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Any helpful hints on packing a POD?

Asked by nocountry2 (3689points) June 15th, 2009

I am moving soon, and filling a POD with not much – just some valuables and things I’ll need to start a new life. I’m going to take a road trip for a few months until I figure out where I’m ending up. Anybody have packing experience or suggestions?

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Darwin's avatar

Heavier items on the bottom, lighter ones on the top. Plenty of paper or bubble wrap around breakables in their boxes, and possibly even double-box them to be certain nothing gets smashed.

If you don’t have enough to fill it completely, then I would fill it to a uniform height to avoid things falling when the POD is moved.

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Jeruba's avatar

I am sorry to be ignorant, but what is a POD?

Sounds like you have made some big decisions since February, @nocountry2. Very best wishes to you.

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Lupin's avatar

At first I thought you were talking about one of these. Then I read the rest of the question.
Use good boxes. They are cheap insurance.

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