The Story Behind A1 All Professional Movers
Rick Calloway is Marion County through and through, raised between Silver Springs and Belleview. He came up in the trade as a young man, stacking trucks along SW College Road, then spent years supervising crews for the major Central Florida van lines.
Founded in 2009 on one promise: careful work at one written price
What pushed Rick out on his own was watching retirees get the rushed treatment, decades of belongings hustled off a truck by crews with somewhere else to be. He opened A1 in 2009 to do the opposite, with a professional Ocala team that takes its time and quotes a single flat rate it stands behind.
Why Rick Walked Away From the Van Lines
Two habits of the bigger outfits wore on him. They quoted low over the phone and padded the total the second a truck hit the driveway, and they treated a delicate 55-plus downsize as just one more stop to clear before lunch.
- A flat figure put on paper before anyone leaves the yard, signed by whoever worked it up for you.
- Real patience for an On Top of the World or Stone Creek downsize, with glass, china, and a lifetime of belongings handled like they matter.
- One company answerable for the day, since the people who pack the truck in Ocala are the people who empty it at your door.
Our Trucks Are Ours and Our Movers Are on Payroll
Hire A1 and the truck in your driveway carries our name on the title, while the uniformed people climbing out earn a W-2 check from this company. The credentials are genuine: FDACS registration, USDOT/MC authority, and $1M of cargo protection covering the load.
- Founded2009, Ocala, by Rick Calloway
- Team16 people, 8 trucks
- CredentialsFDACS, USDOT/MC authority
- Coverage$1M cargo per move
We Have Read Every Marion County Move Day
Fifteen-plus years of working the county have shown the crew where an Ocala move day actually goes sideways: the heat, the storms, and the gates.
What a long run of Marion County summers teaches you
We start early so the heavy lifting wraps before the afternoon thunderheads build, and through hurricane season the dates stay loose. A Del Webb guard gate wants a pass set up in advance, the farms off NW 80th Avenue mean a quarter-mile of gravel, and a brand-new Marion Oaks build is a different animal from a historic place by the square.
The People on the Other End of the Phone
Sixteen of us in total, small enough that one familiar group carries your move from the first call through the last box. Rick steers the whole thing, and here is who you will deal with.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Rick Calloway | Owner and lifelong Marion County resident, founder since 2009, who still rides along on the larger estate and horse-country jobs |
| Donna Pruitt | Runs intake and the calendar, the person you reach when the office phone rings |
| Wade Sutton | Coordinates the jobs, both around the county and on the longer interstate hauls |
| Carla Bennett | Estimator who walks your inventory and sets the flat written price |
| Junior Ramirez & Lamar Foster | Crew chiefs leading the movers on each truck |
Being the biggest mover in Ocala was never the point for A1, only being the most careful one. Call (888) 711-4778 and you reach someone local.