Paperwork, family heirlooms, and other items of personal importance should never be packed in a moving truck. Instead, they should stay home. See how to properly pack and move indoor plants. Most families take their pets in the car and plan ahead for stops at pet-friendly hotels.
Check out our tips for moving with pets for useful tips on the best way to bring your four-legged family members to your new home. Perishable foods are another big problem when you're moving. Mayflower encourages you to read the following information before packing so you can separate these prohibited items from the rest of your belongings. If you have questions about a particular item, please contact your Mayflower moving coordinator to clear it up.
Mayflower will not carry dangerous items, including explosives, flammable gases, and toxic substances. Keep in mind that these dangerous items must be disposed of properly to comply with federal, state and local laws and to protect the environment. Contact your city or county to find out where to dispose of these items. Flammable, explosive or toxic items, such as gasoline, fireworks and chemicals, pose serious safety risks and are strictly prohibited.
You or your family must move hazardous materials, as removers won't take them away.
Moving companies
may refuse to move live plants, especially those moving from one state to another, as pests can easily adhere to indoor plants and go unnoticed. This means that indoor plants have the potential to carry local pests to different states, which can be harmful to the environment. While moving a potted plant is unlikely to cause an ecological disaster or damage due to movement, most moving companies prefer to avoid the risk.If you have household plants, pesticides, or other organic matter that you can't leave behind, take it with you in your car when you move. If you've ever moved in the past, you probably already know that moving can be time-consuming and difficult. While the best moving companies can arrange pet transportation services on your behalf, most moving companies don't have the necessary facilities to transport pets. However, not all items that moving companies don't move pose a safety hazard. Moving companies won't move perishable products, including frozen foods, because they don't want to run the risk of having the items damaging your shipment.
Moving some indoor plants may conflict with the recommendations of the National Plant Board, so most moving companies also refuse to move live plants. Most moving companies can carry your essential belongings, such as furniture, electronics, clothes, appliances, and more. However, they may refuse to move certain items that pose a safety risk, such as pressurized cylinders, flammable materials, corrosive liquids (such as bleach and ammonia), plants, animals and Plus. Moving companies will not move any items that could catch fire or explode during the transportation process.
For example, moving companies won't move spray cans because they can explode in an accident and harm the driver. Moving companies will not move high-value objects or some living beings, such as plants and pets. You can't move aerosol cans, hazardous materials, electronic waste, cleaning products, pets, or plants in a moving truck. To avoid liability-related risks, some moving companies may refuse to move items such as expensive jewelry, firearms and alcoholic beverages.
Ask the company that rents or delivers your moving truck what items you can't safely load before the move-in date arrives. No, moving companies won't move everything. If an item could damage the moving company during loading or transportation, you'll have to leave it there when you move or move it on your own. You'll also need to make arrangements to buy the plants, animals, and valuables you want to move with, as moving companies won't accept them.
There are certain things that moving companies don't move (called “not allowed”), which means you'll have to move (or dispose of) them yourself. These laws and guidelines exist to keep your things safe during transportation, as well as to reduce the moving company's liability (and your risk of injury). So be sure to prepare in advance so you don't get surprised on the day of the move. Keeping perishable items in a moving truck for too long can attract pests or allow pests that are already inside to damage your belongings. In most cases, perishable items are not allowed in a moving truck, but exceptions can be made if the move is less than 150 miles away and the items are delivered within 24 hours.
However, this will be at the discretion of the moving company and must be properly packed. Ask your professional carriers how they want perishable items to be packaged before placing them in boxes or refrigerators. There's no question that the following items are allowed in the moving truck, but because of their value, it's best to keep them with you, if possible. After all, sofas and photo frames can be replaced, but the original legal documents cannot. Keep these items in your possession during the move, either in your car or in your luggage (for long-distance cross-country moves).
If you own any of these prohibited items and most of us own them, you have several options. If you have plenty of time until the day of the move, the best solution is to sell out these items. Prepare a backyard barbecue to use your propane tanks and frozen burgers. Go to the yard and driveway with the rest of the herbicide (the new owners will thank you).
You won't have to worry about how to transport it and you won't have to feel guilty about throwing away “perfectly good” things.”. If the items in question are of good quality (or quantity), consider giving them to someone else who can use them. Maybe your sister always liked that shade of purple nail polish. Maybe your brother-in-law could use a new propane tank.
And new homeowners would probably appreciate all those pool chemicals. You tidy up everything else while you're packing. You can also include things you can't bring anyway. The easiest option is to throw the items in the trash, but make sure you do it responsibly.
Batteries, poisons, flammable liquids, and other hazardous materials should never be thrown in the landfill along with the rest of the garbage. Contact your local waste management company to find out how to recycle or dispose of hazardous items. Finally, you can always choose to move items yourself. If you're driving to your new neighborhood, you can simply pack them in your trunk with the rest of your stuff.
Just be sure to take the necessary precautions to ensure that nothing escapes or gets hit too hard. If you're flying to your new home, make sure that all the items you plan to carry in your luggage are allowed on the plane. Check with your airline to make sure they won't remove the item from your suitcase during security (even checked baggage is subject to some restrictions). Keeping dangerous and perishable items out of the moving truck will not only ensure that the day of the move goes smoothly, but it will also keep everyone safe during the trip. Easily get your moving quote online. Call or visit us at any time.
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