Hire movers from Bakersfield to Yuma who pack, load and haul your home across the Colorado River on a dedicated truck, then set up each room in Arizona. Call or send the form for your free quote.
We only contact you about this request. Your number is never shared.
Mentors Moving & Storage is owned and run by Jesse Lovan and Chris Shipp, both raised in Bakersfield, so your Yuma move is planned at our Gilmore Avenue office and loaded by movers who know local streets. Every mover is background-checked before their first job.
Yuma sits just past the Colorado River, close enough for a fast trip. It still crosses a state line, so it runs on our federal authority with a written estimate and a delivery window set before loading day.
Find your home size below to see what a move of this length usually costs. Each range already covers the movers, the truck, the drive to the river and the fuel surcharge.
Where you land inside the range comes down to how much is moving, the walk from each door to the truck, stairs at either home and the week you pick. Summer weeks fill early, so a flexible date can keep the price near the low end.
Packing labor, cartons, storage and extra valuation are quoted as their own lines, only if you want them.
Weighing a different city in the Southwest, or adding a service to the Yuma plan? Start with these pages from our Kern County office.
Your home rides on a dedicated truck, with no other household loaded beside it on the way to the river.
You see the cost range and the delivery window on paper before a single box is carried out.
Questions about dates, items or access go to the Gilmore Avenue office that quoted and booked your move.
Bed frames, dining tables and shelving come apart for the drive and go back together in Yuma.
Summer loads start early, and we ask you to keep candles, vinyl records and medicine in your car.
Boxes go to the room on the label, and large pieces land where you want them.
We list, pad and load your Kern County home, then drive it into Arizona on a truck that carries only your household, with a delivery window agreed in writing.
Packers can box the full house or only the kitchen, books and fragile pieces. Each carton gets its Yuma room on the label so unloading goes fast.
Closing on the Yuma house later than planned? Your load can wait in storage after pickup and head east on the date you choose.
Uprights and grands are padded, set on a piano board and carried by extra movers at both homes, so the instrument rolls onto the truck instead of being dragged across your floors.
Fine furniture and art get added wrap, careful placement and full setup once the truck reaches Yuma, including hanging mirrors and making beds before we leave.
Employers moving people to Yuma get one plan and one invoice per household, with move dates built around start dates.
Also from our Bakersfield office: labor-only movers, office movers and international movers, all quoted on the same plan.
Most of this trip runs east through open desert, where a dry wash can turn into a river in an afternoon storm.
Work through this short list in the weeks before the truck comes.
Fall, winter and spring loads are easier on people, pets and electronics than a midsummer move.
Arizona stays on standard time all year, so confirm the delivery time in Yuma time.
Ask the electric company to start service a few business days before the truck arrives.
Sell or donate what you will not use in the new home so the truck carries only what you need.
Jewelry, papers, medicine and chargers ride in your car, not on the truck.
This move is interstate, so federal rules on Protect Your Move apply. On a non-binding estimate, 49 CFR 375.407 says the mover must release your goods at delivery once you pay up to 110 percent of the estimate, with any balance billed later. Ask us which type of estimate you are getting before you sign.
In Yuma, check that APS serves your street, since it covers 11 of the 15 counties in Arizona, and schedule power to start at least three business days ahead. Then reset your plans for the clock. Under A.R.S. 1-242, Arizona rejects daylight saving time, so from spring to fall Yuma reads the same hour as Bakersfield and in winter it reads one hour later.
Mentors moving sent 2 guys to load a Pods container. They were very efficient and hard working. They loaded up all the stuff we had and when we got the container unloaded all the way across country everything arrived in perfect condition. That’s a testament to their knowledge and expertise in loading our belongings. I will highly recommend them to anyone looking for professionals to help move.
We did a lot of research and got plenty of quotes for a long distance move. We went with Mentors as they have the best customer service and communication as well as price for the move. They arrived early and were fast but careful and efficient loading and when unloading asked about every item/box on where they should put it. The moving team were easy to talk to and were incredibly respectful. I’d highly recommend them.
Everybody who helped us with our move, from packers to loaders to drivers, to un-loaders, and we can’t forget Keith who first visited us and gave us our estimate – they are all professional and very helpful and very pleasant. Our belongings were moved from BFL to Tennessee, and it was ALL delivered, safe and sound. We’d definitely recommend Mentors Moving, HIGHLY! 🙏1
These three reviews were left on Google for our Bakersfield office. See more Google reviews.
Sometimes, but it depends on the size of the home and the drive. Your written paperwork shows the loading day and the delivery window before anything is packed.
Yes. Crossing into Arizona makes it interstate, so it runs under federal moving rules and your written estimate follows them.
Yuma time. Arizona does not change its clocks, so in winter Yuma is one hour ahead of Bakersfield and in summer the two match.
Yes. We start summer loads early in the morning and plan the Yuma delivery for the cooler hours when the schedule allows.
Yes. After pickup, your household can stay in storage until the Yuma home is ready, and storage is priced on its own line.
Want to talk through dates? Call our Bakersfield office at (661) 325-6683.
Send both addresses, your bedroom count and the week you have in mind by phone or form. We reply with a written range and an open loading day.
We only contact you about this request. Your number is never shared.
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Bakersfield, California:
3101 Gilmore Ave,
Bakersfield, CA 93308
(661) 325-6683
Santa Rosa, California:
3000 Dutton Ave Ste B,
Santa Rosa, CA 95407
(707) 326-4479
Tempe, Arizona:
5325 S Kyrene Rd #105,
Tempe, AZ 85283
(480) 619-8240
Hours: 7 AM to 7 PM, 7 days a week (local time at each office)
Toll Free Number:
855-526-6101
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