Moving Sheridan Without Guessing the Route.

Sheridan is about as rural as Placer County gets — a small unincorporated farm town strung along Highway 65 between Lincoln and Wheatland, surrounded by rice and hay fields rather than subdivisions. Murdock’s Moving & Storage covers Sheridan out of our Yuba City yard, and it's a market where the moving job looks a lot more like our Butte County ag-country work than a typical Roseville or Rocklin move.

Gravel Roads, Gates, and Long Driveways

Almost every Sheridan property we move sits on a larger agricultural or rural-residential parcel, and that means gravel or dirt private roads, cattle gates, and driveways long enough that a full-size truck needs real turnaround room. We ask Sheridan clients to walk us through their access — gate codes, road surface, any low-clearance spots — before we commit to truck size, since guessing wrong on a rural road is a bigger problem here than in town. This kind of planning is standard for every residential move we book in western Placer County's farm country.

Harvest Season Affects the Roads

Sheridan's rice and hay operations mean Highway 65 and Camp Far West Road see real agricultural equipment traffic during late-summer and early-fall harvest — slow-moving combines and grain trucks that can add time to a moving day if we're not planning around it. We factor local harvest timing into scheduling for Sheridan clients so a slow-moving tractor doesn't turn into an unexpected delay.

Few Neighbors, Fewer Local Services

With homes spread out and few close neighbors, clear directions matter more here than almost anywhere else we serve — GPS and mapping apps aren't always reliable this far into rural Placer County, so we confirm cross-street landmarks and gate codes directly with the homeowner. Sheridan also doesn't have much in the way of local packing-supply stores, so we recommend sourcing boxes and materials from Lincoln or our Yuba City yard before moving day, or letting us bring supplies as part of our packing services. Sheridan sits roughly 25 minutes from our Yuba City yard via Highway 65. For the rest of our western Placer County and Sacramento Valley coverage, visit our service areas page.