Sixty Seconds — Bauer-Signed Figure Back Before You Finish Lunch
Zero card on file · zero deposit held · zero call-back unless you ask for oneWisconsin MOOvers
Madison’s third-generation Bauer-family moving outfit—Erik, Jenny, Lukas, Tony, Dustin and Cassie, twelve W-2 names and seven Wisconsin-plated trucks, dispatched off Robertson Road since 2016. Registered with the Wisconsin PSC and operating under our own US DOT and MC authority. Founded by Heinrich Bauer’s grandson on the discipline his Rock County dairy crew used to load milk cans through January.
- Google rating: 4.9 over 28 verified Madison letters
- Third-generation Bauer family — Rock County dairy stock since 1962
- Registered with the Wisconsin PSC · $1M federal cargo coverage
- Our own US DOT & MC authority · 9-month written claim window
How a Madison Household Books a Bauer Truck Without Talking to a Salesperson
- You type four lines into the form; nobody on Robertson Road dials you
- Dustin emails back a binding figure inside the next sixty minutes of business hours
- Reply “book it” and Erik chalks your Friday onto the Beltline board
Three Ways In
Step One: Pull a Binding Number
Pick up the Robertson Road line between seven and four and Dustin Holzhauer—UW-Madison grad, twelfth year on the estimate desk—writes four things on a slip: where you are, where you’re going, the Friday you’d like keys, how many bedrooms. Jenny then checks it against the Beltline dispatch board and the August 1 / August 15 lease-wave queue, prices it for the actual house, and emails the binding figure inside the hour. No card, no “starting at,” no second carrier. Whatever number Erik signs is the number the destination cashier writes the check against.
See how an estimate is built →Step Two: Read What Other Madison Households Already Asked
Every question the FAQ page answers was asked by a real Madison family the week before move-day—sub-zero windchill, basement plate salt damage, Camp Randall game-day curb closures, August dorm-haul logistics. Jenny’s answers run long because she answers them long on the phone. Print the page; read it with coffee.
Browse the long-form answers →Step Three: Read the Notes That Followed
After-move letters from Mansion Hill brownstone owners, Vilas bungalow downsizers, Maple Bluff retirees, Atwood four-square families and the UW emerita whose Steinway rode across town on Tony’s flatbed the Saturday before Christmas—every word published, the harsh ones with the kind.
Read the after-move letters →Pulled straight off the bill of lading Erik signs for every household, every move, every winter
- Licensed
- Insured
- PSC
- US DOT/MC
One Roster. Every Madison Move-Day.
Seven trucks, twelve W-2 names, one yard. Erik interviewed every driver and crew chief himself; nobody on a Bauer move-day has been hired by a foreman, a temp service or a national subcontracting desk. In-town Mansion Hill, August dorm-wave on University Avenue, long-lane Milwaukee–Chicago–Twin Cities, sub-zero January winter holds—every move runs under our own Wisconsin PSC registration and our own federal US DOT and MC authority. No partner truck. No lane-swap. No second carrier.
Vilas bungalows, East-Washington four-squares, Mansion Hill brownstones, Tenney-Lapham garden units, Atwood Craftsman cottages. Cousin Lukas leads the inner-Madison crew; he reads driveway clearance and stair pitch before the truck doors open.
I-94 east to Milwaukee, I-90 east to Janesville and Rockford, north to Wausau and Green Bay, south to Chicago, west to the Twin Cities and Iowa City. Tony Schroeder drives the long lane; freight-elevator reservation goes to the destination property manager in writing.
Bauer drivers run the truck the entire length—Denver, Nashville, Charlotte, Dallas, Phoenix—no partner pickup, no carrier swap. Your crew at origin is your crew at destination, same twelve W-2 names start to finish.
Maple Bluff retirees closing the lakefront house, UW emeritus faculty letting go of the Mansion Hill walk-up, Madison-to-Florida snowbird shuttles with a heated Robertson Road hold for the off-season. Erik runs these jobs personally—the slow ones, the careful ones, the ones with the photos that don’t go back on the wall.
The binding figure stays good for 30 days, no card held, no clock running. Call Robertson Road any morning between 7 and 4 and Erik picks up at the second ring; if he’s on a load, Jenny does. There is no IVR, no “press 1 for sales,” no script—just whoever is at the desk that minute.
What We Move
In-Town Madison Moves
Pulled off the Beltline dispatch board under our Wisconsin PSC registration and our own US DOT authority: one Bauer rig, one twelve-name W-2 crew, salt-corrosion floor mats over basement plates and hardwood Mansion Hill staircases, anchor straps for frozen January driveways, heated-box compartment for solid wood through the winter—and not one hand outside the Bauer family touches your household between the basement and the destination living room.
Midwest Long-Haul Relocations
Dispatched eight minutes from the State Capitol off Robertson Road, hauling on our Wisconsin PSC registration plus federal US DOT authority: the same Bauer-family W-2 crew that loads your driveway in Madison unloads it at the destination—Milwaukee, Chicago, Twin Cities, Denver, wherever. Erik does not lease lanes to brokers. Tony does not hand the keys to a partner driver halfway down I-90. The household never changes carriers mid-trip.
Madison House & Lake-Cottage Moves
Dispatched eight minutes from the State Capitol off Robertson Road, hauling on our Wisconsin PSC registration plus federal US DOT authority: the same Bauer-family W-2 crew that loads your driveway in Madison unloads it at the destination—Milwaukee, Chicago, Twin Cities, Denver, wherever. Erik does not lease lanes to brokers. Tony does not hand the keys to a partner driver halfway down I-90. The household never changes carriers mid-trip.
UW Student, Capitol & Mansion Hill Apartment Moves
Dispatched eight minutes from the State Capitol off Robertson Road, hauling on our Wisconsin PSC registration plus federal US DOT authority: the same Bauer-family W-2 crew that loads your driveway in Madison unloads it at the destination—Milwaukee, Chicago, Twin Cities, Denver, wherever. Erik does not lease lanes to brokers. Tony does not hand the keys to a partner driver halfway down I-90. The household never changes carriers mid-trip.
Pack-Out & Custom Wood-Crate Service
Dispatched eight minutes from the State Capitol off Robertson Road, hauling on our Wisconsin PSC registration plus federal US DOT authority: the same Bauer-family W-2 crew that loads your driveway in Madison unloads it at the destination—Milwaukee, Chicago, Twin Cities, Denver, wherever. Erik does not lease lanes to brokers. Tony does not hand the keys to a partner driver halfway down I-90. The household never changes carriers mid-trip.
Heated Indoor Storage Off the Beltline
Dispatched eight minutes from the State Capitol off Robertson Road, hauling on our Wisconsin PSC registration plus federal US DOT authority: the same Bauer-family W-2 crew that loads your driveway in Madison unloads it at the destination—Milwaukee, Chicago, Twin Cities, Denver, wherever. Erik does not lease lanes to brokers. Tony does not hand the keys to a partner driver halfway down I-90. The household never changes carriers mid-trip.
Piano, Safe & Antique Heirloom Specialty
Dispatched eight minutes from the State Capitol off Robertson Road, hauling on our Wisconsin PSC registration plus federal US DOT authority: the same Bauer-family W-2 crew that loads your driveway in Madison unloads it at the destination—Milwaukee, Chicago, Twin Cities, Denver, wherever. Erik does not lease lanes to brokers. Tony does not hand the keys to a partner driver halfway down I-90. The household never changes carriers mid-trip.
Labor-Only U-Haul & Penske Loading
Dispatched eight minutes from the State Capitol off Robertson Road, hauling on our Wisconsin PSC registration plus federal US DOT authority: the same Bauer-family W-2 crew that loads your driveway in Madison unloads it at the destination—Milwaukee, Chicago, Twin Cities, Denver, wherever. Erik does not lease lanes to brokers. Tony does not hand the keys to a partner driver halfway down I-90. The household never changes carriers mid-trip.
After-Move Notes
“Mitch and JP did an excellent job! They packed and wrapped everything and moved all our furniture and boxes in a timely manner”
“Alex, Andrew and Dalton were excellent movers! My husband and I moved our three bedroom home from Valrico to Wesley Chapel. They were extremely courteous, punctual, friendly and tremendously helpful! They were true professionals and we really appreciate the great moving services they provided to us! Thank you!!”
“Professional, on time, & will get the job done with no problems! Thank you move4less!!!!”
“Tony Pawlak were very professional. Very mindful of our property and great to work with. Will definitely use them again!”
Erik gets asked the same handful of things every August—here they are
- W-2 crew
- Flat rate holds
- Indoor bay backup
Where We Go
From the East Side yard the lanes pull outward across Dane County and southern Wisconsin: the Beltline north to Maple Bluff and Tenney-Lapham for UW Madison College and Edgewood College semester turns, Eisenhower west into Middleton and Mansion Hill Heights Maple Bluff cottages, Dan Ryan south toward Sun Prairie and the U of Madison faculty downsizes, plus the long pulls out of state on I-90 and I-65. Each town below opens its own page with the way we work that ZIP.