Before you make the store run, do the math. Buying cardboard for a small move runs about $310 — and that's before the second trip, the tape that runs out, and the weeks of overflowing recycling bins after. There's another way: rent reusable crates, delivered to your door and picked up when you're done.
Newport · Middletown · Portsmouth · Jamestown · Tiverton · Bristol · Warren · Barrington
For a small move — and you still have to build it, tape it, and break it all back down.
Delivered to your door. Picked up when you're done.
Boxes are only the start. Here's the full cart for a typical studio or small one-bedroom move, at ordinary store prices:
Estimate based on typical retail prices for the supplies a small move takes. Your cart will vary — almost nobody escapes the second store run when the boxes run out mid-pack.
Crates don't have seams to fail. The lid latches shut — no tape at all — the walls are rigid, and a stack sits solid without crushing what's in the bottom one.
Most people don't know this exists. Aquidneck Crate Co. rents sturdy, reusable moving crates across Newport & Bristol County. No boxes to buy, no tape, nothing to throw away.
Crates and a dolly arrive at your door, stacked and ready. No store run, no building boxes.
Pack at your own pace over two weeks. Crates stack solid, close without tape, and shrug off the weight that crushes cardboard.
When you're unpacked, we collect everything. Nothing at the curb, no box mountain, done.
Every package includes delivery and pickup, plus weeks three and four at 50% off the base rate.
Prices shown are before tax. Full payment due at booking. Each package includes one dolly — additional dollies are $15. Two-week minimum on all packages.
A common rule of thumb: about 20 boxes for a studio, 30 for a 1-bedroom, 40 for a 2-bedroom, and 55 or more for a 3-bedroom home. Our crate packages are sized the same way — 20 to 100 crates — so the package that matches your home replaces the box count one-for-one. Or skip the guessing: try the 10-second estimator →
About $310 for a small move once you add tape, paper, bubble wrap, mattress bags, and dish inserts to the boxes themselves — see the breakdown above. Renting crates for two weeks starts at $119 with delivery and pickup included.
U-Haul on JT Connell Highway in Newport and the big-box home stores in Middletown and Fall River all sell them. If you'd rather skip the store runs entirely, that's exactly the itch we scratch — crates delivered, picked up when you're done.
A week ahead is comfortable for most moves. Moving this weekend? Call or text 401-830-4280 — if crates are on the shelf, we'll do our best to make it work.
Newport, Middletown, Portsmouth, Jamestown, Tiverton, Bristol, Warren, and Barrington — all of Newport County and Bristol County.
We pick them up. Every crate is cleaned and reused for years of moves — no flattened cardboard overflowing your recycling cart, and no box mountain.
Book in a couple of minutes — we'll confirm your delivery date and bring the crates to you.