Really the only way to pack a truck for a residential move is in “Tiers.” Tiers preferably approach being flat and go from side to side in the truck. In this Tier, a dresser is the main “Base.” Heavy, flat-top objects are the best kind of “Base,” and you cannot do much better than that than with a large dresser!

Above the dresser are packed five “Levels” for a total of six Levels. These Levels include boxes, suitcases, and a chair.

A quilted pad lays in front of the tier, because a mattress is going to be stood up against the Tier. The mattress will constitute Level 1 of the next Tier as the truck is packed Tier after Tier towards the back of the truck.

Recently in the moving industry, a parked moving truck got away and rolled down the hill into a house.  Fortunately no one was hurt, but it was close!

The newspaper article said the moving workers said the truck was chalked, but the tire chalk “broke.”  This sounds suspicious except that I’ve seen tire chalks that are supposed to be rated for a box-style moving truck, but seem to bend under the weight of the truck.

The picture above is the type most commonly used on 20′ to 26′ moving trucks (trucks having a “gross vehicle weight” of under 26,000 lbs)  I’ve used this type of chalk for 19 years without incident, but 19 years ago they were usually American-made.  And now they are all Chinese-made. A  few months ago, we were trying to park the truck on a relatively sharp street in the the Oakhurst neighborhood of Decatur, GA.  The worker placed the chalk in front of the back tire, and the truck SMASHED THE CHALK FLAT, and rolled over it.  I was in the driver’s seat at the time, so I just stepped on the brakes.  The worker had to scramble to find a big enough rock nearby to do the job the chalk was supposed to do.

On Sunday we were unloading at a house in Alpharetta, GA.  The driveway had an incline, but less than the street in Oakhurst.  The picture below is of the the chalk on the tire in that driveway.  It held, but it seemed to “bend” the chalk (we also used a big rock on the other back tire)  With previous chalks of this type, the black rubber triangle would keep its shape and hold solid.

Are the Chinese practicing “Value Engineering” in the manufacture of these tire chalks?  That is, are they “engineering out” value, or this case the density in the rubber–Less dense rubber chalk equals less cost.

The owner of the Moving Supply warehouse where we buy these chalks is checking into it.  I wonder if we will have to go to using the heavy metal tire chalks like the Fire Departments use below?

http://www.briarlakechurch.org/685888.ihtml

Landfills do not take paint, and Movers do not take or move paint, so disposing of it can be a troublesome and costly problem. I haven’t seen one of these free paint disposal opportunities for awhile, and you should take advantage of it if paint is cluttering up your garage.

I found out about this from the professional organizer, Helen Preston at http://riseandorganize.com/

Grandfather Clock Covered with Quilted Pads and then Flat Picture Cartons, and then Strapped Against the Wall of the Truck

I haven’t seen a china cabinet like this before–both for its shape and for its color. Most china cabinets are rectangular-shaped and are boring to me personally (but I don’t know if the purpose of traditional china cabinets is to “be interesting!”)

My Designer friends would better be able to categorize this furniture style. Is the arch-design evocative of a church, or of a stained-glass design you might see in a church? I do feel it has an uplifting air to it. Most rectangular china cabinets have a heavy, monolithic feel to them like having a Walmart in your dining room. This one has a different feel to it. You want to look at it first, and only secondly think about putting china in it!

What is that color? I should find out–someone tell me if they know. For some reason it reminds me of the color you would see on a theater set.

SOME TECHNICAL MOVING DETAILS:

Like most large china cabinets, it is two-piece. But the shape of the top piece makes it easier to move than the standard rectangular china cabinet top-piece. The standard rectangular top piece is an unbalanced monstrosity that can be very difficult for two men to carry. The top usually has a crown that flares out, so the top is wider than the bottom. It rolls on a 4-wheel dolly, but not with perfect balance. This top-piece of this arched cabinet on the other hand, is about the same width at the top as at the bottom. It carries relatively easily and balances rather well on a 4-wheel dolly. Because of it’s considerable height, the best or only way to get it through a doorway is on a 4-wheel dolly. When we carried it into the house, there was a plastic child-fence blocking the hallway, and there wasn’t room to lift it over the fence, so we first removed the child-fence with some difficulty.

Instead of having long glass shelves that go the whole width of the piece, each shelf is divided into two pieces. This makes the glass easier to move and easier to remove and install–another advantage of the piece!

TIP: Use a 4-wheel dolly to move the top piece of china cabinets, especially through doorways.

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A handyman friend, Jay Glenn, of “House Handy” househandyonline.com, said you can trim standard 4 foot wide masonite sheets to fit a doorway by cutting it down to size with a circular saw. Before sawing, tape the edge to be be sawed in order to minimize fraying.

In the picture below, there are two masonite sheets lying on top of one another. This is the preferred method, because:

1) The two sheets together stand up better to the weight of walking and rolling handtrucks over them, and

2) You can probably get away without having to tape the the edges to the floor.

The first go-around with this method, we wanted to protect two different door thresholds and only had two correctly sized masonite sheets, so we only used one per doorway and had to tape them to the floor. Using tape on hardwood floors is generally a no-no, so we tried blue “Painter’s Tape.” Too late, I learned–also from Jay Glenn-that there are three levels of adhesiveness to blue painter’s tape. You want to use the least adhesive type of painter’s tape, or else it will take some finish off of the hardwood–not a good thing! But better yet, have two sheets of masonite on top of one another, and dispense with the need for taping them down altogether!

Most Movers and Customers first become acquainted with the Panel Cart while moving office cubicle partitions. But anything flat and long fits a Panel Cart nicely:

1) Mattresses and Box Springs (see picture below)

2) Tables

3) Pictures and Paintings

4) Flattened Out Boxes

When going on a Moving Job in a High-Rise, we will also roll moving equipment in the cart to the Origin unit. This includes pads, tape, shrink wrap, boxes, and other packing material.

Because the Panel Cart has big, heavy-duty, soft wheels, it is idea for rolling other items that are not so flat–closed-up boxes, end tables, chairs (see picture below)

CLAIM WARNING: If you push the cart through doors into residences or into office rooms, you have to be very careful that you don’t bang the unprotected metal handles against the door. The handles can easily leave scratches if they are unprotected. The one picture below shows the metal handles padded, and you can also buy at the Equipment Supply Store –special slip-on pads that fit the handles.