a figure.
Two Questions That Actually Protect Your Number
Ask directly: did a person look at your rooms, or did a script spit out that figure? A quote built on an actual walkthrough rarely moves. One pulled from a script has room to swell once the truck’s already loaded and you’re in no position to push back — a fuel surcharge here, a stair fee there, extra pounds that only show up once the shipment crosses the scale at delivery.
| Home size | San Diego (120 mi) | Denver (1,015 mi) |
|---|---|---|
| 1-bedroom | $650 – $920 | $1,650 – $2,300 |
| 2-bedroom | $1,350 – $2,000 | $3,400 – $4,950 |
| 3-bedroom | $2,150 – $3,150 | $5,300 – $7,700 |
| 4+ bedroom | $3,200 – $4,600 | $7,800 – $11,000 |
Three things that actually change the total
- Distance. A same-morning run to San Diego is a short pull, while the haul through Utah and the Rockies into Denver eats two to three days, and how far you’re actually going sets the starting range before anything else gets factored in.
- What’s on the truck. A two-bedroom condo and a four-bedroom house aren’t priced the same way, and Priya walks the rooms herself rather than guessing off a square-footage number read to her over the phone.
- Access on both ends. A Downtown LA freight elevator here, a hillside driveway there, plus any packing help or a storage gap between closings, all of it gets folded into the one figure, not tacked on later.
Why the number doesn’t move once you’re loaded
Every long-haul quote starts with an actual walkthrough of your rooms, gets checked against real mileage, and is set before anything pulls out of the Sun Valley yard. From that point on, the same hands that boxed your rooms are the ones unpacking them at the destination — the load never changes trucks or companies mid-route, and it lands on the agreed date, not sometime inside a window.
Federal Coverage Rules, Explained
Skip the valuation form and federal rule puts your shipment on released-value coverage at $0.60 per pound by default; put a real number down instead and full-value protection costs 1 to 3 percent of that figure. Either option keeps $1M in cargo coverage attached to the shipment start to finish, and a damage claim generally needs to be filed within roughly nine months of delivery.
Aragon Moving Systems is California-registered and insured on every interstate lane we run. Give Danny the square footage and the destination, and a written number comes back the same day.
