Breakage on truck rental moves is fairly preventable most of the time. Find out the best way to pack your fragile items to best protect them.
Nothing is more upsetting than opening up your boxes after your truck rental move and finding your most precious valuables broken. Though it may not be able to be prevented 100% of the time, breakage is fairly preventable most of the time. So how do you go about protecting valuable breakables during your truck rental move? Find out below by reading our tips for packing.
Use the right type of boxes
The best way to prevent damage during your truck rental move is to use dish pack boxes. These specially designed boxes provide the extra protection you need to protect your china, everyday dishes and glasses. They are fitted with individual corrugated sleeves that protect your dishes as best as possible. You can purchase these dish pack boxes at most truck rental places or you can ask your friends or family if they have any of these old boxes from their moves.
If you don't use special boxes
If you don't use special boxes, there's other ways to protect your belongings for your truck rental move. For starters, use wrapping paper or packing paper for breakable items will help protect them when you place them into the box. Make sure to individually wrap each and every bowl or vase and then place into the box. The same holds true for glasses. If you have expensive wine glasses, see if you've kept the original box and place them in there. For dishes, you can wrap two or three within the same packing paper unless it's fine bone china. Cushion the bottom of the box with packing paper so it lessens the impact against the ground.
For the most part, you don't need to individually wrap pots and pans. But if you have ceramic ware, these items can easily be broken during the truck rental move if not properly protected with packing paper.
And to further protect your breakables during the move, make sure to label these boxes as "fragile." If you have a box with particularly expensive fragile items, you might also want to label it, "top load only" so nothing gets placed on top of it.
