Movers from San Francisco
to Sacramento
A Sacramento move from San Francisco is about 87 road miles. The drive is the easy part. The permit, the steep block and the building's freight elevator rules decide how the day goes, and Ontrack Moving® plans those from the San Francisco end with its own trucks and its crew. No broker in the middle, no subcontractor on the truck.
Moving + Storage under one roof, one company, one point of contact When you book Ontrack, Ontrack shows up at both ends.
How do you choose a mover for a San Francisco to Sacramento move?
As of September 2026, Ontrack Moving® moves households from San Francisco to Sacramento on its own trucks with Ontrack crews (USDOT #2551548, California license CAL-T190721), and the three checks worth running on any mover for this move are the same ones it passes. First, confirm the company is the carrier and not a broker by looking up its USDOT number on FMCSA SAFER. Second, confirm the California household goods license with the Bureau of Household Goods and Services. Third, ask who files the SFMTA parking permit, because a truck with nowhere legal to stop is where a San Francisco move starts going wrong.
Ontrack Moving® carries a DOT inspection record that exceeds the national average under FMCSA inspection. The Combined Protection Tower covers building liability at both addresses; it does not cover your belongings. Ontrack Moving® completed 157 moves from the Bay Area to the Sacramento area between January 2023 and May 2026, and the estimate for yours is built from your inventory, packing and the access at both ends, with the billing method stated in writing before you book.
San Francisco to Sacramento, the Short Version
The Trip
- Lane: San Francisco pickups, Sacramento area deliveries
- Distance: About 87 road miles between the two downtowns
- Move Type: In-state, about 87 miles
- Our Yard: 22950 Clawiter Rd, Hayward, CA
Who Does the Work
- Business model: Direct asset-based (not a broker)
- Fleet: Company-owned
- Movers: Ontrack crews
- Pricing: Set out in a written estimate after the walkthrough
Look Us Up
- Federal USDOT: #2551548
- Federal MC: #889001
- State license: CAL-T190721
- For the buildings: Combined Protection Tower
The San Francisco end
Why a Sacramento Move Is Decided on a San Francisco Street
Most of the risk on this move sits at the pickup address. A mover who has never loaded a truck on a San Francisco hill will find out on your moving day. Ontrack Moving® has run San Francisco moves out of its Hayward yard for years, and these are the three things it settles before the truck is booked.
The SFMTA permit
In San Francisco, curb space for a moving truck is reserved with an SFMTA temporary no-parking permit. SFMTA requires at least 5 business days between the application and the enforcement date, the signs go up 72 hours ahead on unmetered blocks (24 hours at meters), and the fee is $355 for 1 to 4 signs or $489 for 5 to 9 signs, plus meter charges where the signs cover metered spaces, under the schedule effective July 1, 2026 (sfmta.com). The fee is set by SFMTA, not by us. Ontrack Moving® files the permit for you.
The street itself
Pacific Heights and Russian Hill blocks are steep enough that the longest trucks are ruled out at some addresses, which changes how many loads the job takes. We look at the street before we choose the truck, not after it arrives.
The building rules
High-rise and condo buildings often ask for a certificate of insurance naming them before they release the freight elevator. Send the requirements when you book and Ontrack issues the certificate. It speaks to building liability, not to the contents of your boxes.
Hiring the Carrier Versus Hiring a Broker
A broker sells your move to a carrier. A carrier drives it itself. On a California move of this length, the license that matters is the state household goods license, so check it alongside the USDOT record.
| What you are checking | Ontrack Moving® | A typical broker |
|---|---|---|
| Who drives to Sacramento | An Ontrack truck dispatched from our Hayward yard, with Ontrack crews at both ends | Whichever carrier accepts the job |
| Same day or next day | Decided at the walkthrough: smaller homes delivered the day they load, larger homes the next day | Set by a company you may not meet until moving day |
| Who is liable | One carrier answers for the move: USDOT #2551548. Combined Protection Tower for building liability; it does not cover belongings | Shared out between the broker and the hauler |
| Safety record you can see | A DOT inspection record that exceeds the national average, public on FMCSA SAFER | Whatever record the hired hauler has |
| How the price is set | Written estimate from a walkthrough; on an hourly move, the time billed is the time actually worked | Often priced before anyone knows who will drive |
| Where the trucks live | 22950 Clawiter Rd, Hayward, CA, where items can wait if the Sacramento keys come late | Storage depends on whichever carrier gets the job |
Licensed household goods carrier: USDOT #2551548, MC #889001, CAL-T190721. Ontrack crews load it in San Francisco and Ontrack crews unload it in the Sacramento area.
Ontrack on SAFER
Measured in federal FMCSA inspections, better than the national average.
Verify at FMCSA SAFERVehicle Out-of-Service, Nationally
The share of vehicles placed out of service in federal inspections across the country, the benchmark our record is measured against.
Source: FMCSA, January 2026Building Coverage and Belongings Coverage Are Not the Same Thing
Two separate coverages, one for the buildings at each end and one for what rides in the truck. They are never the same thing.
Building Liability: Combined Protection Tower
Building liability at the San Francisco pickup and the Sacramento-area delivery: general liability, workers compensation and commercial auto. It does not cover what is inside your boxes.
COIs for Your Building
For the property manager or HOA at either address, naming the building the way it asks. Send the requirements when you book.
Belongings: Your Valuation Options
Valuation options for your items are set out in your written estimate.
The route
87 Road Miles, and What Our Truck Logs Show
At about 87 miles, most of the planning goes into the two ends, not the drive.
Moving Day, Stage by Stage
Stage 1. Load in San Francisco: The permit signs are up, floors are covered with Neoprene runners (Masonite boards on tile and marble), furniture is pad-wrapped and upholstery is shrink-wrapped before it leaves the building.
Stage 2. Out of the city: Leaving San Francisco means commute traffic, so the start time is worth talking through with your coordinator.
Stage 3. The drive: On our truck logs, the middle half of runs to the Sacramento area took about 2.2 to 2.9 hours of driving.
Stage 4. Unload: The crew delivers to your door in Sacramento, Folsom, Roseville, Elk Grove or wherever the new address is, and sets rooms the way you direct.
Same Day or Next Day
A smaller home is loaded and delivered the same day. A larger home is loaded one day and delivered the next. The walkthrough decides which one your move is, and the estimate states it.
Our truck logs back that up. From October 2024 to September 2026, 52 of the 63 trips tied to booked Bay Area to Sacramento moves reached the Sacramento area on the day they were loaded.
The same logs show 93 runs from the Bay Area to the Sacramento area. The middle half took between about 2.2 and 2.9 hours of driving, median about 2.5, over roughly 100 to 139 miles, because the trips start at our Hayward yard and end at addresses from Davis to El Dorado Hills rather than downtown. On an hourly move the time billed is the actual time on the day.
A delivery time in the estimate is a target, not a guarantee.
Road miles come from OSRM routing, September 2026. Truck figures are Ontrack Motive ELD logs, October 2024 to September 2026; a truck trip is a truck movement, not a customer move.
How it works
How a San Francisco to Sacramento Move Runs
One Day or Two
An on-site or virtual walkthrough sizes the home. That sets the crew, the truck, how it is billed and whether the delivery happens the same day or the next.
The Curb and the Elevator
The SFMTA permit goes in at least 5 business days ahead. The certificate of insurance goes to your building ahead of the elevator booking.
Loading in the City
Runners go down, door frames get guards, furniture is padded, and the pieces that will not clear a narrow stairwell whole come apart.
Unloading in the Valley
An Ontrack crew unloads at the new address, rebuilds what was taken apart and sets furniture where you want it.
Route details
Where Our Sacramento-Area Moves Actually Went
Sacramento itself is only part of the story. In our records from January 2023 to May 2026, the city of Sacramento took 43 of our Bay Area to Sacramento-area moves, and the rest spread across Roseville, Elk Grove, El Dorado Hills and the towns around them.
Loading somewhere other than San Francisco? See our movers across the Bay Area for the rest of the region.
Where We Load in San Francisco
San Francisco pickups are dispatched from our Hayward yard. Neighborhoods we load in include:
Staying in the city? Our San Francisco movers page covers local moves.
Sacramento-Area Deliveries
Completed moves by delivery city, January 2023 to May 2026:
Counted from our job records, one move per job. We deliver to other Sacramento-area towns too, and the estimate is built for your actual address.
What you get
On the Truck, and Available on Request
Part of Every Sacramento Move
- Company-owned truck out of our Hayward yard
- An Ontrack crew at both ends, not subcontractors
- Pads on wood furniture, shrink wrap on upholstery
- Beds, tables and desks taken apart in the city and rebuilt at the new house
- Runners and door frame guards at both addresses
- Written estimate stating same-day or next-day delivery
- SFMTA permit filed for you where the San Francisco block needs one
- Certificates of insurance for the building or HOA at either end
Who we help
Three Kinds of Moves We See on This Lane
Most calls on this lane are household moves, with some commercial relocations, and mostly houses: in our records, house moves outnumber apartment moves 121 to 14.
A House in the City, a House in the Valley
Most of these moves are a whole house, which is why many of them take the next-day schedule. The walkthrough sizes the crew and truck, and packing can cover every room or just the kitchen.
The Office Comes Along
A home office leaving the city goes on the inventory like the dining table: desks, monitors and file cabinets, each wrapped and listed. For a business move, our Phase-Shift Protocol™ lays out how an office move is staged so work keeps going.
Fewer Rooms at the Far End
When the new home is smaller, the walkthrough is where the do-not-load list gets written, and the extra pieces can wait in Hayward storage. Our senior moving service sets the pace around you.
What Customers Wrote After Moving With Us
Yelp
BBB A+
Bay Area to Sacramento, fast and careful
Eduardo and Edgar helped us move from Pleasanton to Sacramento and they were the best! Made the move fast, easy; and none of my stuff was damaged. Highly recommend!
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A crew that knows San Francisco moves
...Jonathan and Arturo did amazing work, were very professional, friendly, and quick. Jonathan went over the contract and explained the entire process... Jonathan has lots of experience as a mover with San Francisco moves which is great since SF can be so hectic... Ontrack Moving gave me an online estimate which made everything easy to understand, and the pricing and costs were upfront and completely transparent...
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Five-person crew out of San Francisco
Jorge, Edwin, Thomas, Victor, and Carlos were amazing for our move from SF to Oakland. I highly recommend them for any future move.
Verified on Google
The first review is a Bay Area to Sacramento move. The other two are San Francisco moves, shown for the pickup side. Overall, Ontrack Moving® is rated 4.9/5 on 2,847+ Google and Yelp reviews.
Common questions
San Francisco to Sacramento: Questions We Get
Ontrack Moving® prices this move from your inventory, the packing you want and the access at both addresses, after an on-site or virtual walkthrough, and the written estimate states how it is billed before you book. On an hourly move the time billed is the actual time on the day, not an average; the median drive on our Bay Area to Sacramento truck runs is about 2.5 hours. Where an SFMTA permit is needed, the fee is set by the city: $355 for 1 to 4 signs or $489 for 5 to 9 under the July 1, 2026 schedule.
One day or two. Ontrack Moving® loads and delivers a smaller home the same day and delivers a larger one the day after loading. In our truck logs from October 2024 to September 2026, 52 of the 63 trips tied to booked Bay Area to Sacramento moves reached the Sacramento area on the day they were loaded. The walkthrough decides which schedule your move gets and the written estimate states it. Either delivery date is a target, not a guarantee.
In San Francisco, curb space for a moving truck is reserved with an SFMTA temporary no-parking permit. SFMTA requires at least 5 business days between the application and the enforcement date, the signs go up 72 hours ahead on unmetered blocks (24 hours at meters), and the fee is $355 for 1 to 4 signs or $489 for 5 to 9 signs, plus meter charges where the signs cover metered spaces, under the schedule effective July 1, 2026 (sfmta.com). The fee is set by SFMTA, not by us. Ontrack Moving® files the permit when your pickup needs one.
Ontrack Moving® is the carrier, not a broker. It holds USDOT #2551548, MC #889001 and California license CAL-T190721, owns its trucks and runs its own moves. Ontrack crews load in San Francisco and unload in Sacramento, with no subcontractor handoff and no transfer between carriers. Verify the USDOT record at FMCSA SAFER.
Ontrack Moving® holds California household goods license CAL-T190721, which you can check at search.dca.ca.gov. The Combined Protection Tower covers building liability (general liability, workers compensation and commercial auto). It does not cover your belongings. Valuation options for your items are set out in your written estimate.
Yes. We send certificates of insurance to property managers and HOAs, naming the building as your management company asks. Send us the building's requirements with your booking so the freight elevator reservation and the certificate line up.
Yes. Ontrack Moving® offers secure storage at its Hayward yard at 22950 Clawiter Rd, so a gap between your move-out and move-in dates does not force a second company into the job.
Furniture is pad-wrapped, upholstery is shrink-wrapped, and what we take apart for the truck we put back together in Sacramento. Floors get Neoprene runners, tile and marble entries get Masonite boards, and doorways and banisters get padded guards at both addresses.
Resources for your move
More to Read Before You Book
San Francisco Movers
Moving within the city or out of it? Our San Francisco page covers permits, hills and building rules in more depth.
San Francisco MoversLong-Distance Routes
Ontrack runs routes from the Bay Area across the West. See the full list of corridors we serve.
All Long-Distance Routes
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