u/Dustypurple_shewolf

Hello,

It is going to be our first PCS and we are trying to decide if we want to do a full PPM , partial PPM or Military move. We are going from Portland,OR to San Diego, CA. My husband is E-3 + me & our son. We are eligible for 8k pounds. My question - is it even worth doing jt yourself if you don’t have that much weight? We probably have enough stuff to fill a 16 foot truck but we are getting rid of our mattress, don’t have any couches or a dining room table and so I don’t feel we have that much weight. I wonder if it’s even worth moving if they pay you out based off of your weight? We’ve also considered just doing U-pack cubes because the idea of renting a truck and then putting my SUV on a trailer sounds like hell on earth, considering we have to drive down the West Coast CA/OR border mountain pass and through LA. I’m worried that if we end up getting u-pack, once we calculate the expense of the shipping containers and get our weight tickets that the weight won’t be enough for a profit. Also do not wanna get an advance and end up having that be way too high so that we owe.

Advise? Experience? HELP

Hello,

It is going to be our first PCS and we are trying to decide if we want to do a full PPM , partial PPM or Military move. My husband is E-3 + me & our son. We are eligible for 8k pounds. My question - is it even worth doing jt yourself if you don’t have that much weight? We probably have enough stuff to fill a 16 foot truck but we are getting rid of our mattress, don’t have any couches or a dining room table and so I don’t feel we have that much weight. I wonder if it’s even worth moving if they pay you out based off of your weight? We’ve also considered just doing U-pack cubes because the idea of renting a truck and then putting my SUV on a trailer sounds like hell on earth, considering we have to drive down the West Coast CA/OR border mountain pass and through LA. I’m worried that if we end up getting u-pack, once we calculate the expense of the shipping containers and get our weight tickets that the weight won’t be enough for a profit. Also do not wanna get an advance and end up having that be way too high so that we owe.

Advise? Experience? HELP.

Hello All!

If it were you first move, where would you begin?

In need of advice for our first PCS. My husband is in A school at Fort Lee in Virginia. We are Navy. He is done with A School July 24th so we have literally a month to move. He got assigned to San Diego and we’re moving from Portland, OR. Where do I begin? How do I initiate the move, how do I apply for housing? Idk what to do because he’s so busy there we barely have time to talk and I wanna get the ball rolling ASAP! There’s so many little things to consider and I’m feeling extremely overwhelmed.