I’m guessing that my affinity for words drew me to select a mover when it was time to act instead of watching the wind. When I began checking online, I was intrigued with “Two Men and a Truck.” My concern that would have overridden the cute title and logo was how their work was rated. Having checked that out and seen the good ratings, we made the call to set up an appointment for an estimate.
We quickly learned the operation now is much bigger than two men and a truck. The pleasant couple who came out on a Sunday afternoon and took notes told us they had bought the franchise for our area. They also told us there would be four men and two trucks. They seemed knowledgeable so I didn’t mention that the count seemed to be off.
Curious about the name, the numbers, and the origins, I came back inside when we finished our arrangements and looked up the company history. It seems the business did, indeed, start with two brothers, Brig and Jon Sorber, and an old pickup in the early 1980s in Lansing, Michigan, when they were trying to earn extra money in high school. Thirty years later, the company has grown to more than 350 locations worldwide. Their mother drew the stick-men logo, that the company still uses today, to put in the community newspaper.
If our experience is indicative of the company, they have retained that hometown feel even as the franchises have spread. The double two men greeted and introduced themselves when they entered our house, asked for a tour to see what needed to be packed and moved, and began work quickly covering furniture with padding or shrink wrap. They took no breaks, only going through a drive through for lunch as they moved from the old house to the new.
In reverse, the men tried to carefully place everything exactly as I had outlined on my furniture layout for the new house. I’m hoping never to have to move again, but if I do, I’ll call Two Men and a Truck, even if they have to come in multiples.