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Heavy Lifting

Too heavy to lift alone,

— we’ve got the muscle.

The sofa that won’t make the turn, the safe in the basement, the treadmill headed upstairs, the dresser that has to cross the house. A vetted local mover — or a neighbor with strong arms — brings the muscle, the dollies and the technique to move it without a scratch (or a thrown-out back), for an offer you set. No two-hour minimum, nothing marked up. You pick your help by name, rating, and reviews.

Book the muscle now Why it’s better

🛗 up stairs & through tight doorways 💵 100% of your offer to your help 🛡️ nothing scratched, no backs thrown

Why heavy lifting is better here

Three things a moving company won’t do

Gopher isn’t a moving company with a minimum for every job. It’s a local marketplace built on three simple rules.

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Hassle free & haggle free

Make an offer up front or ask for instant bids. Either way you’ll experience the easiest way to find great workers ever — one stubborn sofa or a basement full of heavy stuff.

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Paid directly

Your mover is paid directly and keeps 100% of your offer — 0% commission. No two-hour minimum and no markup; any dollies, straps or sliders are passed through at cost.

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Booked to done

A helper you pick by name and rating brings the muscle start to finish — the heavy, awkward thing lifted, carried and set down exactly where you want it. Up the stairs, through the tight doorway, nothing scratched.

What changes for you

Heavy lifting with Gopher vs. a moving company

Same heavy, awkward thing, very different deal. Here’s what shifts when a neighbor brings the muscle instead of a company with a minimum for every job.

What changes

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The Gopher Way

💵What you pay

×A two-hour (or two-mover) minimum charged for one heavy item — you pay for a job ten times the size.

✓You name the offer and your helper keeps 100% of it — for the one heavy thing, no minimum.

💪Who does the lifting

×A rotating crew you never met — or you and a friend hoping nobody’s back gives out.

✓A vetted local mover — or a neighbor with strong arms — who knows the technique, picked by name, rating & reviews.

📦What gets done

×A fixed package — you book a whole move when you just needed the sofa upstairs.

✓Exactly the heavy, awkward thing: sofa up three flights, safe across the basement, treadmill into the spare room — that, not a house.

🛗Stairs, doors & tight spots

×Stair fees and “long-carry” surcharges quietly tacked on once they’re already there.

✓Stairs, narrow doorways and tight corners are part of the job you agreed — no surprise add-ons.

🛡️Floors, walls & the item

×Dings and scuffs that happen on the clock and are hard to pin on anyone.

✓Pads, sliders and careful hands — doorframes and floors protected, nothing scratched, no backs thrown out.

🔁When it happens

×A four-hour arrival window booked weeks out — and the no-show that leaves it sitting where it is.

✓The day and time you need, booked now — for the one job, not a whole-crew schedule.

No surprises

What you actually pay

Everything’s on the table before you confirm. No minimum, no stair fees, nothing padded:

🧰Dollies, straps & sliders, at costThe real price for any gear the job needs — only if it’s used, never padded

at cost

👷Your offer to your helpYou set this. They keep 100% of it.

you decide

📱A small Gopher feeThe only thing Gopher keeps to run the app

a few $

New to your area? We recommend securing your Gopher first, then booking the work. Gopher isn’t a fulfillment service, so if there aren’t many workers near you just yet, we won’t leave you hanging — and rest assured, we’ll be there soon.

How it works

From stuck to set in place

Point at the heavy thing

The sofa, the safe, the treadmill, the dresser — whatever’s too much to lift alone.

Name your offer

Set what you’ll pay for the muscle, like setting a fair wage.

A local mover takes it

Nearby help is alerted instantly. Pick yours by rating, or take first available.

Lifted & set in place

They bring the dollies and the technique, carry it up, through and around — set down exactly where you want it, nothing scratched.