D W Ewing Movers

I needed to move a 100 year old piano from my home to my brother’s home over 400 miles away. Having moved the piano two other times, I was very concerned about the move. Have not had a good experience in the past. The other complication was I needed to piggy back off another move in order to save money. I had previously contacted two other movers who said they would contact me when they had a move going in the direction of my brother’s. They never did. So I contacted DW Ewing and within a couple of months, they let me know they had a load going south. They also had a move in my area and could pick up the piano then, hold it in storage and add it to the other load. It all went perfect. They took such great care when they picked up the piano and also great care when they delivered it to my brother. We were both so pleased. In addition to the quality of the move, the price was less than half of what I had been quoted before. Thank you DW Ewing movers.

My mother needed movers at the last minute and not only did they get her in, they made the process easy and quick. The movers were friendly, efficient, and very careful. If you want to hire movers, we highly recommend this company, a pleasant experience that made this whole process so much easier.

WORST MOVE EVER! I’ve moved 7 times in the last 10 years and never had such a horrible experience. My shipment was small, was attached to other loads, went from Fresno area to Carson City, NV, final destination Eugene, OR. I called to find out when it would be delivered, and was told the truck had broken down. It was promised Friday, the last day of the «delivery window». I sat in my empty condo for the two hour time frame I was given. No show, no call, nothing. I called and was told it would be delivered Sunday. Again sat in an empty house for two hours. Again, no call, no show, nothing. It was a holiday weekend. I left messages for the three phone numbers I had. Got a call from the driver an hour later. He was just leaving Phoenix, AZ to take a new truck to NV. I was promised delivery on Tuesday. My furniture finally arrived that day. LACK OF COMMUNICATION was the most frustrating part of this experience, both from DW Ewing and Red Ball, the national carrier. I was promised compensation by two different people. It’s two weeks later. No call, no letter, no nothing. If you are doing a local move it is probably fine. DO NOT do a long distance move with these folks!

We recently had Ewing movers move us from Danville, California to Fresno and they did an absolutely fantastic job!
They were the ultimate professionals; showing great care with our belongings and went out of their way to make sure that everything was done to our satisfaction. The entire crew was extremely helpful and the company performed beyond our expectations.
Unfortunately, this will be our last move (LOL) but would contract with DW Ewing (Red Ball) again and highly recommend them.
If I could give them SIX STARS I would!

I am very excited to be the first to leave a Unilocal review for this company and to recommend it. It is because I feel this company is truly a hidden gem in Fresno/​Clovis and I want to spread the good word of mouth for it as much as possible, as I would for any any company/​restaurant I feel deserves it. Really, I am shocked that I basically had to stumble upon it haphazardly as detailed below. Hence my reason for trying to get their name out there!
The process of finding a moving company was somewhat daunting as there are SO MANY. So I went with trusty Unilocal reviews to narrow down the field. But then I ran into other issues. Firstly, as others must be able to attest to, at least with moving companies in Fresno, there simply aren’t many reviewed companies to begin with. Secondly, the reviews of the moving companies that did exist don’t number that high and also, weren’t exactly glowing. In fact, most were downright atrocious. Still, I was able to find a few good ones which I contacted by phone. Unfortunately, most were unable to accommodate the dates I was looking for or unwilling to move such a small amount of furniture long distance (Fresno to SoCal). Desperate, I asked one company about other movers. Funny enough, they recommended one company to completely avoid and then dropped the name of D. W. Ewing movers as a company they had heard good things about. To me, if someone is willing to recommend a competitor, that’s pretty high praise!
Before I get into my experience with them, I must also state that in addition to using Unilocal to narrow down the wide list of choices available for moving, I had begun researching if they were BBB accredited as well as this technique was recommended by
in the section about finding a good mover (common sense maybe). Sure enough, D. W. Ewing is BBB accredited and has an A+ rating to boot.
So I called up D. W. Ewing and they agreed to do the move after working out a deal in which I would pay for the minimum amount of furniture (weight based) required for a long distance move although I didn’t necessarily meet that minimum amount. This worked for me because the price for the minimum was reasonable and I basically had no other options (other than going with a disreputable company).
On to the move itself. There were 3 movers, one of which was the owner (pretty sure this time) who took on more of a supervisory role. All 3 were polite (customer service is a real thing and its good to see people still care about it) and always mindful of my requests and comfort. For example, in the process of moving stuff out, they left part of my sectional couch to relax on (was coming off of night shift so this was key) while finishing the rest of the move. They also agreed to wrap up my mattress in plastic in addition to the protective padding they already used. Regarding the process of moving my furniture, it was done very efficiently and smartly. Furniture was taken apart quickly and most impressive of all, my mattress, which weighs a lot and is extremely inflexible (it has a ton of springs and is pretty much the firmest mattress you can buy) was brought down 3 flights of stairs with the greatest ease I had seen in 3 attempts (when I had it initially delivered and when I did a move within the apartment complex using short distance movers). It was damn near graceful. This display of professionalism only continued when I met them to finish the move the next day in SoCal. Again, they complied with every request that I had (this time, more dealing with setting up the furniture) with no complaints and once more navigated the more difficult aspects of the move with aplomb.
I do apologize to everyone for the long winded review. I tend to do this for restaurants and companies that I feel strongly about (lol, look at my «best hotdog in Fresno review) simply because they deserve it and in this case, more so because I’m not sure they’re getting the recognition they deserve. Plus, I felt like it was important to go into the details of the move which made it so great, rather than leaving a generic «They were good and nice and didn’t jack my stuff» review. Dealing with such professionals (and just good guys from our short conversations) helped alleviate a lot of the angst that goes along with moving because as we all know, every move is stressful and sucks. Knowing that you have movers you can trust and not having to sweat the little things and just being able to relax are huge and arguably just as important as the actual act of moving itself.
In summary, one of the best and pleasantly surprising (I mean, its just moving) customer service experiences I’ve had in recent years. Easily deserving of 5 stars and the world wide fame that will no doubt ensue now that they have their first published Unilocal review!