Take care when packing
Manning and
forethought can result
in a more organized
moving experience
PACKING SUPPLIES
• Tissue paper and unprinted
newsprint (newspaper ink can
soil and even damage some
items)
• 2 inch plastic packaging tape
(to assemble and close cartons)
• Masking tape
• Utility knife
• Permanent markers
Boxes
• 1.5 cubic foot boxes (book
box). Use for heavy or dense
items including books,
records, shoes, canned goods,
kitchen canisters, small appli
ances and hand or power
tools.
• 3 cubic foot boxes. General
purpose size. Good for lamp
shades, pots and pans, kitchen
utensils, etc.
• 4.5 and 6 cubic foot boxes.
For large, light-weight items
such as pillows and bedding.
Do not overload.
• Dishpacks specially de
signed with cell dividers for
transporting dishes, glasses,
bowls and other kitchenware.
Also good for lamps, small pic
tures, knick knacks, light ap
pliances.
PLANNER
• Have an inventory session.
Decide what to move, what
not to move.
• Schedule a moving sale for
items you won't move. Donate
other items to charitable orga
nizations.
• Make arrangements to dis
continue:
■ EWEB/SUB
■ Garbage collection
■ Local and long distance
phone service
• Mail change-of-address
cards to:
■ Post Office
■ Social Security Office
■ Insurance companies
■ Credit cards
■ Magazines
■ Mail-order accounts
• Defrost refrigerator and freez
er and allow thorough air-dry
ing to prevent mildew.
Arrange for disposal of frozen
foods (sell, give away or eat).
Clean oven.
• If you are moving home,
have your car serviced and
have proof of insurance in car.
• Remember to pack a box of
the basics you’ll need
on move-in day
(tools, paper
prod
ucts,
all-purpose household clean
ers, etc.). Be sure to have it
loaded last so that it will be
first off at your new home.
PACKING
Personal computers
• Back up software and data
files.
• Park the hard drive.
• Insert cardboard or an old
disk into disk drive(s).
• Unhook all cables and pow
er cords.
• Use static-free packing mate
rials.
• Remove printer ink car
tridges.
CD players/VCRs
• Never transport CD players
with CDs in them, or VCRs
with tapes left inside.
• Pack CDs or VCR tapes in
separate small cartons suitable
for books.
Source: “Moving You in a
New Direction," North Amer
ican Relocation Services.
CHRIS HUTCHINSON/Emerald
Top 10 Reasons to live at The Collegian (& NOT the dorms):
10. Food which is actually edible! (19 meals each week).
9. Rooms are big, big, big (and furnished at no chwge).
8. Bike storage locker leaves pesky tire mites hwigry!
I 7. Individual A/C A heat controls put you in the driver’s seat!
6. Gotcha! Candid camera 24 hour video surveillance.
5. Parking? Have we got parking! (cool underground bays).
4. On site laundry prevents aching washboard hands!
3. Intercom & buzzer system stops rude impromptu visits!
2. Get a large in room refrigerator for frosty cold treats!
1. Location, location, location! (5 minute walk to campus).
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