PODS & Container Loading in Reading, PA

What we do

• Carry furniture and boxes from the rooms to the container and load from the front wall back, floor to ceiling.
• Spread the weight evenly from side to side and from end to end, with the heaviest pieces low.
• Tie off each section with the rope or straps confirmed for the job, using the container's tie-down points where it has them.
• Pad furniture with the moving blankets confirmed for the job and fill gaps to limit shifting.
• Load the last section so the door can close and latch.
• Unload a delivered container and place furniture and boxes in the rooms you point out.

What you arrange

• Ordering the container, choosing its size, and setting its delivery and pickup dates with the container company.
• A legal, level spot for the container, and any permit or community approval that spot needs.
• A lock for the container door, and the key.
• Agreeing before the day who supplies the moving blankets, rope and straps.
• Checking the container company's list of items it does not allow, and keeping those out of the load.

Not included

• Delivering, moving, collecting or driving the container.
• Ordering, paying for or scheduling the container on your behalf.
• Permits, parking arrangements or community approvals for where the container sits.
• Hazardous materials and anything else the container company prohibits.
• Pianos, safes and similar specialist pieces unless the written plan names them.

Include in your request

A useful request says what you know and marks what is still uncertain.

• The container company and the container's size.
• The delivery date, the pickup date, and where the container will sit.
• Which end you need help at: filling the container, emptying it, or both, with the town for each.
• How far the container will sit from the door, and any steps on the way.
• Whether the load is going straight to a new home or into storage first.