How would you guys pack up 1000 C&D type tins for a move? Trying to figure out the best way to pack up all of these tins?
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Stack em end to end and roll in bubble wrap?
I might copy what one of the European venders does with the tins they ship to me.
As @kschatey said, make stacks, then wrap with a commercial type stretch wrap. You can get this at Home Depot, Walmart etc. This makes a fairly stable unit. These stacks can then be placed in a box or tote, then add some paper or peanuts for stability as needed.
The tins I’ve ordered from Germany have made it halfway around the world to the PNW with no trouble.
I'd buy the larger, deep plastic totes and some thin styrofoam. Pack a later, lay down styrofoam, rinse and repeat. If you're really worried, stuff some bubble wrap in any gaps to inhibit movement. That's the key, to inhibit movement so they're not banging around.
It just sucks that the most difficult thing to pack up is my tobacco cellar. Everything thing else seems easy.
Like all the rest of the house stuff, let the movers pack it.
I’d just throw C&D tins in a big yard waste bagWait... so what's the big deal? I've moved my cellar twice, and all I've ever done with tins is put them all in a box and moved them. Not a single one was damaged; however, if one or three got dented, I wouldn't sweat it... especially if it's just C&D stuff
Wait... so what's the big deal? I've moved my cellar twice, and all I've ever done with tins is put them all in a box and moved them. Not a single one was damaged; however, if one or three got dented, I wouldn't sweat it... especially if it's just C&D stuff
Lol...Its actually 500 Mcclelland tins and 500 C&D tins
Probably. Maybe more. Do you have to move them all at one time? You could move a couple totes, unload them then go fill them back up again. Unless this is a distant move or needs to be completed in a short time.
Not sure how you're moving, doing the move yourself and renting a truck....
U-Haul (locally here) has these plastic totes to rent for $1.50 each for a week. So a dozen totes would cost you $18 for a week.
They're perfect if you don't want to purchase totes and then have all those totes sitting around...unless you plan on storing all of your tins in them.
U-Haul (locally here) has these plastic totes to rent for $1.50 each for a week. So a dozen totes would cost you $18 for a week.
They're perfect if you don't want to purchase totes and then have all those totes sitting around...unless you plan on storing all of your tins in them.
I always just use cardboard boxes. I even keep most of mine in boxes. They're cheap, and serve the purpose of just holding the tins while you carry them to the truck, and then from truck to new house. I mean, unless you hired the Harlem Globetrotters to load and unload, have to drive down a hundred miles of pock marked dirt roads, or this move involves an air drop, I wouldn't worry about it.