New “Tech” Mattress Companies disrupting the sleep industry...

Jun 26, 2015 by

As movers know it sometimes is impossible to get a mattress (or more likely boxspring) into a small hallway, stairway, or small elevator. And if you want to move “just” a mattress and boxspring you are looking at a 2 or 3 hour minimum with 2 movers. At around a $100 per hour it sometimes still makes sense as the cost of a new mattress is in the thousands. Part of that expense is all the middlemen and the shipping costs. Not how much the mattress store is charging you for shipping. (That cost is built into the cost of the mattress increasing the price. I once had a woman insist I match to the $30 a mattress company charged her when she bought her mattress new. $2000 to ship a mattress across the...

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Moving Tip #1 Change Your Address...

Apr 19, 2015 by

Change your address with your credit card companies BEFORE the move date. If you are moving long distance they may interpret out of state charges associated to your move as fraudulent and prevent you from using your credit...

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Beginning Tables

Nov 7, 2014 by

I think Zig Ziglar would have agreed: Most sofas have two beginning tables not end tables. #movinghumor

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Tetris turns Thirty

Jun 7, 2014 by

Loading a moving truck is very much like the game of Tetris, Except the pieces are all different and you a re playing in 3D.   Tetris turned 30 in June 2014...

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Tractor Trailer hits bridge on Meadowbrook Parkway NY VIDEO...

Jun 1, 2014 by

This took place on the Meadowbrook Parkway on Long Island NY. Many of the comments relate to how the person videotaping should have warned the driver. Which he did appear to have time to, in my opinion. Commenters also mention the driver should have seen the signs. As a CDL driver myself, it is well known that outside the NYC area there are not many parkways. So drivers from out the area don’t realize that there are low bridges. And I see a rental truck on parkways about once every two weeks. I just saw first time a police officer giving a ticket to a rental truck driver a few weeks ago. Why do parkways have low bridges? One legend is that Robert Moses is that “ built low bridges to keep buses —...

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10 Uses for Moving & Packing Tape...

May 19, 2014 by

That PVC clear, tan, or brown tape. Usually it is 2 ” wide and 55 yards long. Whether you call it standard carton sealing tape, packing tape, moving tape, pressure sensitive tape. Of course you can use it for sealing boxes. Here are some other uses for tape:   1. Holding blankets on furniture 2. Strap for lifting furniture 3. Reverse tape and apply directly to furniture to keep drop leaf table from opening or door etc. 4. Create a handle for carry a box 5. Emergency wound care 6. Art 7. Crafts: packing tape transfer 8. Sculpture 9. Use with a tape gun to scare pets and small children (or try this Scotch Low Noise Tape Dispenser H150, 48 mm) 10. Use instead of duct tape 11. Seal boxes – Duh! (The one thing...

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How to pack mirrors or small pictures for moving...

May 18, 2014 by

Packing pictures, mirrors, posters or any other framed or flat item can be challenging for the non professional packer. Remember if you are using professional movers, any box that you pack will be marked on the inventory as PBO (Packed By Owner). If there is no visible damage on the outside of the box any mover’s insurance company will reject the claim. Even if you hired another professional mover or the items are brand new in the box, the insurance company will can claim that the item could have been improperly packed or broken beforehand. So for high value items it may make sense to have the mover pack these items. If the pictures are smaller sized they can be packed in a 1.5 small, 3.0 medium, 4.5 large box, or 6.0 extra large...

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