Packing And Moving Tips That Can Save You A Fortune
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About the Book
My work, a nonfiction book, consists of detailed comprehensible information designed to aid the consumer of a rental truck for self-moving purposes, self-packing in preparation for professional relocation, and self-storage use. It is the culmination of over two-and-a-half decades of personally successful methods of packing and moving household goods in the professional arena. The book, while dotted with amusing anecdotes, offers detailed availability of professional services, a dangerous items list, and the procurement and usage of packing materials and equipment. Every page within its forty-three chapters eases the consumer through the intricacies of packing every item within the home, usual and unusual, as well as the preparation of each and every item to be moved...lifting, carrying and loading procedures, unpacking, and the innovative disposition of used materials. And, finally, the book contains a number of illustrations augmenting the consumer’s understanding even further.
About the Author
I began my career in the relocation industry in 1969 as an apprentice helper with a local Mayflower agency in Santa Monica, California. Within six months, I achieved local driver status and began training as a packer in both a local and long distance capacity. My eleven years with the agency included local and long distance packing, warehousing, local intrastate and interstate moving, driver foremanship and transcontinental relocating. In the spring of 1981, I joined Global Van Lines as an owner-operator with the transcontinental fleet where I continued to practice all that I had learned previously. In 1988, following a brief illness, I took a job as a mover trainer to work with aspiring owner-operators. A year later, I rejoined the relocation ranks as a contract operator with Beverly Hills Transfer Company, an agent of Allied Van Lines. I also held a packing contract with the firm of more than three years where I supervised my own crews. While at Beverly Hills Transfer, I became involved with specific contracts connected with the relocation of Mariott Hotel executives that included the full-service package from origin to destination. The desire to remain closer to home and family caused me to terminate an enjoyable contract with a Houston, Texas agency affiliated with Suddath United Van Lines. There again, I was involved with large corporate full-service relocation for such companies as Home-Express, the Bechtel Corporation, Texaco and Union Oil Companies, and the then "Houston Oilers" football team. I have handled countless military and C.O.D. relocations and also serviced a variety of international customers. I am currently maintaining my ties to the industry as a contractor with a Wheaton Van Lines agency in Brea, California.