Sutherland shire Removals Community Guide & Business Directory - Cronulla, Miranda, Caringbah, Gymea, Kirrawee, Engadine, Sutherland, Sylvania, Jannali, Menai, Bangor, Taren Point, Bundeena, Kurnell, Heathcote, Kareela, Illawong, Alfords Point

Removal

A moving company, removalist, or truck line is a company that helps people and businesses relocate their goods from one place to another. Typically they use moving vans or trucks, but for international moves or where storage is required they may use special containerised trucks or shipping containers.

Household removals require careful wrapping and packing to avoid damage to furniture and effects, so many household policies do not cover goods in transit unless they are being packed, carried and unpacked by a professional remover. In the moving industry, when a customer packs and unpacks his own boxes it is referred to as PBO (packed by owner) and policies do not insure these goods. On PBO moves it can become a point of huge contention between the mover and the customer as to who is at fault regarding damaged items within a box. Was it packed improperly by the customer or did the mover mishandle the box?

Pianos are a particular problem; removals contractors will usually have specialist piano trolleys and there is a device colloquially known as a shoe which is strapped to the side of a grand piano to allow it to be rested on edge on the trolley without damaging the polish or applying excessive force to the sides of the instrument.