Hank’s Moving & Hauling in Wisconsin
Hank’s Moving & Hauling has been moving Wisconsin households since 2005, and Hank Dolan still answers his own phone, writes every binding estimate by hand, and drives the truck himself. We’re part of the Locally family, which means every Wisconsin customer gets the same promise: the owner’s name, a real local address, a license number you can verify, and a price that does not change when the truck pulls up. Whether you’re relocating across the county or hauling a houseful of memories to the next chapter, Hank puts it in writing before a single box moves.
Why Wisconsin Homeowners Choose Hank’s Moving & Hauling
Hank started this outfit in 2005 because he’d seen the same story too many times. A homeowner calls a number, gets a friendly quote over the phone, and on moving day a crew she’s never met shows up with a price that somehow tripled. The truck has out-of-state plates, the dispatcher won’t pick up, and the “company” doesn’t seem to exist anywhere you can drive to. Hank decided Wisconsin deserved something else entirely.
That’s why he publishes his name, his address, and his license number right up front. Ask for Hank when you call, because he picks up. The estimate you sign is the price you pay, period. No fuel surcharges invented on the driveway, no “stairs fee” nobody mentioned, no asterisks in fine print. Hank puts the number in writing and signs it himself, because a guess is not a price. We call it the Written Price Promise, and it’s the backbone of every job we run.
Our movers are on our own payroll, background-checked, and the same faces from your living room to the last stop on the road. The crew that loads your grandmother’s china is the crew that unloads it. No day labor, no handoff to some outfit you never agreed to. Hank drives, so the person who gave you the estimate is the person who shows up with the truck. That’s how it’s been for over 29 years, and that’s how it stays.
We don’t disappear after the last box. Every move and haul comes with a 90-day written guarantee, and one call brings Hank back. Seniors and veterans always get 10% off. There’s no trip charge inside the county. If you’ve got another mover’s written estimate, we’ll give you a free second opinion. And any repair over $200 gets $40 off, because fair dealing shouldn’t require a negotiation.
Hank runs every job by the L.O.C.A.L. values code. Local roots means an address in this county, not a call center three states away. On time means the window we give you is the window, and we call if it slips. Community first means we hire here, we buy here, we sponsor the team here. Accountable means the owner answers the phone and puts his name on the work. Loyal means we’d rather keep you for twenty years than win one big ticket. It’s not a marketing frame. It’s how Hank decides what to do when nobody’s watching.
Backed by the Locally Family
Locally started in 1997 when a retired county extension agent named Ward Selby got tired of hearing the same story from neighbors. Somebody called a number off a listing, a truck with out-of-state plates showed up, the quote at the door was three times the quote on the phone, and by the time anything went wrong the number had stopped working. Ward wrote down what a homeowner could actually verify in five minutes: a local phone number a person answers, an address you can drive to, the owner’s name and face, and a license number you can look up. Any company that would publish all four could carry his name. That list is still the entire standard.
When you hire Hank’s Moving & Hauling in Wisconsin, you’re getting a mover who meets that standard and lives by it. The Locally family doesn’t sell leads or take a cut of your invoice. We exist to make “are you actually local?” a question you can answer before you call, not after you’ve been burned. Hank’s name is on the truck, his cell is the number you dial, and you’re going to see him again at the hardware store on Saturday. That’s the oldest accountability mechanism there is, and it’s why the Locally family stands behind every move he makes.