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“Awesome crew! They are fast and effective and extremely safe and responsible with all of your belongings! We had a wonderful experience”
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I’m Kurt Halverson, and I own Rockford Family Movers. From where Machesney Park sits, our long hauls fan out along the crossroads — the Jane Addams Tollway on I-90 pulls you southeast into Chicago or northwest toward Madison and Milwaukee, and I-39 runs you due south past Bloomington. Travis Bergren captains the long-haul crews and rides with your shipment from your Rockford curb clear to the new threshold, one leg the whole way.
How the number gets built
Our crew’s loading and unloading time bills at the two standard rates. Mileage plus the size of your household sets the flat figure, and Sherri puts it in writing at your curb before a wheel ever touches the tollway. Travis stacks the trailer so the run travels as a single trip rather than a mad dash at each end.
| Crew | Rate at each end | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2 movers + truck | $129/hr | Apartments and smaller households |
| 3 movers + truck | $175/hr | Larger homes, faster load times |
The corridors we drive out of the Rockford metro
These lanes see our trucks most. Once Travis has looked over your inventory and access, your written flat quote settles into one of these bands:
| Route from Rockford | Distance | Flat-rate range |
|---|---|---|
| Rockford to Chicago, IL | ~90 mi | $1,750 – $2,450 |
| Rockford to Madison, WI | ~70 mi | $1,550 – $2,150 |
| Rockford to Milwaukee, WI | ~110 mi | $1,950 – $2,700 |
| Rockford to Bloomington, IL | ~140 mi | $2,200 – $3,050 |
| Rockford to St. Louis, MO | ~330 mi | $3,400 – $4,600 |
That Chicago-and-Madison stretch isn’t some abstract lane on a price sheet — our own trucks and our own crew run it every week. Protection begins at $0.60/lb released-value and moves up to full-value, and we can document coverage reaching $1,000,000 per shipment for the entire drive.
The same family crew, curb through new door
The movers filling your trailer in Machesney Park are the identical faces stacking your furniture down at the far end. Your shipment never gets passed off to a stranger at some terminal along I-90. Travis keeps that single crew fastened to your load the whole distance, and that unbroken hand-off is what lands a dining set through 300 miles without a scratch. Out on the highway, that translates to:
- Zero terminal transfer and no hired driver ever touching what you own
- A signed flat total in your hand before the trailer rolls off the curb
- Released-value protection from $0.60/lb, with a full-value upgrade on the table
- Documented cargo coverage as high as $1,000,000 per shipment, the entire way
Lined up with your closing and the sky
Closings almost never fall on a convenient weekday, which is why a Sunday pull-out costs precisely what a Wednesday does. And when a winter system parks over the route, Travis rings to slide the date instead of steering a loaded trailer into a whiteout on the tollway. Curious about the ballpark? Our moving calculator puts a figure in front of you. Want it boxed first? Turn it over to our full-service packing crew. A few days between closings? Short-term storage carries you across, and the rest is laid out on the home page.