Big Mikes Moving and Hauling
One crew. One flat rate. We haul the junk too.
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Big Mikes Moving and Hauling is an owner-run Providence crew moving homes, apartments, and three-deckers all over the city and northern Rhode Island, and long-distance out of state. It all goes on our own trucks with our own guys, for one flat rate instead of a meter, and we can haul the junk off the same day.
- Flat-rate pricing
- No hidden fees
- Licensed & insured
A flat rate you get up front, not a clock that keeps running
Most Providence movers start a clock the minute they show up and let it write your bill. Big Mikes does the opposite: Mike gives you one flat rate up front, and it covers the move, the heavy stuff, and any junk we haul off, so the number never climbs while the guys work.
Tell us about it
Run us through the place, the stairs and the street, anything that needs hauling away, and the dates you have in mind, over the phone, by text, or on a quick video walk-through.
Get a flat rate
One flat rate comes back from Mike, usually the same working day you reach out, with nothing left to guess at.
Book when it works
The quote is free and there is no pressure. You lock it in only when the price and the day both sit right with you.
Our trucks. Our guys. Nobody farmed out.
Your job is never sold to a broker or handed to day-labor you have never met. The guys carrying your couch are on Mike Barry’s crew, led by hands like Glenn who have done this for years, and the truck out front is ours, run out of our Mount Pleasant shop here in Providence.
- Big Mike’s own crewTrained, background-checked movers working Providence homes and offices all year round.
- Same guys the whole jobOne crew loads it, drives it, unloads it, and hauls the junk, so nothing falls through a hand-off.
- Careful, every timeFurniture under quilts, door frames wrapped, and runners down before a thing gets picked up.
What we do
Local Moving
Houses, apartments, and triple-deckers the length of Greater Providence, padded and carried for one flat rate.
02Junk & Hauling
Old furniture, cleanouts, and junk hauled off and dumped right, on the same trip or on its own.
03Commercial / Office
Overnight and weekend office and shop relocations, with the COI handled and the dock reserved.
04Packing & Materials
Box the entire place or only the fragile stuff, in heavy cartons and quilted pads.
05Long-Distance
Cross-state runs on our own rig and crew, packed a single time and unloaded by the same hands.
06Piano & Heavy Items
Pianos, safes, jukeboxes, and the heavy, awkward stuff, muscled out the right way.
Three-deckers, mill-town stairs, tight city streets, and the junk hauled off too
A move around Providence has its own headaches: three- and four-story triple-deckers with narrow winding stairs, close-packed streets on the East Side and Federal Hill, old mill-town walk-ups up in Pawtucket and Woonsocket, and a pile of junk left behind. We work around every one of them, and we can haul the leftovers away the same day.
Three-decker ready
Narrow, winding triple-decker stairs on the East Side, Federal Hill, and Olneyville, carried with pads and patience.
Haul-away built in
Old couches, mattresses, and full cleanouts taken off your hands and dumped right, on the same trip if you want.
Every-season crew
Salted steps through a New England winter, early starts in the summer heat, so your date holds either way.
What your flat rate is based on
Recent jobs around Providence
Snapshots from Big Mikes jobs around the city and the mill towns lately: pianos, safes, appliances, whole households, and a few cleanouts, each one wrapped and hauled our way.
Reviews from around the city
Serving Providence & Providence County
From our shop in Mount Pleasant, we cover the whole metro, from Federal Hill and the East Side out to Pawtucket, Cranston, and up to Woonsocket.
Long hauls the Big Mikes crew runs out of Providence
Leaving the state? Our cross-state runs carry the same flat-rate deal, and one crew and truck stay with your load the whole trip, with nothing dropped at a warehouse for strangers to touch.
- ProvidenceBoston, MA~50 mi · same-day
- ProvidenceWorcester, MA~40 mi · same-day
- ProvidenceHartford, CT~70 mi · same-day
- ProvidenceCape Cod, MA~75 mi · same-day
- ProvidenceNew York, NY~185 mi · overnight
- ProvidencePortland, ME~110 mi · 1-day
The Big Mikes promise
On the rare day a Big Mikes job goes wrong, owning it and fixing it is our problem, not yours. You get a firm arrival window, a straight answer when something slips, and a crew that treats your place like their own.
✔ On the dot — the crew hits the window we gave you, and if it ever slides you get a call first.
✔ One flat number — you get it up front and that is the total, no meter and nothing rounded up.
✔ No runaround — if something is off we sort it right there on the spot.
✔ No hidden add-ons — fuel, the stair climb, and hauling the junk are already in the number.
Providence moving FAQ
How does the flat rate stay firm?
Mike weighs up what you are truly moving and how awkward the way in is, hands you a single number, and sticks to it. Provided the load lines up with what you described, move day settles on that exact flat rate, no meter and nothing rounded up at the end.
Are the movers Big Mikes staff or hired out?
Our own, every time. Mike Barry keeps a trained crew on our own trucks, led by hands like Glenn who have been at it for years, so no broker takes a cut and no stranger walks into your home.
Do you move year-round, winter and summer?
Every week of the year. In the winter we sand the steps and load fast so nothing sits out in the cold; in the summer we start early and keep things in the shade. Your date holds whether it is a January cold snap or a humid August afternoon in the city.
Will you move a piano, a safe, or other heavy stuff?
Yes, and it is baked into your flat rate. Pianos, gun safes, jukeboxes, and other heavyweights go on the correct board with proper straps and padding, wrestled out by guys who have shifted no shortage of them, 300-pound pieces up a staircase included.
Do you haul away junk and do cleanouts?
We do, and it is half of what we do, right there in the name. We can haul off old furniture, a mattress, or a whole cleanout on the same trip as your move or as its own job, and it is dumped or donated the right way, folded into your flat rate.
Can you deal with downtown building COIs?
Yes. Downtown and East Side buildings often require a Certificate of Insurance along with a booked elevator or dock. Pass along whatever the building asks for and we take care of the COI and lock the time slot ahead.
Can you handle three-deckers and narrow city stairs?
All the time. Providence, Pawtucket, and Woonsocket are full of three- and four-story triple-deckers with narrow, winding staircases and no elevator, and those tight stair carries are exactly what our crew handles, planned and priced ahead.
How much notice should I give?
A week or two ahead works for most moves, and the ends of months go first. If the crew has an opening we will still take a same-week or next-day job, even a last-minute one, so it never hurts to give Mike a call.
Do you take a deposit?
Just a small refundable hold on your crew and your date, that is all. Everything else is due when the job is finished, and the estimate never costs anything.
How do you handle Providence traffic?
We plan around it. The drive is timed against I-95, I-295, and Route 146, we work around the downtown and 195 bottlenecks at rush hour, and the window we gave you still holds.
Owner-run, Providence-based
Mike Barry built Big Mikes around one truck and a simple idea: give people a fair flat rate and stand behind it, stairs, heavy stuff, and hauling and all. These days he is still running the crew out of Mount Pleasant with longtime hands like Glenn, moving Providence families and hauling off what they leave behind.
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Big Mikes Moving and Hauling
92 Lynch St, Providence, RI 02908
(888) 278-9005
Open 7 days, 7 AM–8 PM
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