METCALF MOVING BLOG

Items Not to Pack For A Move

Before your things are packed and loaded, please take some time to look over the items that we cannot put on a truck or in a container. Hazardous and perishable materials are not allowed, and we recommend that you keep sentimental or personally important items with you.

Hazardous Materials:

• Aerosol cans
• Ammonia
• Ammunition
• Car batteries
• Charcoal/lighter fluid
• Chemistry sets
• Cleaning solvents
• Darkroom chemicals
• Fertilizer
• Fire extinguishers
• Fireworks
• Fuels/oils
• Household batteries
• Kerosene
• Liquid bleach
• Loaded guns
• Matches
• Nail polish
• Paint thinners
• Paints/varnishes
• Pesticides
• Poisons
• Pool chemicals
• Propane tanks
• Scuba tanks
• Sterno fuel
• Weed killer

Perishables:

• Food without adequate preservation
• Frozen food
• Open or half-used foods
• Plants
• Produce
• Refrigerated foods

** NOTE: You should empty your refrigerators and freezers and keep appliance doors open for at least 24 hours in advance of loading. This will allow appliances to dry out and prevent the growth of mold.

Items of Personal Importance/Sentimental Value:

• Address books
• Airline tickets
• Car titles
• Cash
• Cell phones
• Checkbooks
• Computer data files/backups
• Family photographs/photo albums
• Financial documents (stocks, bonds, CDs, IRAs, deeds, tax records)
• Home videos
• Insurance policies
• Jewelry and furs
• Keys (car, furniture, new home)
• Laptop computers
• Medical/dental records
• New home documents
• Prescription medicine
• Professional files/research projects
• School records