Candler, NC Moving Services
Candler spreads west of Asheville along the Smoky Park Highway and the Hominy Creek valley, a rural-leaning stretch of Buncombe where the lots get bigger and pavement gives way to gravel the farther out you go. We’ve worked these roads since Cole Brantley founded the company in 2012.
- WhereRural west, off Smoky Park Highway and the Hominy Creek valley
- Typical homeValley ranches and manufactured homes, ridge and hollow cabins
- Serving since2012
The homes we load out here
Hannah Whitford sizes the whole inventory with you ahead so the crew matches the actual house, whether it’s a valley ranch or a ridge cabin.
| Where it sits | What the move involves |
|---|---|
| Valley floor (off Smoky Park Highway) | Single-level ranches and manufactured homes; a clean carry, with the bulk in a workshop, carport, or shed Travis Greer’s crew boxes and crates first |
| Hollows and ridges | A long gravel driveway, a steep approach, and the occasional loft cabin with tight stairs we work pieces through by hand |
Getting the truck to the door
Down in the valley the driveways are usually genuine, with room to plant the 26-footer at the door. The ridge and hollow properties are the puzzle.
- Scout the climb — Dale Pruett checks long gravel switchbacks, soft shoulders, and tight grades from dispatch.
- Shuttle when needed — where the road won’t take the big truck we shuttle the load up or down in a smaller one.
- Watch the weather — summers run hot and humid, so July work starts early.
Winter on the gravel grades
Ice can glaze the gravel climbs, and we’ll move a date rather than risk an iced ascent — the figure on your quote doesn’t budge when we do.
What you can count on
Open Box is a licensed North Carolina mover — NCUC C-2841, USDOT/MC authority — running our own trucks with our own W-2 crews, never a local moving company.
- Two-mover crew about $130 an hour
- Flat near $500 studio/one-bedroom, ~$1,250 two-bedroom, ~$2,200 three-bedroom
- Federal baseline released value at sixty cents a pound
- Declared full value optional, generally one to three percent of the sum you name
- One million dollars cargo coverage, nine-month claim window; the written quote is precisely what you settle
