Moving your items into long or short term storage ? 
Here are a few tips 

1. ensure you know the storage places rules regarding what can and can not be stored 
2. no storage place will for example allow any type of gas to be stored 
3. ​Remember to ensure anything with any liquid in it is drained ( Eg Washing machine (will need to ensure it is drained for the mover who brings it to storage anyway )
4. ensure nothing is moist or damp eg your fridge /and/or Freezer (and that the freezer is defrosted ) (and don't leave any food in either ) as to avoid mold or the likes growing developing 
5. Got a mattress you need to store ? Don't store it stood up right as after a while it will start to flop or bend Store it in a way that it can bend or sag so if possible against a wall and with a hard board at the front to stop that ​Or store then on their sides 
6. As when moving please ensure all boxes have either a lid or are seal-able to avoid the risk of contents spilling from them (especially if the storage unit is the 7 cubic metre wooden box type as they are moved around on folk lifts
7. Remember that black bags are not suitable for long term storage as they can and do after a while start to weaken and disintegrate making them harder to handle        
8. Find our main tips for moving section here   as the tips for packing boxes and glass items and the likes are the same for weather moving to a new house straight away or into Storage 
   
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   More tips will be added yet 
   But got any tips or tricks you discovered and want to share them please feel free to do so in the comment section below 
   
   

Lke the ex<mnpñe Another transport term you may of heard is Road train (and you may hear this one relating to your move(not with us as we don't have a road train and work with vans ) 
(i mentioned the term Road train thou myself the other day in this blog section in the blog video about why movers ask about Access 

so what is a Road Train ?
A road train in the Uk and most of Europe is a rigid lorry with an additional trailer behind it 
Like the example pictured below 

What is multimodal transport ?
Multi modal transport is the transportation of goods via multi modes of Transport often In a shipping container , by Truck from the Factory , then ship to a receiving port and then often depending on factors either onto a truck or a train , (if onto a train a truck/lorry will often do the final few miles )

What is a shipping container ?
They are those big metal boxes you often see on trucks
They do thou range in size from 20 foot (yes 10 foot ones exist but rare to see them in use in international transport /multimodal transport and that is a containers main purpose )​ 30 foot (mainly bulk powder and the likes are in these ) 40 and 45 foot containers 
( 1 teu is a 20 foot container (may have heard the term when you see container ships discussed )
Larger containers do exist but they are mainly in use in north America 

What is a flat rack Container?
While most shipping containers are just solid boxes with doors at one end a few other types exist, including Flat racks which are basically a containers version of a flat bed trailer 

Other Types of containers ?
Yes there are several other types beyond the above mentioned 2 as containers where developed in the 1960's to speed handling of goods up in ports 
As a result various types do exist including 
Bilk tipper containers (ass mentioned commonly the 30ft type (other sizes are about )
Curtain side containers the same as a box container expect the side is a curtain (like curtain side trailers )

Out of gauge ?
this is a term your more likely to come across in most sectors of Transport as it is just simply a term to describe any item been transported who size/s are out side standard and therefore larger than normally transported 
You also get containers with curtain roofs for tall out of gauge cargo's 
(for us out of gauge would be anything longer or wider than the van )(and most companies it will be just the same expect larger or wider or longer than what their largest units carry normally)