Full-Service Packing
Our crew packs your entire home top to bottom — kitchen, closets, garage, and everything between — so the only thing you have to do on moving day is show up.
PACKING SERVICE / NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Packed Like It Has Somewhere Important to Go.
Full, partial and specialty-item packing planned around the inventory, materials and delivery requirements.
Licensed household-goods carrier · USDOT 3421940 · MC 1416634
SORT → PACK → PROTECT → LABEL
WHAT THIS SERVICE COVERS
Packing Built for Northern California's Climate and Terrain, Not a Generic Checklist
- Full-service packing: every room, every box, done by our crew start to finish
- Partial packing: kitchen, garage, or fragile-only — you choose what we take off your plate
- Dish-pack barrels, wardrobe boxes, and multi-depth cartons sized for real furniture and breakables
- Heat-aware scheduling for Sacramento Valley summers, including early pack-out starts
- Rural, ranch, and gated-property access scoped during your free walkthrough
- Unpacking and move-in setup available so boxes don't sit in your new place for weeks
Packing in the Sacramento Valley isn't the same job as packing in a mild coastal market, and we plan around that instead of pretending otherwise. Chico and Yuba City regularly sit in the triple digits from June through September, and heat does real damage to a move: packing tape releases from cardboard, dish-pack barrels sweat and soften, candles and vinyl records warp, and electronics left in a hot truck bed can fail before they're ever plugged back in. Our crews stage pack-outs for early-morning starts in peak summer, use materials rated for the swing between valley heat and Sierra foothill mornings, and know which boxes go on the truck last so temperature-sensitive items spend the least time exposed.
A steady share of our packing jobs right now come from households leaving the Bay Area and Sacramento metro for Chico and Yuba City's lower cost of living — and that move has its own packing profile. These are often downsizes from apartments or condos into a first house, with dense collections of books, art, wine, and electronics that were never built to survive a 150-mile haul in a rental truck. We pack to protect resale-value furniture and fragile collections the same way whether you're moving three miles across town or three hours up I-5, because the risk to your belongings is the same either way.
Outside the city grid, Butte and Sutter County moves mean ranch properties, orchard homes, and rural addresses off Midway, the Cherokee foothills, or gravel roads outside Oroville and Gridley — places a standard moving truck can't always reach the front door. We scope driveway length, gate width, and turnaround room during your walkthrough so pack day isn't the first time we discover a shuttle vehicle is needed, and we're used to packing outbuildings, well-pump sheds, and ag-adjacent storage that a suburban packing crew wouldn't think to ask about.
THE WORK / NOT THE SALES PITCH
What the Crew Plans For.
Partial & Room-by-Room Packing
Pack the kitchen yourself and let us handle the fragile stuff, or hand off just one room. We scope exactly what you need at the walkthrough, nothing more.
Premium Packing Materials
Dish-pack barrels, wardrobe boxes, multi-cell dividers, and breathable moving pads — not thin retail boxes that fail under Valley heat or a long haul.
Heat-Smart Scheduling
Chico and Yuba City summers run triple digits. We time pack-outs and loading to protect tape adhesion, electronics, and temperature-sensitive items from the heat.
Fragile & High-Value Item Handling
China, art, wine collections, and electronics get individually wrapped and cushioned — the kind of care Bay Area transplants expect and rural ranch moves need.
Unpacking & Move-In Setup
We'll unload, unpack, and haul away the empty boxes and debris, so your new home in Chico, Yuba City, or Sacramento is livable the same day, not weeks later.
MOVE SEQUENCE
A Plan Before the Truck Arrives.
Free Walkthrough & Scope
We assess your home in person or virtually — including driveway access, gate width, and any rural or foothill considerations — and confirm full vs. partial packing.
Plan Your Boxes
Use our free Packing Calculator to estimate exactly how many boxes and how much material your home needs before we ever show up.
Pack Day
Our crew arrives with premium materials and packs on the schedule we agreed to — timed around Valley heat when summer temperatures are a factor.
Load, Move & Unpack
Everything moves out of Chico or Yuba City to your new address across Northern California, with optional unpacking so you're settled fast.
BUILD THE REST OF THE MOVE
Related Services.
Does Murdock’s offer full packing, or just help with fragile items?
We offer both. Full-service packing covers your entire home from the first box to the last, while partial packing lets you handle everyday items yourself and hand us the kitchen, garage, or anything fragile — you decide the split during your free walkthrough.
How does Sacramento Valley heat affect packing, and what do you do about it?
Triple-digit summer heat in Chico and Yuba City weakens tape adhesion, softens dish-pack barrels, and can damage electronics or candles left in a hot truck. We schedule pack-outs for early-morning starts in peak summer and load temperature-sensitive boxes last to limit their heat exposure.
Can you pack a rural property with a long driveway or gravel road access?
Yes. We regularly pack ranch and ag properties around Oroville, Gridley, and the Butte County foothills, and we scope driveway length, gate width, and truck access during your walkthrough so pack day runs smoothly the first time.
I'm moving from the Bay Area or Sacramento to Chico or Yuba City — do you handle apartment downsizes?
Yes. A large share of our packing jobs are households relocating from denser Bay Area or Sacramento metro housing into Chico or Yuba City, and we pack dense collections of books, art, wine, and electronics with the same care whether the drive is 20 minutes or two hours.
How many boxes will I need for my move?
Use our free Packing Calculator to get a box-and-material estimate based on your home size and how full it is, so you can budget supplies before pack day instead of guessing.
Do you pack homes in wildfire-affected or rebuild areas near Paradise and the ridge?
Yes. We pack for households preparing for defensible-space clearing, moving out ahead of fire season, or relocating out of a completed rebuild, and our crews handle these moves with extra patience given what many of these families have already been through.
Can I book packing as a stand-alone service without a full move?
Yes. Packing is available on its own — useful if you're using your own truck, a rental, or a different mover for the actual transport — as well as bundled with a full Murdock’s move.
NEXT DISPATCH
Tell Us Where You’re Going.
Tell us what the packing service involves, where it starts and when it needs to happen. We’ll help scope the next step.