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Packing materials or packing supplies are the cartons, crates, wrapping paper, supplies, and tape used to pack up the customer’s belongings before the move. Arpin of RI uses the best packing materials commercially available. We have specialty cartons that are double thick cartons for china and breakables. We have specialty cartons for hanging clothing, mirrors, art work, […]

Peak season is a term used by the Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, or SDDC, the arm of the US Military that handles the HHG movement of service members and their families. The SDDC defines their peak season as the period from mid-May and to approximately mid-August. In this time frame, the SDDC dramatically increases the rates

Perishable items are agricultural items that will likely spoil during the move if include in the shipment. The length of the move and the season will affect the durability of food. A rule of thumb is that if the food stuffs are unopened and will stay fresh in a kitchen cupboard, then it will stay

Pickup and delivery charges, sometimes referred to as drayage charges are charges to load your items and bring them into storage at origin, or to deliver your items from storage to your residence at destination. Keep in mind that the moving cost that are charged cover one loading and one delivery. Shipments that are stored

Pre-existing damages are the minor imperfections that accumulate in household goods from regular wear and tear. Before an interstate shipment is loaded, the crew must inventory each and every item to describe its condition. An item’s condition is a listing of any damages, defects, or idiosyncrasies that are present in the item. Typical examples of

Professional packers are the workers who provide packing services at origin to prepare a customer’s belongings for shipment. Packing is defined as the paper wrapping of smaller fragile items and the placing these wrapped items into cardboard cartons for eventual loading by the movers. Because customers have an almost endless variety of items to be

The term palletized refers to how items are stored in a professional HHG warehouse. Unlike a mini-storage where items are stacked loose into a large garage-like area, professional warehouse like Arpin of RI uses plywood vaults to store their customer’s goods. Each numbered vault is approximately 7’ tall by 7’ deep by 5’ wide. The vault

A carrier packed carton is a designation for a carton that is either physically packed by the carrier (the movers), or is a new unopened carton from the factory and/or a previously packed carton that the carrier is liable for. The entity that packs a carton is also the entity that is labile if there

A packed by owner or PBO carton is a carton that has literally been packed by the owner, aka the customer, and not by the carrier. PBO cartons include corrugated cartons as well as plastic totes. Since the carrier has not had any chance to verify the condition of the items that are packed, or

A moving pad is a quilted blanket-like padded material used for protecting shipment items loaded onto a moving truck. Furniture pads are constructed of two exterior layers of polyester fabric sandwiching a half inch thick bolt of cotton padding. To keep everything in place, the surface of the pad is sewn with very strong thread in a