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Suffolk County East End mover
Samonas Prime Moving lists 3202 Sound Avenue in Riverhead on its site and holds USDOT 1292731 and MC-502447 under the legal name Samonas Prime Moving & Storage Inc. The SAFER snapshot, dated 10/19/2026 and read 21 October 2026, shows an Active USDOT status, Authorized interstate authority for household goods and general property, 4 power units and 3 drivers.
The physical address on the federal record is 54 Brightwaters Drive in Sound Beach, a different town from the one on the site. The USDOT number is not printed on the site; we found it through a marketplace listing and confirmed the legal name on SAFER. What sets this company apart is its FAQ, which prints the valuation terms most movers leave to the paperwork.
The local figure is $0.30 per pound per article, the long distance figure is $0.60, and an add on is priced at $0.50 per $100 of declared value. This page uses those figures to explain valuation. Insurance on file and the state certificate could not be checked.
| USDOT number | 1292731, legal name Samonas Prime Moving & Storage Inc, physical address 54 Brightwaters Drive, Sound Beach (not printed on the company site; number found via a moveBuddha listing, marketplace, and confirmed on SAFER) | FMCSA record |
|---|---|---|
| MC number | MC-502447 | FMCSA record |
| Entity type | Carrier | FMCSA record |
| Operating status | Authorized; USDOT status Active; no out of service date (SAFER snapshot dated 10/19/2026, read 21 October 2026) | FMCSA record |
| Interstate authority | Authorized for Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods) and Motor Carrier of Household Goods; carrier operation Interstate; safety rating None | FMCSA record |
| Power units | 4 power units, 3 drivers (MCS-150 dated 12/03/2024) | FMCSA record |
| Insurance on file | could not check: the FMCSA Licensing and Insurance page at https://li-public.fmcsa.dot.gov/LIVIEW/pkg_carrquery.prc_carrlist returned only a blank search form on 21 October 2026 | could not check |
| New York State certificate | could not check: NYSDOT CarCert at https://carcert.dot.ny.gov/ marked its carrier search Functionality Under Development on 21 October 2026, and no public household goods carrier list was found; no NYDOT number printed on the site | could not check |
The federal record is short. Entity type Carrier, carrier operation Interstate, no out of service date, no safety rating assigned. The MCS-150 behind the 4 power units and 3 drivers is dated 12/03/2024, so the fleet count is close to two years old on our read date. The FAQ describes a fleet of moving trucks and long haul trucks without a count. The site names regular trips to North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
Two gaps need a question. The record’s address is in Sound Beach and the site’s is in Riverhead, both in Suffolk, and neither explains the other. And because the site prints no USDOT or NYDOT number, our match ran through a moveBuddha listing (marketplace) to the SAFER legal name (FMCSA record). Ask the company to confirm 1292731 is theirs and to give its NYSDOT certificate number, which state rule 17 NYCRR 814.1(a) says belongs in its advertising.
Valuation is the mover’s liability for your goods, set per pound per article. It decides what a broken dresser is worth to the company. Samonas prints three numbers. Local moves are covered at $0.30 per pound per article. Long distance moves include $0.60 per pound per article liability at no charge. A Full Value Protection upgrade is offered with three deductible options. The FAQ adds that by law the company is not permitted to offer insurance. Valuation is carrier liability; insurance is a policy from an insurer.
Valuation terms printed on the samonasprimemoving.com FAQ, read 21 October 2026 (first party)
For interstate moves FMCSA sets released value at no more than 60 cents per pound per article (49 CFR 375.303, read 21 October 2026). FMCSA’s liability page gives the example that explains it: a 25 pound television lost in transit under released value brings $15, because the payout follows the weight of the item and ignores its price. Samonas’ long distance figure of $0.60 is that federal released value, printed in dollars.
The alternative, Full Value Protection, makes the mover responsible for replacement value. The 2022 Rights and Responsibilities handbook sets its minimum at $6.00 per pound of shipment weight, and movers may set a higher minimum. The valuation guide prints both FMCSA minimums.
Local moves inside New York follow a different book. NYSDOT regulates them, and we found no state minimum cents per pound figure in the statute or the booklet. The figure lives in each mover’s filed tariff. Samonas’ $0.30 is therefore a tariff term, not a legal floor we can cite, and the booklet’s advice applies: have the mover explain the minimum standard liability and how to buy more.
For local jobs the FAQ prices extra cover at $0.50 per $100 of declared value, with a minimum declared value of $2,500 and a minimum cost of $12.50. Read that as a rate rather than a quote: you pick the value you declare, and the charge scales with it. We print no worked examples beyond the company’s own minimum; any other figure would be our arithmetic. Ask for the exact charge on the value you want to declare, and what deductible applies to a claim.
Four more items from the same FAQ belong in writing.
a small deposit is required to secure the date, with the balance due on move day.
major credit cards, certified checks and cash; personal checks are refused on move day.
fixed, after an in home walkthrough; the FAQ says there are no virtual walkthroughs for local moves.
described as binding, which under FMCSA rules means the charge at delivery cannot exceed the estimate unless you add services.
FMCSA’s Licensing and Insurance page would not show us the BIPD and cargo filings for USDOT 1292731 on 21 October 2026; it returned a blank form that needs a submission we could not make. NYSDOT’s CarCert search was marked Functionality Under Development the same day. Both lines on this page read could not check.
If you move out of state with this company, you are owed the Your Rights and Responsibilities When You Move booklet with the written estimate, and a written claim must be filed within 9 months of delivery.
Print this page and tick each one off on the call.
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