A freight load bound for Fort Bliss doesn’t forgive loose strapping, and Rafael Ontiveros learned exactly how much padding a shipment needs before something shifts on the interstate, long before he ever packed a household box. That same instinct is why Lightyear doesn’t wrap a saddle, a gun safe, or a set of patio equipment the same way it wraps a coffee table.
What our packing service covers
- Book us for the whole house top to bottom, or just the kitchen and closets if that’s all you need handled
- Purpose-built crating for firearms safes and ranch equipment coming out of the Lower Valley farm towns, plus divided cartons for dinnerware
- Materials chosen for how the Borderplex swings from 110-degree summer stretches to the rare hard winter freeze
- Closets move over on rolling wardrobe racks, hangers and all, so nothing gets folded down into a box
- Boxes get their room label the day they’re filled, not weeks later scrambling before the truck shows
- Ask and the crew handles the reverse job too — boxes come open at the destination and leave with us, not stacked in your garage
A narrower job means a smaller number
Keep the request to fragile items only and the price falls well under what a full house costs to pack. Irrigation equipment from a Socorro property, a gun safe needing a dolly rated for its weight, a driveway too narrow for easy truck access — whatever complicates the job gets built into the quote up front, so the number doesn’t move on you later.
What a packing appointment looks like
- Supplies come pre-loaded Before the crew ever knocks on your door, the truck’s already stocked with the carton sizes and wrap your specific home calls for.
- Rooms get finished one at a time The crew closes out a room completely, door shut, before starting on the next.
- Fragile and specialty items get separated out Glassware, electronics, and any farm or ranch equipment get their own cushioning apart from the regular cartons.
- Load-day setup happens in advance Cartons are grouped and marked near the exit long before the truck ever pulls up.
Ballpark packing costs around El Paso
| Tier | Scope | Typical range |
|---|---|---|
| Fragile-only | Kitchen items, framed art, electronics | $180 – $420 |
| Partial pack | Two bedrooms or fewer | $350 – $780 |
| Full pack | Whole 3-bedroom home | $780 – $1,700 |
Keep firearms, cash, and anything flammable in your own vehicle — our truck doesn’t carry those, regardless of how they’re packed. Pair this with a move across El Paso County or a run out of state, or just tell our office your target week.