I grew up around Brookside and Waldo, the part of Kansas City where the houses are a hundred years old, the staircases are narrow, and half the streets don’t have a driveway. I spent my early twenties on local KC moving crews, learning the trade the hard way: hot Missouri summers hauling sofas up three flights, icy January mornings salting porch steps so nobody went down with a dresser.
What I kept running into was the same thing: customers who got quoted one price and charged another, crews that showed up late or didn’t show at all, and companies that handled people’s grandmother’s china like it was scrap. I figured I could do better, so in 2012 I bought a truck, hired a couple of guys I trusted, and started David’s Moving Company. It’s still my name on the side of every truck, and I still run jobs myself most weeks.
How we work
We are the moving company, not a broker, not a matching service. We own our trucks and we employ our movers as full-time W-2 staff. I hire and train every one of them, and the same named crew that loads your house is the crew that unloads it. There’s no day labor and no carrier we hand your shipment off to.
The price I quote is the price you pay. You get a flat written estimate before move day, and we lock it in. No surprises at the truck, no “the stairs cost extra” once your stuff is already loaded.
13+ years in KC
Moving Kansas City families since 2012, from Plaza condos to four-bedroom houses in Lee’s Summit.
5 trucks, ~12 movers
Our own fleet and our own uniformed, full-time crew — no subcontractors.
$1M cargo coverage
Up to $1,000,000 per shipment, $0.60/lb released-value standard, full-value protection available.
Licensed and on the road
We carry US DOT and MC authority for our interstate work, and we hold Missouri intrastate household-goods operating authority registered with MoDOT Motor Carrier Services for moves within the state. We’re bonded and insured, and we keep all of it current, and that’s not paperwork I cut corners on.
Our crew leads have been with me for years: Kyle Dawson since the first year, Andre Mills since 2015, Shawn Becker since 2018. Sara Whitcomb has run the office since 2013 and Nate Hollis has handled estimates since 2014. We know this metro cold: Union Station and the Crossroads on one end, the no-driveway blocks off Ward Parkway in the middle, and the newer subdivisions off I-70 and I-35 on the other. When you call, you’re getting the company that does the work.
