Great moving companies are amazing. They can walk into a lived in house, and within hours, the home is packed into organized boxes and loaded onto a truck. For customers who can afford white glove service, there’s nothing better. Even when you pay for full service, though, there are some things that movers simply cannot move and you’ll need to throw them away, use them up or give them away.
- Perishables — Move time is time to empty out your fridge. Movers cannot move perishable items, and trust me when I say you don’t want them to. Imagine spilled sour milk contaminating all of your belongings. I’m sure I’ve said enough.
- Valuables — While high-quality movers specialize in high-value art and large things of value, you always want to take jewelry and important papers with you.
- Explosives — It is highly illegal for movers to transport explosives, especially across state lines. It’s best to leave your propane and oxygen tanks at home.
- Flammables — If it can possibly catch on fire, dispose of it. That includes the gasoline you have in your garage (empty it out of your lawnmower too), nail polish and nail polish remover, fertilizers, paint, etc.
- Corrosives — Leave your cleaning supplies and paint at home. You’ll need them anyway. They can leak and wreak havoc on all of your belongings.
- Plants — Moving trucks are hot, windowless and stuffy. They aren’t a good environment for plants. Not only that, they can’t be boxed efficiently, so they take up a lot of valuable space in the truck, and in many states (like California), they can’t cross state lines.
- Animals — As with plants, keeping animals healthy and alive in a moving truck is not easy. Please, arrange to take your four legged creatures yourself or send them with people who are qualified to move pets. As for fish, be sure to empty the fish tanks.
For a complete list of items that can’t be moved, check out Moving.com.
Featured image via Ian Collins/Flickr.
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