I just moved from the Bay Area to AZ and I'll tell you what I did. Cardboard boxes with news paper. uHaul seemed to have the best boxes. The Small and Med have handles which help. Number the boxes with a sharpie and take pictures of the number then the snap a picture 2 or 3 times inside the box as fill it. You can do this quickly and then go through the images to find something rather than ripping into boxes once you are at your new location. I rented a Budget truck. They give you 5 days and you drop it at a local dealer. A 24’ truck is huge. uHaul trucks have the “grandma’s attic” over the cab but they include that in the length of the truck. So a 24’ Budget has more space than a uHaul 24’ truck.I used movinghelp.com and you can get 2 or 3 people for a reasonable price. Like everything else online look at the reviews. The guys that did the loading were really good. They packed everything like a puzzle & tight so I didn’t have to use much strapping. I’ve downsized my collection 2 times on big moves both times I wish a kept more. I hope this helps.
Kirk > On Aug 27, 2017, at 12:33 PM, emanuel stiebler via cctalk > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > Hi all, > I planing on moving from the Midwest to the the east coast. > Any recommendations how to pack the stuff? I'll get a container > for my stuff, 19" racks we don't have to talk about, but what about all the > smaller stuff, like desktop workstations, hard drives, monitors, terminals > etc? > Cardboard boxes, bubble wrap, or what? > I know, for a uhaul across the city, I stacked them, but on a longer > distance, how to pack it right? > > Thanks!
