Hank’s Moving & Hauling in Iowa
When Hank Dolan started hauling furniture across Iowa in 2005, he was already answering the same question Ward Selby had been trying to solve since 1997: are you actually local, and can I prove it before I let you into my house? Hank’s Moving & Hauling joined the Locally family because that question still matters in Iowa, maybe more than anywhere. Every move Hank takes starts with his own name on the truck, his own cell number on the estimate, and his own signature binding the price before a single box gets lifted. Iowa homeowners who’ve watched a national outfit triple its quote at the door finally have a mover they can verify before they call.
Why Iowa Homeowners Choose Hank’s Moving & Hauling
Hank has been writing binding estimates and driving the truck himself since 2005. That’s not a tagline; it’s how every job still works. The crew that loads your bedroom set in the morning is the same crew that unloads it at the new place, and Hank is the one behind the wheel between stops. No handoffs to an outfit you never agreed to, no day labor picked up at a parking lot. These are background-checked movers on Hank’s own payroll, and he knows their names because he works beside them.
The Written Price Promise is what brings most Iowa homeowners back after they’ve been burned once. Hank puts the number in writing, signs it, and that’s the price. No asterisks, no move-day surcharges because the hallway was narrower than described or because it rained. A guess is not a price, and Hank doesn’t deal in guesses. Seniors and veterans always get 10% off. There’s no trip charge inside the county. And if another mover already handed you a written estimate, Hank will look at it for free and tell you straight what’s in it.
Every job carries a 90-day written guarantee. One call brings Hank back if something’s not right. That’s not a call center promising to “escalate your ticket.” It’s Hank’s cell, and Hank lives twenty minutes from the towns he serves. Ask anyone on your street; he’s probably moved their sister.
The L.O.C.A.L. values code isn’t decoration on a website. Local roots means an address you can drive to, not a call center three states away. On time means the window Hank gives you is the window, and he calls if it slips. Community first means hiring here, buying here, sponsoring the team here. Accountable means the owner answers the phone and puts his name on the work. Loyal means Hank would rather move you again in ten years than pad one invoice today.
Backed by the Locally Family
Locally started in 1997 when Ward Selby, a retired county extension agent, got tired of hearing the same story: out-of-state plates, phone quotes that tripled at the door, numbers that stopped working. He wrote down what a homeowner could verify in five minutes: local area code, address you can drive to, owner’s name and face, license number you can look up. Any company that publishes all four can carry the name. Hank Dolan publishes his name, his address, and his license number, and he answers his own phone. That’s why Hank’s Moving & Hauling is here.
Every Locally company lives by the same guarantee stamped on every page: the person who answers the phone is the person who shows up, and the price he says on the phone is the price on the invoice. In Iowa, that person is Hank. He’ll be there himself.
Written by Hank Dolan, Owner at Hank’s Moving & Hauling, serving Iowa since 2005.