Levine in warehouse with Josh Kehr (left) and Jeff Beles


56,000-square-feet of warehouse space available and a fleet of 21 tractors, 41 trail- ers, and 18 straight trucks and pack vans. His wife Ibby is the company’s president, his son Mark is vice president of opera- tions, and his daughter Rachel heads the accounting department. “We just work hard, we work honest, and


we work together,” he said. If you need it, Ramar will move it. The


company hauls residential and office fur- nishings and materials locally, across the country, and internationally. There have been times when Levine had to employ a crane to move items that wouldn’t fit into an elevator to get them to upper story floors. “When you’re in the moving business,


of the United States…it was just an inspir- ing time in my life.” Levine then decided to branch out on his


own. He and his wife, Ibby, started Ramar Moving Systems as a United Van Lines agent on April 15, 1987. It was Ibby’s idea to name the company after their children,


Rachel and Mark. In 1999, Ramar also became an agent for Mayflower Transit. The company started with one tractor, one trailer, two pup trailers, one straight truck and 5,000 square feet of warehouse space. From there, he and his family built the business one move at a time. It now has


you’ve got to do almost everything, and fortunately, I know enough people that if we can’t do it properly, I know people who can,” he says. The firm also moves high-value items. It


has moved large, detailed models of U.S. Navy ships, including a 24-foot model of the USS Forrestal aircraft carrier. The com-


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