Don’t Pack These Into a Moving Truck

Thinking about renting a moving truck? Well, before you start packing, make sure you know to avoid packing these 5 things. If you end up packing them, you can be in some serious legal trouble or ruin some of your other items.

Moving Truck: What NOT to Pack

Hazardous Materials

These can be a variety of things, and most of them can be found in your garage or under the sink. In general, you want to avoid:

Household batteries
Nail polish
Any aerosol cans (including hairspray)
Fertilizer
Charcoal
Cleaning supplies and other solvents.

Food

Especially perishable foods, you should be moving these by car and only allow them a short time out of the fridge. If you choose to store them in your moving truck, it might be a while until you are able to unpack them. This can lead to mold, bacteria and ruined food.

Illegal Items

This means things like guns, large amounts of cash and anything that if pulled over may cause a problem. If you choose to rent one of our trucks, you will be responsible for all the items inside the truck. Many moving companies will also refuse to transport such items.

Plants

An obviously bad idea, but plants in a moving truck do not do so well. They need sunlight and fresh air, which a truck provides none of. If you are moving across the country or long distances, don’t be surprised when you arrive and all your plants are dead.

Pets

This is a huge no-no, not only is it cruel and unsafe to do so, it’s illegal. You don’t want your dog, cat, lizard etc sliding around the back. There are many hazards that can fall on top of them. Not to mention, there isn’t a lot of air back there. Treat your pet right and transport it in the car.

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Mike Olsen

18:58 16 Oct 19

This is inexpensive storage that operates 100% as advertised - they do not offer 24/7 access and do not charge 24/7 access pricing. They are incredibly responsive to requests to unlock doors and provide access. It is not fancy but if you need a clean, dry place to store your stuff, you can't beat these guys. Don't expect bells and/or whistles but you also won't be paying for them.

Dave Shirlaw

01:54 10 Jun 19

Have to phone to have buildings unlocked. Annoying.

megan chow

23:06 21 May 19

sara ~

01:04 25 Sep 18

Prices are 1/2 the price of other storage units but it shuts down (locked gates) from 10 am - 6 pm except if you have the enormous ground level outside facing units. Those hours are impossible. The technology getting items up to the second story is an actual forklift thats made stationary. You balance your items up the forklift (and you raise the wooden pallet up yourself) Then you must walk up stairs and hope their is a dolly available to wind precariously around tiny turning hallways. Budget carpentry and ancient carpet in the units. The trolleys sound and feel like their from 1980's and are either coached to disobey or they keep their own counsel. They say its secure but I had a neighbor pick something up and they weren't even asked for permission. I explicitly stated only I was to have access. They said they do not let it happen. The locks are your own, but the flip closure is attached by 3/4 wood screws easily and possibly quite quietly could be opened and emptied with no one batting an eye. A kid could detach it with anything. They have "24 hour security" which means a guy lives on site. Does he/she have CCTV access? Probably not, nor would you want that job. Are there motion sensors? Not likely as sometimes the lights won't turn on and finding a switch in the straggly wandering corridors is impossible. They do not offer insurance. You have to sign forms saying all the things you will and won't do, but they are not liable if anything happens: theft, fire, water, vandals, pests etcSo despite all those complaints, its still 4/5 only because of the prices.