Chad Cooper wrote:
>
> I have moved over 40 times in my life, and have found that it is essential
> to do the following:
> Pack everything you can into Banker's boxes. You know, the ones that have
> two handle holes, fold up flat, a lid, and a box already written on for
> labeling. They are more expensive than normal boxes but well worth it.
> You will find that when you get into your new house, you will have all of
> this stuff you can't stand to bring into the house. You will want to store
> them for later consideration.
>
> Here are the Merits of the Bankers box:
>
> * They have handholds. Regular boxes don't.
> * They have Lids, not folding tabs. Fold 20 or of those and you will want a
> lid.
> * They collapse neatly for storage.
> * They cannot be overloaded. Load it up with books, and it can still be
> carried by most people. Try that with a big box.
> * It if can't fit into a bankers box, you probably should not pack it or it
> probably requires special handling and packing anyway. Most things in your
> house will fit into one.
> * Bankers boxes stack neatly and efficiently. Different sized boxes will
> require you to play "put together a really dumb puzzle of different sized
> block into your moving van".
> * Later when you store them, you will have a collection of odd shaped, brown
> ugly boxes you will try to stack in an orderly manner. It never works out
> well.
> * Write numbers on the Boxes, then keep an index list of what is in each
> box. You will want to reuse these boxes, and you will want to store filled
> boxes later. Numbering is neater and easier to manage.
> * You can safely fit 4 bankers boxes onto a hand truck ( a dolly). You
> cannot safely carry big boxes on a hand truck.
>
> Well, that's my speech from a veteran mover. Bankers boxes, Bankers boxes,
> Bankers boxes!
Well, we're not planning on moving again for quite awhile, so I don't
think we want to invest in the bankers boxes.
Most of our stuff is going into boxes which are 14" X 14" X 10", which
is about my limit for lifting full of books. It's also perfect for
making 6 stacks of standard mass-market paperbacks for very easy packing
of books. (Packing the other books takes a little more effort, of
course, but it's not too bad.) We have some 18" X 12" X 12" boxes, but
I'm trying to use those only for things that won't fit in the other
size. (We have 8 books that won't fit in the other size....) We also
have a few wardrobe boxes for clothing that really ought to stay
hanging, if possible. (And with the wardrobe boxes, it is.)
There are 104 boxes packed for moving in this room. 98 of them are the
14" X 14" X 10" ones.
Julia
off to pack yet another box of books (59 of the boxes are book boxes,
and a 60th is packed and waiting to be brought in here from the living
room where it was packed)
