You've got a moving-and-storage container in the driveway — a POD, a U-Box, a PACK-RAT, whatever brand. You don't want to spend your weekend playing furniture Tetris in the Texas heat, and you definitely don't want to pay for a second container because the first one got loaded badly. That's exactly what we're for.
Half Price Movers loads and unloads moving-and-storage containers across San Antonio and the surrounding metro — Stone Oak, Alamo Heights, the Medical Center, Schertz, Boerne, New Braunfels, and everywhere in between. You rent the container. We bring the trained crew and the equipment to load it tight, secure it right, and fit more in it than you thought possible. Or it shows up full and we unload it for you.
If you searched around "pods moving and storage" and landed here, here's the honest lay of the land: companies like PODS, U-Haul (U-Box), and 1-800-PACK-RAT rent you a portable container, drop it at your place, and handle the moving and storage of the box itself. What they don't do is load it for you. That's where we come in.
We're a labor service: you provide the container, we provide the crew to load or unload it. We don't rent you the container and we don't store it — you arrange that with the container company — and we don't drive it anywhere. We do the part most people dread: getting everything into the box safely and efficiently, whether it's headed across the country or into a storage yard for six months.
"PODS" is a brand name that's become shorthand for the whole category, the way people say "Kleenex" for tissue. We load and unload all of them:
For loading a rental truck instead of a container, see our broader labor-only movers page.
We'd rather tell you straight than book a job that's wrong for you.
People underestimate this until they've paid for a second container they didn't need. A container is a fixed box, and how you load it determines three things:
The whole value of hiring a crew is that we treat the inside of that container like a puzzle we've solved a thousand times — because we have.
Our movers are HPM employees who load containers every week. They know how to build a tight, stable load — heavy on the bottom, weight balanced, vertical space maximized, everything strapped against the walls so nothing shifts when the container gets lifted and hauled.
Furniture pads, dollies, hand trucks, shrink wrap, and straps come with the crew. You don't have to rent any of it separately.
We plan the load before we start — what goes in first, what needs to be accessible, how to use the height of the container, where the fragile stuff goes.
Both directions. Load it here before it ships or goes to storage, or unload it when it arrives at your new place.
If you've got two or three U-Boxes, or a PACK-RAT plus overflow, we'll load them in the right order and balance the loads across them.
We're a registered Texas mover with the TxDMV, carrying household goods cargo insurance and general liability. Verify any mover in Texas through the TxDMV — and you should.
No surprise fees, no fuel surcharges on labor-only jobs, no upcharge for stairs you didn't mention.
Outside PCS season, we can usually get a crew to you fast.
Container loading is priced hourly like other labor-only work — you pay for the time the job takes. The variables aren't mysterious:
Two movers is the most common booking for a single container. Three for larger loads, multiple containers, or tight timing.
A one-bedroom's worth of stuff loads in 2–3 hours. A three-bedroom house into a 16' POD usually runs 4–6.
Unloading is usually a bit faster than loading, since there's no load-strategy puzzle to solve — it just comes out.
If the container's in the driveway and the house is single-story, that's fast. A third-floor apartment with the container parked down the lot takes longer.
Two or three U-Boxes take longer than one POD, naturally.
As with all our labor-only work, this runs 40–60% less than a full-service move for the same household. For a real-world look at moving costs in the area, see our San Antonio moving cost guide.
We load and unload containers throughout the San Antonio metro.
Stone Oak, the Medical Center, UTSA area, Alamo Heights, Castle Hills, Shavano Park, Helotes, Leon Valley.
King William, Southtown, Pearl District, Monte Vista, Tobin Hill.
Schertz, Cibolo, Universal City, Live Oak, Converse — including the Randolph AFB area.
Boerne, Bulverde, Fair Oaks Ranch, New Braunfels, San Marcos.
If you're inside Loop 1604 we're there. Outside it, ask — we travel further than people expect.
Three-bedroom house being staged for sale, everything going into a POD for two months of storage. Two movers, four hours. We loaded it tight and strapped it so nothing would shift sitting in the storage yard — they fit it all in one container instead of paying for a second.
Air Force family doing a PPM to Utah with two 1-800-PACK-RAT containers. Three movers, five hours, balanced the load across both containers and strapped everything for the long haul. They filed their PPM paperwork with our invoice. If you're handling a military move, our military PCS page walks through the options.
Couple moving to San Antonio from out of state, three U-Boxes arriving at their new loft. Fourth-floor unit, freight elevator with a reserved window. Two movers, three hours, carried everything up and placed it where they wanted it.
Retiree downsizing and putting the overflow into storage. One container, careful work with a lot of antiques and fragile items, two movers, three hours. Everything padded and secured.
Full-service moving companies aren't ripping you off — they have real costs. They run a fleet of trucks. They pay for fuel, maintenance, warehouse space, dispatchers, and overhead. When you book a full-service mover, you're paying for all of that wrapped into the bill.
If you've already got a moving-and-storage container, you don't need any of it. You don't need their truck — your container is the truck. You need muscle, skill, and the right pads and straps to load it well.
That's the whole HPM idea. You're paying for the load strategy and the labor, not someone else's diesel and dispatch.
Ready to book, or want a quote? Call us, fill out the online form, or reach out however's easiest. We'll ask about your container (brand, size, how many), the size of your home, stairs, whether you're loading or unloading, and your timing — and quote you straight.
Your container, our crew, packed tight and secured right. That's the whole deal.
Use the estimate tool or call your nearest location. We answer the phone.
Or request a callback and we'll reach out.
Request a quote anytime — we'll get back to you next business day.
