Risks of shipping hazardous items during your residential move

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Risks of shipping hazardous items during your residential move by John Fish
Article published on July 18th 2012 | Travel Tips
United States Federal law does not allow you to transport dangerous and hazardous materials
during your residential move without informing your moving company or transportation carrier. Any
such violation can result in 5 years jail term or a fine of $ 250,000 or more. Apart from this you are
risking the loss of your items by damage or fire or contamination.
If you happen to pack hazardous items in your moving boxes or ship them along with your furniture
then you would be considered as a hazardous item transporter. In such a case there are many laws
that you need to follow depending on the state you are in. So if you feel that any of the items that
you are moving could be hazardous, then its best to check with your moving company.
Moving to a Smaller Home? Downsize Now
Often we come across the situation of moving to a smaller place. It is natural to have a lot of
household items accumulated over a period of time. It is not going to be easy to get rid of some of
these items if you donaTMt have the space for them at your new location. On second thought it might be
actually possible to reduce the stuff that you are going to move into your new location provided you
do it methodically.
Here are a few tips which would help you reduce a lot of time and energy in such a situation as
moving to a smaller home.
Accessing what you actually need in your day to day life actually involves in prioritizing on things
that you are or going to use in the next few days. Get rid of things that you think that could be useful
in a year or so. For example you might have a treadmill lying around somewhere taking up a lot of
space. If you havenaTMt been using it for a while then get rid of it. Technology always keeps advancing
and by the time you decide to burn some calories you might as well get a latest model rather than
using an out dated one. Get rid of things like that. Even non working electronic items can be put
away with as it keeps depreciating in value and features day by day.
Storage areas are a good place to start looking for things that you will not be needing. Basements,
attics etc are the areas you want to start with. There could be many things which would not have
seen sunlight for years. Get rid of them.
Even after getting rid of items that you will not be using, you might still have certain things that need
to be retained. Put them all into boxes so that it goes straight into your new storage place. You will
save a lot of money by not carrying useless stuff hence making your relocation a cost effective one
be it a local move or a long distance move.
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