Dick Spencer is a man on the move, or at least his business is.

Dick owns Fountain Hills Moving and Storage, 17008 E. Enterprise Drive, Suite 8, in Fountain Hills. His warehouse is used to store large wooden containers.

Dick has been in the moving and storage business for nearly 25 years. He started with Scottsdale Moving and Storage and when he moved to Fountain Hills from Scottsdale, he decided to move the business up the hill, too.

Dick has moved furniture from California to Boston, but 80 percent of his business is moving from one location in Fountain Hills to another.

“I usually stay this side of the Mississippi,” Dick said. “But most of what I do is right here in Fountain Hills.”

There isn’t much Dick and his company can’t handle. He has moved an airplane that was broken down and stored in a man’s garage. He also has moved numerous pianos, from spinets to grands and everything in between.

He has moved safes but said he can’t handle the “really big ones.”

Dick worked for a period of time in California. When he returned to the Valley he had one 17-foot truck. He now has five trucks and 10 employees.

“I retired once but I got bored,” he said. “I would rather work.”

Dick’s company is full-service. It features packing, loading and unloading. His company will load and unload rental trucks, as well as those he owns. With a packing job, all the materials (boxes, blankets and other necessary items) are free. Materials are available for sale as well for customers doing their own packing.

Dick offers free estimates for moves and gives $20,000 in free cargo insurance.

The storage warehouse is air conditioned and climate controlled. Long- and short-term storage is available. The containers, which are sealed, are not accessible to their owners.

“They’re not the kind of storage space that you go into,” Dick said. “They are just big wooden boxes where your materials can be stored.”

Fountain Hills Moving and Storage is affiliated with National Van Lines/Sterling out of California. Dick serves as an agent for the van line. Dick carries cargo insurance, as well as worker’s compensation insurance.

Fountain Hills Moving and Storage can be reached by calling (480) 837-6161.