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What Not to Ship
For safety purposes, certain items will not be accepted for shipment by your mover. They include, but are not limited to:
Unsealed/Perishable Food
- Opened containers
- Frozen food
- Items requiring refrigeration
Combustible Liquids
- Alcoholic beverages (any single container over one gallon)
- Alcohols
- Fluid Cleaners (containing combustible material, like spot cleaners, etc.)
- Antifreeze Compounds
Corrosive Liquids
- Acids (muriatic, nitric, etc.)
- Dyes
- Battery with Acid
- Disinfectants
- Flame retardant compounds
- Paint
- Iron/steel rust preventing/removing compounds
- Paint RemoverÂ
Explosives
- Ammunition
- Black Powder
- Dynamite, plastics, etc.
- Blasting Caps
- Explosive Auto Alarms
- Fireworks
- Fuse Lighters
- Igniters
- Primers
- Propellants
- Smokeless Powder
- Signal Flares
- Souvenir explosive instruments of war
- Spear guns having charged heads
- Toy propellants or smoke devices
Flammables
- Acetone
- Ammonia
- Adhesives (glues, cements, plastics)
- Charcoal briquettes
- Cleaning Fluids
- Compound 3 Weed Killers
- Denatured Alcohol
- Leather Dressing or Bleach
- Enamel
- Oil Stains for Wood
- Gasoline
- Paint or Varnish Remover
- Insecticides
- Petroleum Products
- Kerosene
- Polishes/Shoe Polishes, liquid
- Lacquer
- Propane Tanks
- Shellac
- Propane or other Gas
- Stain Removers
- Turpentine
- Lighter Fluids
- Varnish
- Wood Filler
- Other regulated material termed combustible, corrosive, or flammable
Gases, Compressed
- Engine Starting Fluids
- Fire Extinguishers
- Gases Used in Welding
- Aerosol Cans (containing a flammable gas, flammable liquid, toxic or corrosive substance)
- Scuba Diving Tanks:
Only those containing not more than 25 pounds per square inch at 70 degrees Fahrenheit may be shipped. Written certification of purging serviced by dive shop or licensed individual -— a tag or label must be affixed to the tank certifying service was per-formed. Completely empty tank, remove the valve, and replace valve with plug designed for it.
Chlorinated Hydrocarbons
(in decorative lamps)Power Equipment
Completely drain fuel from engine power driven equipment (motorcycles, mopeds, lawn mowers, boats, snowmobiles, jet skis, etc.) Run until engine stalls.
- Drain all oil and water.
- Allow the fuel tank and lines to remain open for 24 hours prior to loading.
- Disconnect nonspillable gel-type batteries and tape the ends to prevent short circuit (Only nonspillable gel-type batteries are authorized.) Batteries containing acid not acceptable.
