Whalens INC (Whalen's Moving & Storage)

What the federal record says

Whalens INC trades as Whalen's Moving & Storage and holds USDOT number 35282 and operating authority MC-101940. FMCSA records the company as an active interstate carrier for hire with a registered address in Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota. Its household goods authority is on file as common carrier of household goods, which is the grant that allows a company to move a household across a state line for money. The USDOT record was created on 1 June 1974, 52 years before this snapshot, and the last MCS-150 form on file was filed on 5 May 2026.

Whalens INC reports 5 power units and 5 drivers, 1 driver per truck. At that size a long haul booking usually means one crew and one truck for the whole trip, so dates are tight and a delay at the origin runs through the whole schedule. The equipment itemized on the form is 4 trucks, 1 tractor, 2 trailers. The company reported 10,000 miles for 2023, which works out at roughly 2,000 miles per power unit. That places it 6th by fleet size among the 21 registered household goods carriers based in North Dakota.

Household goods is the only cargo classification on the record, so this is a dedicated moving operation rather than a freight carrier that also takes household work. The registered address falls in the Grand Forks, ND-MN metropolitan area, where 0 other registered household goods carriers are based. FMCSA has assigned this carrier a satisfactory safety rating, dated 10 September 1980.

The nearest other registered household goods carriers are Schnabel INC in Hendrum (52 miles), 5 Star Moving INC in Fargo (73.7 miles), The Apartment Movers 2 LLC in West Fargo (76.9 miles). Distances are between ZIP code centers, so they are approximate. Getting three written estimates from companies in the same area is the single cheapest thing you can do to avoid being overcharged.