Is the price hourly, or can I get one flat figure?
Both options exist, and you pick. Around-town jobs in Tampa and the Bay bill by the clock: $120 an hour buys two movers plus truck and gear, $160 puts three on it, $210 puts four. Rather have one locked figure? After we walk the inventory and the access at either end, a flat rate gets written that does not budge whether I-275 jams up or the work stretches past schedule. Anything interstate is quoted as a firm binding number on paper, every time.
What is the booking process, and how soon should I lock a date?
Hand us your origin, your destination, the home size, and a target day through the form or at (888) 711-4778. Pricing comes back quickly; give it the nod and the slot is yours. Weekends, the opening and closing days of a given month, plus the MacDill-driven PCS rush over summer fill earliest, so aim for a couple weeks' lead on those when your schedule allows.
Will I owe a deposit up front?
On the majority of local jobs, none — hold the slot, settle the bill the day we move you. Interstate work asks a small sum up front to reserve truck and crew, credited straight against the binding total. Whatever the amount, it lands in writing ahead of any commitment.
My building wants a Certificate of Insurance (COI). Can you supply one?
Routinely, yes — the towers around downtown and Channelside, plus most gated communities, ask for it. Forward the building rules and your property manager's contact; dispatcher Marcus Vela handles the COI filing and books the freight elevator or dock before the day arrives, no surcharge attached.
How are my things protected, and what does a claim look like?
We hold full licensing and $1 million of cargo coverage. Baseline released-value protection at $0.60 per pound rides along on every job, with an upgrade available — figure 1 to 3 percent of declared worth — that covers you item for item. Damage gets filed straight to us, a licensed Florida carrier rather than a broker, and the window to submit runs nine months.
Is packing something you handle, or does it fall to me?
However you care to split it. Take full packing, hand off just the tricky rooms — kitchens, breakables, and art top that list — or grab boxes and supplies from us and handle it solo. Whatever the crew wraps falls under the same coverage as the rest of the load.
Is storage available when the two dates fail to match?
There is, inside our own climate-controlled Tampa facility, which earns its keep in this humidity. Rates run about $90 to $220 a month by unit size and get quoted in writing right beside the move. Gap between leaving one place and entering the next? Your belongings sit safe with us and come over once you give the word.
Can your crew take on a piano, a gun safe, or similar dead-weight items?
Squarely our specialty. Chief Big Travis Okafor heads the heavy and specialty side — uprights, grands, gun safes, commercial and gym rigs, antiques, the awkward and breakable stuff. Describe the piece and its path (a staircase, a hard corner, a second story), and the correct equipment and hands show up. Figure $300 to $460 on an upright and $500 to $760 on a baby grand.
Are the interstate and long-haul moves run in-house?
Entirely in-house — Iron Man's crew, Iron Man's trucks, end to end. Steady runs head from Tampa to Orlando, Miami, Jacksonville, Atlanta, Charlotte, and Nashville, with full coast-to-coast jobs as well. Your move never hits a load board and never gets passed off to another carrier; one Iron Man team carries it curb to curb under live GPS.
What about stairs, long carries, or elevator access — extra charges?
All of it folds into the flat-rate survey ahead of move day, so nothing jumps onto the bill later. Show us the access in advance — that third-floor Hyde Park walk-up, the haul across a parking deck, the elevator slot you reserved — and it already sits inside the figure you signed.
Which payment methods work?
Every major credit and debit card, with room to set up other terms on the bigger interstate jobs if you ask. An itemized written quote reaches you before the move and a receipt follows it, keeping the paper trail complete.
If plans change, what are the cancellation and reschedule rules?
Life moves, and a hurricane forecast can force the issue. Local jobs shift or drop penalty-free given fair notice. Where an interstate truck and crew are already held, a few days' heads-up is what we ask, and every term sits in writing alongside the quote — nothing buried.
Does the crew genuinely belong to Iron Man, or do you farm work out?
All ours — full-time, W-2, background-checked Iron Man movers on the company payroll, behind the wheel of company trucks. No brokers, no subcontractors, no curbside day-labor, no matching outfit. Whoever loads the truck is whoever empties it at the far end.
Anything you flat-out will not transport?
Regulation and basic safety rule out hazardous goods — propane, fuel, paint, chemicals, ammunition — along with perishable food, living plants, and animals. We will flag exactly what to pull aside in advance so the day runs clean.
Do you take MacDill PCS relocations?
Regularly — they are a fixture on our calendar. We plan around PCS dates, base entry, and the inventory paperwork, and since we are a licensed Florida carrier running our own crews, one Iron Man team carries the job from your Tampa door to wherever orders point. Ring (888) 711-4778 to work through the specifics.