By Timothy P. Callahan Categories: Blog, Moving Tips
If you are hiring a moving company to move you, they will likely give you a sheet of “non-allowables” with all the items movers cannot pack or move.
A good rule of thumb when wondering if an item can be moved or not is: if it can’t be thrown away in the normal trash or recycling, movers likely won’t move it.
Here is a list of 52 items that movers cannot or may not want to move:
1. Paint
2. Motor Oil
3. Anti-Freeze
4. Solvents
5. Pool Chemicals
6. Pesticides & weed killer
7. Cleaning Supplies
8. Bleach
9. Guns & Ammunition
10. Ammonia
11. Acids
12. Fire Extinguisher
13. Nail polish remover
14. Car batteries
15. Poisons
16. Lamp oil
17. Chemistry sets
18. Matches
19. Darkroom chemicals
20. Sterno
21. Fertilizer
22. Nail polish
23. Gasoline
24. Propane Tanks
25. Paint Thinner
26. Aerosoles27. Lighter Fluid
28. Charcoal
29. Kerosene
30. Fireworks
31. SCUBA Tanks
32. Muriatic Acid
33. Nitric Acid
34. Batteries With Acid
35. Living Plants
36. Perishable Food
37. Pets
38. Cash
39. Jewelry
40. Checkbooks
41. Financial statements
42. Keys
43. Personal Documents (birth certs, pink slips, anything with your social security #)
44. Medicine
45. Laptops
46. Tablets
47. Cell Phones
48. Medical Records
49. Airline Tickets
50. High-Value Collectibles
51. Photos
52. Irreplaceable items (Family Heirlooms, Ashes, etc.)