How to Navigate the Trickiest Moving Obstacles and Issues

Whether you’re a professional mover, delivery driver, warehouse picker, or a construction worker, a strategy is essential when you need to move things from place to place. It might not always seem like moving things around requires much planning, but more often than not, your safety is at stake. Insufficient planning or attention to safety can make the work harder or even result in property damage or personal injury. Consider the following for safer and more efficient moving when the moving gets tricky.

Planning it Out

When you have to move a dresser down a long stairway, having the right equipment is important, but it’s not just about renting a stair climbing dolly. Plot out navigation of the trickier features of a move in detail before you begin. Measure the item being transported and then measure all doors and apertures along the route. Clear the floor and make sure that all tripping hazards, like cords or rugs, are out of the way. Attempt a test move of a few feet. Do you need additional equipment or more people to help? Be cautious and realistic about it. The inconvenience of calling some friends or renting that hand truck is a far better option than being bed-bound for a couple of weeks after you throw your back out.

Navigating Staircases

Stairs present a risky, challenging, and dangerous obstacle for several reasons—which makes one of those dollies that climb stairs an invaluable tool for large, heavy items. For one, the load can obscure the mover’s vision. Additionally, the movers can’t just drop it for a while to rest or adjust their grip. If a load slips, it’s almost certainly going to be damaged crashing down the stairs, and anyone in its path will have trouble getting out of the way. It’s therefore crucial that loads are secured and anyone moving them is confident in their ability to handle the move up or down stairs.

Heavy, Bulky, Antique, and Valuable Loads

When moving smaller, valuable, fragile items or antiques, extra space is the enemy. The more room they have to move around, the higher the chances of external or internal damage. Wrap each piece of that antique china in bubble wrap, moving paper, a hand towel—anything that will protect it. Fill the spaces between those items with towels, T-shirts, more bubble wrap, or anything else that fills up any extra space. For large, heavy, bulky loads—especially antique or valuable ones—be sure you have the right tools. Rent an appliance hand truck or stair climbing dolly if necessary. Get straps to secure the item to the hand truck or dolly. Wrap the load entirely in blankets, and once again, be sure you can move it comfortably before actually attempting the move.

About Magline

Magline is easily one of the best-known and most trusted names in the material handling industry. The name is such a byword for trusted and valued material handling equipment that any hand truck, no matter its original brand, is often referred to as a “Magliner.” Unfortunately for those brands, being called a Magliner is no substitute for the real thing. Magline has been engineering and producing the sturdiest, the most reliable, and the easiest-to-use material handling equipment in the industry for over 70 years. Along with their renowned classic hand trucks, they offer a wide selection of more specialized options, including a 2 wheel dolly line, a stair climbing cart selection, a convertible/collapsible hand truck series, and a whole lot more.

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