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Your largest and heaviest items should be secured against the wall that separates the driver from the rest of the truck. These heavy items should be placed in the truck first, secured by rope. Use furniture pads between any two items that might be touching. Secure any lighter items by using heavier items on their opposite sides.

Long items go on next, mostly up on their longest sides or edges. Loading large-sized mattresses go up against the side walls next, secured by rope. Be sure to use a mattress bag to ensure that the mattress isn't damaged during the move. Other long items to secure include sofas, table tops, long pictures and mirrors. The rest of the furniture should now go on the truck, arranged neatly and orderly, and up against the sides of the truck where possible. Again, moving pads are your friends here.

Heavy boxes are next on the list, arranged to form rows on the floor of the truck. Be careful to leave room to walk, and don’t stack the heavy boxes high enough to damage the ones on the bottoms. Also, never stack heavy boxes on top lighter ones. Follow those with your lighter boxes, and finally awkward items that didn’t fall into the other categories, secured with heavy twine and moving blankets.

Following this order should make your move more orderly and keep damage and stress to a minimum. As always our movers will be there to help you pack the truck should you need help doing so. Be sure to contact us should you have any questions regarding moving and we'll be happy to help.