When you’re in the process of packing up all of your personal possessions for your next move, it’s important to know that some items cannot be included. Moving companies simply won’t transport a number of items in order to protect themselves and the rest of your possessions from harm during the trip to your new home. Before your professional movers arrive, make sure you haven’t packed up anything they won’t allow. Here’s what All American Moving and Storage can’t move:

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

If it looks or smells dangerous, you can bet we won’t be piling it into the back of one of our trucks. Items that are considered hazardous include:

Aerosol cans
Ammonia
Ammunition
Batteries
Bleach
Car batteries
Charcoal/lighter fluid
Chemistry sets
Cleaning solvents

Darkroom chemicals
Fertilizer
Firearms
Fire extinguishers
Fireworks
Fuels/Oils
Kerosene
Matches
Nail polish

Paint/Varnishes
Paint thinner
Pesticides
Poisons
Pool chemicals
Propane tanks
Sterno fuel
Scuba tanks
Weed killer

PERISHABLE ITEMS

Transporting food goods can attract all sorts of critters and problems along the way, and moving these critters can put your food items – and your movers – at great risk. That’s why we won’t move items like:

Food that hasn’t been properly preserved
Frozen foods
Open containers of foodstuffs
Plants
Produce
Refrigerated food

ITEMS OF PERSONAL OR SEMTIMENTAL VALUE

There are some items that need to be carried along with you when you move. If you have items of real personal or sentimental value, don’t risk anything happening to them by packing them along with the items in the back of our trucks. The items you shouldn’t put pack and put on the moving truck include:

Address books
Airline tickets
Car titles
Cash
Cell phones
Checkbooks
Computer data or backup files
Family photographs
Financial documents
Furs

Home videos
Insurance policies
Jewelry
Keys (to anything)
Laptops
Medical/dental records
Medicine
School records
Work files