Trowt Movers
· 145 Hale St Rear, Beverly, MA 01915, USA
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Highlights
- Long-running operation — company claims continuous New England service since 1917
- Repeat customers — two reviewers report three separate jobs each
- Checkbook top rating — independent consumer group ranks it highly
- Piano and storage work — a specialty many local movers skip
- Small in-house fleet — a directory lists nine trucks, seven drivers
- Ratings disagree — one review site scores it 6.23 out of 10
- Self-reported credentials — BBB membership comes from the company's own site
- Unverified DOT number — listed by a directory, not checked against a registry
- Thin review detail — few first-hand customer accounts are publicly available
Trowt Movers says it has been moving households around New England since 1917 — a claim that, if it holds, makes it one of the oldest moving outfits on the North Shore. The company describes itself as family owned and operated, and a testimonial on its own site names Peter Trowt on the customer-service side. From its yard in Beverly, the company covers residential and commercial moves, packing, piano moving, storage and trailer leasing, and junk removal. A moving directory profile puts some numbers on the operation: seven drivers, nine trucks, and about 30,000 miles run last year. That same profile lists a US DOT number for the company, which is the directory's listing rather than anything checked against a registry. The public rating sits at 4.3 stars across 48 Google ratings — a real history, but a modest sample compared with the century the company claims. Consumers' Checkbook gives it a top rating, and a customer there mentions using the company three times and finding the prices good. Another repeat customer, writing on a local business listing, credits the same two movers and the office coordinator by name across three separate jobs. A January listing quotes a customer who hired the crew to move belongings into storage and described careful, quick work. The ratings don't all agree, and that is worth knowing. One moving-review site scores the company 6.23 out of 10 — well below the roughly 4.3 to 4.4 out of 5 that Google and two directories show. The same site that lists the DOT number puts the business at 41-plus years rather than the 100-plus the company claims. And the site's Better Business Bureau membership is the company's own statement, not something confirmed here. Movers in Massachusetts aren't home-improvement contractors, so there's no construction license to look up. What there is to ask about is the paperwork that actually matters for a move: get the DOT and Massachusetts DPU registration numbers directly, confirm whether the crew that shows up works for Trowt or a subcontractor, and get the estimate in writing with a clear statement of what makes it change on the day. A reasonable call for a straightforward North Shore move, especially one involving a piano or storage. Just do your own verification on the credentials, since most of what's public here comes from directories and the company's own site rather than from a large body of customer accounts.
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What does a move cost in Greater Boston?
Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from Trowt Movers. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
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Estimated range
$900 – $1,700
Typical move around $1,300