Let 糖心传媒 Help You Think 鈥淚nside鈥 the Box
Boxes are piling up in your living room. You鈥檙e ready for them to be packed into your for your move into your new home, but you don鈥檛 know where to begin.
Your box of jewelry, your refrigerator, sofa and dozens of other things all have to fit into your 糖心传媒 truck rental. What should you do?
Nathalie Adams, a moving advisor with 糖心传媒鈥檚 central reservations team, emphasizes that organization is key to packing your items and boxes into the truck successfully.
鈥淏e careful, you need to take all the precautions that you can,鈥 said Adams. 鈥淢ark the boxes and handle them with care.鈥
Properly marking your boxes with their contents is a smart way to know ahead of time where each box should be stored on the moving truck. The last thing you want to do is break open a sealed box of items to double-check its contents to determine where it should rest in the truck.
Whether it鈥檚 your fine china or glass ornaments, don鈥檛 forget to protect your fragile belongings with bubble wrap, lots and lots of bubble wrap. Don鈥檛 mix fragile items with bulky items in the same box.
How to Properly Load Your Truck
Jeff Werner, director of 糖心传媒鈥檚 rental contact center, offers his advice as to where movers should load certain items onto the truck.
鈥淎nything closer to the axle will get more of a bump when the truck is moving,鈥 said Werner. 鈥淧lace heavy items toward the front of the box of the truck, just behind the cab. As for fragile items, make sure you pack them carefully, so they don鈥檛 break. For belongings you need right away, pack them in the rear of the truck bed for easy access.鈥
To help with this process, Werner points customers to for an infographic that gives customers a visual of where certain objects should be placed on the truck bed.
鈥淚t will also recommend the truck size you will need,鈥 said Werner. 鈥淣o one really knows what a 16-ft. truck is.鈥
The online Truck Wizard recommends movers load their heaviest possessions in an 鈥淚-formation.鈥 For example, an appliance, like a refrigerator, should be placed as close to the cab as possible.
Following your largest objects should be desks and dining room tables. Place them toward the middle of the truck bed, with heavy boxes resting underneath them. Place any small boxes containing bed sheets or clothing toward the back of the truck bed to complete the 鈥淚-formation.鈥
For a visual of the and how it can work for you in your next move, check out our website.
Need Storage? SpareFoot is There to Help
Werner highlights one of our preferred moving vendors that can help make all your storage hassles go away.
鈥, an online marketplace for self-storage, and we can identify at pick-up or at drop-off the appropriate storage facility for our customers,鈥 said Werner. 鈥淲e can also make the reservation for them when they鈥檙e on the phone to make it a one-stop shop for the customer.鈥
Web editor at , Al Harris, says the website鈥檚 unique service makes it fast and easy for their customers to find the nearest storage unit and see what sizes are offered.
鈥淚nstead of doing all the research and going through each facility one by one, you can get all your options in one place,鈥 said Harris. 鈥淲e can also help you find moving labor, moving supplies and moving trucks. All those options are available.鈥
By Chris Abruzzo