Mar 28, 2024

The Ultimate Guide to Moving Non-Allowable Items: What to Do and How to Dispose of Them?

You are about to move to a different place to start your new future. But, do you have any idea about what to take along and what not from your previous household? If no then keep on reading this article to know the details of the things that you can and cannot move with you. There are a lot of things that movers and packers Hyderabad will not allow you to move in the moving vehicle. Even there are some items that you should not move at all rather you should dispose them of. Let’s read about the non-allowable items in detail.


What are non-allowable items? 

The non-allowable items are the ones that are not allowed to be moved along in a moving vehicle due to numerous safety reasons. Below are three categories under which these non-allowable items fall: 

1. Items that the movers cannot move

There are different types of items that movers don’t allow to be moved. One such item is the hazardous materials. These items are a great threat to your household goods and also to the safety of the humans. This is why movers usually do not allow any type of hazardous item in their moving truck. Make sure to dispose such items properly and safely before the final move. 

These types of dangerous and flammable materials are: 

Flammable, corrosive, or Explosive items

Fire Extinguisher

Nail Polish & Nail Polish Remover

Paints & Paint Thinner

Acids

Fireworks

Aerosols, Gasoline, & Kerosene

Ammonia, Pesticides, & Poisons

Household & Car Batteries

Ammunition

Lamp and motor Oil

Pool Chemicals & Liquid Bleach

Charcoal

Propane Tanks

Charcoal Lighter Fluid

Loaded Guns & Gun Reloading Supplies

Chemistry Sets

Matches

Scuba Tanks

Cleaning Solvents & Darkroom Chemicals

Weed Killer

2. Items that can’t be moved, except under special circumstances

There are certain items that movers can move but only under special circumstances. However, they deny to move these items still on special request or with appropriate consideration, they can be moved. These items include food items and plants. If the food items are opened and easily perishable then they will be not allowed inside the moving truck. But, if they are non-perishable or enclosed in a box then they can be moved by them. Plants are however not permissible to move but where they are allowed to be moved without any restrictions then the movers will make them move by following the perfect packing and protection methods. 

Under certain circumstances only, the movers allow perishable items to be moved and such situations are: 

If the items are properly packed.

If it does not require any servicing during transit. 

If it has to be traveled fewer than 150 miles. 

If it will be delivered within 24 hours of pickup. 

If these criteria are met then the movers probably move the perishable food items along with them in the moving truck. 

3. Items that you should move yourself in private vehicle

There are many valuable items at your home that you do not want to give to the movers to be moved like jewelry, family heirloom, items of sentimental value, personal items, important documents, and similar other things. It is also advisable that you should not move such items with movers due to the chance of getting them damaged or lost during the travel. No amount of money will be able to replace any of your sentimentally-valued item. Thus, it is better that you should move such items along with you in your private vehicle. 

Movers also do not allow your pets to move in the moving truck. Either you have to move them along with you in your vehicle or you have to arrange a pet relocation provider, who will transport your pet or pets to the destination in the safest manner. There are several reasons behind not transporting your pets in the truck as there will be issue of ventilation and most importantly, safety. There are higher chances of falling anything on them, which might hurt them. 

Here is list of the items that you cannot move along with the movers: 

Family Heirlooms

Photographs, Photo Albums

Keys to furniture, safe, home

Address Books

Airline Tickets

Insurance Policies

Professional Files (attorney, accountant, physician)

Car Keys

IRAs/Deeds/Tax Records

Research Projects

Car Titles

Jewelry & Cash

School Records

Sterling Silver

Cell Phones

Laptop Computers

Stocks/Bonds

Certificates of Deposit

Medical & Dental Records

Checkbooks

Medicine

Financial Documents


Conclusion 

Sometimes, it is better to move some of your important items along with you or simply dispose of the items that are not safe to move along. After reading this article, you might get aware of the essential items that you should leave behind, dispose of, take along in your private vehicle, or simply throw away. Packers and movers Hyderabad will not allow to move these items in their moving truck due to safety reasons only. 

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