Five Years Strong: A Thank You from Packhorse Moving 📦🐴🚚

Ryan Ferrier
2 days ago
3 min read

This month, Packhorse Moving hits a big milestone — we’ve been proudly serving our communities for five full years.

It might not seem like much to some, but in the world of small business, it’s something huge.

Fewer than half of all businesses last this long. In fact, according to recent data:

About 20–25% of businesses fail within their first year. Almost 50% don’t make it to year five. Only around 35% are still operating at year ten. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Knowing those odds, being here today feels like a victory — not just for us as a company, but for every person who’s been part of the journey.

This post is to express our gratitude, and reflect on what’s made these five years possible.

🙏 Thank You to Our Clients

To our clients — past, present, and future — thank you. You trusted us with your belongings, your schedules, and sometimes your biggest life changes. Whether it was a move across town, a long-distance relocation, or the chaos of moving in winter, you believed we’d handle it with care.

We’re grateful for:

The referrals and repeat business. There’s no greater compliment.
Your patience when things got complicated — snowy roads, tight staircases, last-minute change requests.
The stories you’ve shared. Moving isn’t just about boxes; it’s your life’s transitions. We don’t take that lightly.

🗣 Thank You to the Sales & Support Team

To our sales and client support teams:

You’re often the first voice people hear when considering a move. You listen, you guide, you reassure. You’ve sold not just moving services, but peace of mind.

Thank you for:

Fielding tough questions from nervous customers and making them feel heard.
Being flexible when schedules change, estimates shift, or customers need something extra.
Putting together accurate quotes, helpful communication, and making sure nothing slips through the cracks.

👔 Thank You to Management

To our management team: operating a small business is more than moving trucks around. It’s planning, adapting, or even pivoting when the market shifts.

It’s dealing with overhead, staffing, equipment maintenance, and regulations — often behind the scenes.

You’ve kept the engine running by:

Setting our strategy and making decisions that balanced growth with stability.
Investing in tools, training, and systems that help everyone do their job better.
Maintaining culture — respect, honesty, working safely, and always improving.

💪 Thank You to Our Professional Movers

To the heart of our business — our moving crews:

You are the ones on the front lines. You move the heavy stuff. You haul furniture up stairs in the cold, pack fragile items with care, drive through bad weather, and still show up with a good attitude.

We’re thankful for:

Your workmanship and professionalism. Every scratch-free delivery, every well-wrapped breakable item, every efficient load/unload counts.
Your resilience. Moves don’t always go as planned. Trucks break, traffic snarls, weather bites. You roll with it.
Your team spirit — helpers checking in with one another, stepping up when someone’s having a rough day. Those moments matter.

🤝 What These Five Years Mean

Reaching five years isn’t just a badge.

It’s proof that when you combine care, hard work, and a commitment to people, you can beat tough odds.

It means we’ve built customer relationships, refined our process, hired great people, and stayed aligned with our values even when growth demanded tough choices.

🎯 Looking Forward

We’re proud of what we’ve built — but we’re not satisfied.

The next five years will focus on:

Even better customer experience: faster responses, clearer communication, more convenience.
Continuing to invest in our team: training, tools, safety, and well-being.
Growing responsibly: expanding service offerings, maintaining quality, staying competitive.

🥂 Thank You From All of Us at Packhorse Moving

To every client who moved with us, every salesperson who answered calls, every manager who made decisions, and every mover who lifted more than just boxes: thank you.

Here’s to five years — to what we’ve done — and to what’s ahead!