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Two Men and aTruck
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Ask the Experts
On the face of it,
prominent local moving company
Two Men and a Truck might
sound like kind of a fly-by-night
operation – a couple of burly,
unshaven guys in a rickety old
van who might or might not
understand that your priceless possessions are, to you,
really priceless.
Nothing could be further from the truth. Two Men
and a Truck is a national franchise
founded in Michigan in 1980.
For the past 20 years, its Lowcountry affiliate, based in
North Charleston, has been
ably headed by the husband-
and-wife team of Chris and
Christine Swanson.
It’s a one-stop shop for
everything a residential or
commercial move might
require, and it operates
locally, within South Carolina
and throughout the United
States. The company’s first
rule is integrity and the proof
of that is reflected in its
customer ratings. Virtually all
their respondents rated their
service a 5 out of 5, and the tiny remainder never dipped
below a 4.
Two Men and a Truck also stands by what the company
calls “The Grandma Rule,” which means they treat
everyone the way you would want your grandmother to be
treated.
Two Men and a Truck is a well-established business
with a history of handling moves with the utmost
professionalism and care. It’s what happens when a
company isn’t on the job strictly for financial gain.
Throughout the year, but especially around the
Thanksgiving/Christmas holidays, their staff and their
vehicles are on the road providing much-needed assistance
to a host of Lowcountry not-for-profits.
One of those is The Salvation Army, celebrating its
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110th year serving the Charleston area. According to the
Army’s Major Thomas Richmond, “They help us all year
round, and their biggest contribution is their help with the
annual Angel Tree Parade we put on with MUSC.”
The major said Two Men and a Truck provides
invaluable assistance in loading and transporting the
Christmas gifts collected by the medical university’s
personnel to the North Charleston Coliseum and
unloading them to make them ready for their needy
recipients.
“We couldn’t do it without them,” Richmond added.
“That’s not all. Throughout the year, whenever we might
call on them for help, they are there for us.”
Ronald McDonald House
is another charity that relies
on Two Men and a Truck.
Among the services that the
Swansons provide is delivering
and unloading all their holiday
decorations, then returning to
load and remove them after the
first of the year.
Two men and a Truck also
assists Wando High School in
its annual fundraising drive and
has been a soft touch for help
and sponsorship of numerous
recreational league teams from
Hanahan to Fort Dorchester and beyond.
Four years ago, when Hurricane Sandy devastated large
portions of the New Jersey shore, their trucks rolled to
points as far afield as Hilton Head to pick up and deliver
needed essentials such as water and clothing.
Add in the work that Two Men and a Truck does year
in and year out without fanfare for other organizations,
including Lowcountry food banks, Water Missions
International and more, and a picture emerges of a
business that truly believes in community service.
And, it turns out, they actually don’t just have two men
and they have way more than one truck!
To learn more about Two Men and a Truck, call
843-242-7444 or visit .
Photo courtesy of Two Men and a Truck.