Originally Posted by
Austinite
I've had movers damage stuff in a cross-country move as well but I still let them take care of my DSM. My most expensive machine was a grand, which is a ton of money to me, but still less than the medical bills should I injure myself while moving it myself, and it's a common machine so it's easily replaceable. Your mileage may vary. I trimmed our hedges myself and severely injured both my wrists several years ago, it would have been less money and a whole lot less suffering to have a landscaper. See my point?
I guess it depends on how fit you are and how carefully you pack and carry your machine. Even my Bernina which is my heaviest machine is not too heavy for me to carry up and downstairs and in and out of the car. If it was, she could always have someone put it in and then take it out at the other end. Injury from lifting 30 lbs is pretty unusual as is unjury from trimming bushes. I usually go with the odds.