I'd take my diamond in the car!!!

Good luck in your move. I'm with you, I don't cope well with the heat - I'll take the cold anytime. If it gets too cold I can just stay in the house and be cozy.

I have a Diamond and I would be sure she is well packed, and take her in the car if possible.

It seems to me, percentage-wise, you are more likely to have an accident or theft while on the road during a long trip than you would be to risk damage with professional shipping. And if the machine is damaged, your shipper has to pay. Be sure to have a receipt or purchase estimate letter from your machine dealer to prove value in case of damage. When the machine is loaded onto the moving truck, walk it out with the mover and discuss its loading with the driver. He is usually the one who will be on the truck dealing with the positioning of the loaded goods. Become his buddy and he will watch out for it for you. After all, they are professionals at this; it's the worker bees that *may* give you problems.

Jan in VA

I, too, prefer the cold weather over the unbearable heat. I live in Oregon in the mountains where we get plenty of snow and cold. We can't plant anything until the middle of May or when the snow melts off Mt. Emily. We've had snow in June here.

I had my new Bernina shipped in July from overseas to me and it runs fine. I wouldn't worry too much about the heat. But I would add them to my homeowner's insurance

After reading your concerns with moving and your machine. One time I was going to a quilting class, was with my sil and one of her friends. We all got our machines out at the store, the friend was just about at the door and the handle broke on her machine and it hit the ground. It was an old hand me down, it still worked, not sure how well. Just a lucky thing it did not hit her foot or one of ours. You see anything can happen not always in a long move, just a simple outing for a class. Your machine will be fine. Good luck.

Personally I would think the extreme cold may be more harmful. Freezing the heat. We have noticed when machines are packed in cars the night before in cold weather they take awhile to sew correctly.

I would put them back in the box they were in when you bought them. If you don't have the original box then just pack them into another box. Use as packing as you can. I think they will be fine.
I'm with you, no way would I choose hot and humid over cooler weather. That is if I had a choice. We have a business and my Husband would never leave here.

I would take my Diamond in the car if at all possible. would not leave it in heat .

I've never moved with a computerized machine, but I've moved with my 1960's model Singer from Texas to California to Mississippi to Oklahoma back to Texas to Guam to Georgia back again to Texas to Maryland and finally back home to Texas again. The only damage it ever received was in my own house when I accidentally shoved it against the wall with the buttonhole attachment still on it sticking out behind and sort of dorked the needle bar.