PORTLAND, OREGON · FAMILY-OWNED SINCE 2018
About Cal’s Moving & Storage
Formerly PDX Premier College Movers. Same crews, same Portland team, now backed by Oregon’s most-reviewed moving company.
PDX Premier College Movers is now part of Cal’s Moving & Storage.
If you’ve worked with PDX Premier College Movers before — welcome back. The crew, the trucks, the team in Portland: all the same people. We’re now part of the larger Cal’s Moving & Storage family, and we want to tell you what that means for you.
How Cal’s Started
In the winter of 2018, Calvin Krech walked the halls of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house at Oregon State University with a simple pitch: help him move people on weekends and earn some cash. No fancy trucks. No warehouse. Just a group of fraternity brothers, a borrowed pickup, and the kind of work ethic you build hauling couches up three flights of stairs in the Corvallis rain.
What started as a way to fund his college life quickly became something bigger. By the end of that first year, Calvin was assembling three to five crews a day. As his fraternity brothers graduated, many joined the crew full-time. Cal’s started expanding north — and Calvin, originally from Southwest Portland, always planned to bring the company home.
Today, Cal’s Moving & Storage operates four branches across Oregon: Tigard, Beaverton, Corvallis, and Eugene. We have 50+ dedicated crew members, a fleet of 15 well-maintained trucks, and we’ve completed over 10,000 moves — including more than 500 long-distance interstate relocations.
“Hired as Movers, Left as Friends.”
What Changes for You
The honest answer: not much.
Same crews
The Portland team you’ve worked with isn’t going anywhere. The people who packed your boxes, moved your piano, or got your office relocated over a weekend — they’re still here. They wear Cal’s blue shirts now, but they’re the same trained, background-checked crew members you trusted before.
Same address
Our Portland operations work out of the same physical location. Nothing about where we are, or how to reach us, has moved.
Same service area
We still serve the entire Portland metro — Portland proper, Beaverton, Tigard, Lake Oswego, West Linn, Hillsboro, Tualatin, Sherwood, Wilsonville, and the surrounding cities. Now, as part of the Cal’s family, we also coordinate moves throughout the Willamette Valley and across state lines.
Same pricing structure
Cal’s has built its reputation on transparent, flat-rate pricing with no hidden fees, fuel surcharges, or move-day surprises. That’s the same approach you got with PDX Premier — now backed by Cal’s company-wide pricing standards.
What’s Better Now
Joining Cal’s gives the Portland team things we didn’t have before:
- A larger operation. 50+ crew members across four Oregon branches means scheduling flexibility we couldn’t offer as a single-location company. Closing date moved up two weeks? We have more crews available.
- Statewide reach. If you’re moving from Portland to Salem, Eugene, Corvallis, or the Oregon Coast — that’s now an in-house move with Cal’s, not a handoff to a partner.
- Storage. Cal’s offers both residential and commercial storage with climate-controlled facilities — a service PDX Premier didn’t have before. Useful for between-homes moves, downsizing, or seasonal storage.
- Wisetack financing. Cal’s offers flexible monthly payment options through Wisetack — making professional moving accessible to households who’d rather not put the whole move on a single credit card.
- 2,300+ five-star reviews. PDX Premier had 117 reviews. Cal’s has 2,300+ across Google, Yelp, and Facebook. Same standard of work, much larger sample size of customers vouching for it.
What Makes Cal’s Different
A lot of movers will get your stuff from A to B. Here’s why thousands of Oregon families choose Cal’s, and keep choosing us every time they move.
Communication you can count on
From your first call to move day, we keep you informed at every step. No guessing, no ghosting. Our level of communication and detail is what sets us apart.
AMA-trained, background-checked crews
Every crew member is trained according to American Moving Association standards and passes a full background check. We show up in uniform, on time, with professional-grade protection equipment.
No hidden fees. Ever.
We give you an honest quote and stick to it. No surprise charges on move day, no fuel surcharges, no stair fees buried in the fine print.
Professional-grade equipment
Furniture pads, custom dollies, floor runners, door frame protectors, and specialized crating for fragile items. We invest heavily in our equipment because the quality of your move reflects the quality of our preparation.
Family values, not corporate scripts
We’re a family-owned Oregon business, not a franchise with a 1-800 number. Calvin still answers calls. Your move matters to us personally, and you’ll feel that from start to finish.
Statewide reach, local roots
Four Oregon branches in Tigard, Beaverton, Corvallis, and Eugene — never far from where you need us. Local knowledge, statewide capability, and interstate reach.
Ready for Your Next Move?
Whether you’ve worked with PDX Premier before or you’re finding Cal’s for the first time, the answer is the same: we’ll treat your home, your family, and your belongings as if they were our own. Get a free quote in under two minutes — or call us directly.
Portland: (503) 746-7319 · Corvallis / Salem / Eugene: (541) 250-6324