Hitting My First Big Milestone as a Mover After 5 Years - Worth the Backaches?

Just wrapped up my 5th year in the moving game, finally cleared enough jobs to hit 100 moves last month alone, feels damn good. Been hauling everything from cramped apartments to full house loads with my 26-foot U-Haul, and yeah, the sore back is real but so is the satisfaction of a clean delivery. Out here in the Chicago area my whole career, the winters make loading trucks a frozen nightmare, but I've got my system down now with the furniture pads and ratchet straps keeping stuff secure. If you're just starting out, focus on building those repeat clients from office relocations, that's where the steady pay comes from. Anyone else remember their first big milestone?

man, 5 years in and you're still excited? i'm at 8 and it's just endless lifting and traffic bullshit.

Congrats dude, that's huge. For newbies, track your miles per job to optimize routes early on.

Don't burn out on the big loads. Scale to a crew when you can.