Build your list room by room from 600+ pieces of furniture, let the calculator add the boxes, and see which rental truck it all fits in, from a cargo van to a 26 ft truck, in cubic feet. The same list works in the storage unit and boxes calculators.
Your truck size
Add what's going on the truck
Open a room, tap the furniture in it, and the truck size appears here. Your list is saved in this browser.
Your inventory
Everything going on the truck
Rental truck sizes
Cargo van245 cu ft, a large vanA dorm room or studio: a mattress, a dresser, a desk and boxes
10 ft truck400 cu ft, the smallest box truckA studio or small 1 bedroom apartment
15 ft truck760 cu ft, a mid-size box truckA 1 bedroom apartment, or a light 2 bedroom one
17 ft truck865 cu ft, a mid-size box truck with more room over the cabA 2 bedroom apartment or a small 2 bedroom house
20 ft truck1,015 cu ft, a large box truckA 2 or 3 bedroom house
26 ft truck1,680 cu ft, the biggest rental truckA 3 or 4 bedroom house with a garageThe common rental sizes, with the cubic feet their box holds. Your items' cubic feet already count the space around each piece, the way movers load a truck.
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We bring the truck, or load the one you rented
Our crews come in 26-foot trucks, more than one for a big local move, and 18-footers for small moves and tight downtown streets. Local moves start at $240 for a 1 bedroom apartment, one flat price set before moving day.
Renting anyway? Our movers load it for you, packed to travel, from $240 for a 1 bedroom apartment to $480 for a 3 bedroom house.
How it works
Start with the rooms every home has, add the ones yours has (basement, garage, attic), and tap each piece of furniture. Tap again for a second one. Search or use the A–Z filter for anything not in the room's list.
For every 200 lbs of furniture, the calculator adds the boxes a crew would pack: dishpacks, wardrobes, large, medium and small. Switch it off to add boxes by hand instead.
The calculator adds up the cubic feet, the way movers measure a load, and shows the smallest rental truck it fits in, how full it would be, and when the next size up is the safer choice.
By home
The usual answers, by home. Every home is furnished differently, so these are starting points; the calculator above gives you the truck for your own furniture.
10 ft to 15 ft
A studio with a bed, a sofa, a dresser and 15 to 20 boxes is around 300 to 400 cubic feet, which a 10 ft truck or a cargo van carries. A furnished 1 bedroom apartment with its kitchen is 500 to 800: a 15 ft truck.
15 ft to 17 ft
Two bedrooms, a living room set, a dining table and 40 or so boxes come to 800 to 1,000 cubic feet. A 17 ft truck fits most; a lightly furnished one fits a 15 ft.
20 ft
Houses carry more: a garage, patio furniture, appliances. A 2 bedroom house usually fits a 17 or 20 ft truck; a 3 bedroom house with everything in it needs the 20 ft, around 1,000 cubic feet, or the 26 ft to be safe.
26 ft
Four bedrooms of furniture plus the rest of the house reach 1,500 cubic feet and more. That's a 26 ft truck, the biggest you can rent without a CDL, and sometimes two trips.
Cargo van
A cargo van holds about 245 cubic feet, enough for a dorm room or a studio without big furniture, and drives like a car. The 10 ft truck is the smallest box truck at about 400.
One size up
On a long drive you want the load packed tight and nothing left behind for a second trip, so take the next size up from what the calculator shows, or let a mover's 26 ft truck do it in one.
Truck sizes
Rental trucks come in a handful of lengths. The cubic feet are the box they hold; what fits is what that box carries when it's loaded the way a crew loads a truck.
| Truck | Holds | What fits | Driving it |
|---|---|---|---|
 Cargo van | 245 cu ft | A dorm room or studio: a mattress, a dresser, a desk and boxes | Drives like a car; fits in a parking space |
 10 ft moving truck | 400 cu ft | A studio or small 1 bedroom apartment | Easy to drive; no ramp on some models |
 15 ft moving truck | 760 cu ft | A 1 bedroom apartment, or a light 2 bedroom one | Loading ramp; watch low garages at 11+ ft tall |
 17 ft moving truck | 865 cu ft | A 2 bedroom apartment or a small 2 bedroom house | Loading ramp; takes two parking spaces |
 20 ft moving truck | 1,015 cu ft | A 2 or 3 bedroom house | Wide turns; plan your parking at both ends |
 26 ft moving truck | 1,680 cu ft | A 3 or 4 bedroom house with a garage | No CDL needed, but it's a real truck: 12 ft tall, 10+ mpg, plan every turn |
A rented truck is only part of the day: there's the loading, the drive and the unloading. Red Cat's loading help packs your rental for you, our local movers bring the truck and the crew, and the storage unit size calculator uses the same list if some of it is going into storage, the moving boxes calculator counts the boxes for it, and the moving cost calculator prices the move itself.
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