The Story

We spent a long time looking for movers.  Eventually we found a small moving company that used two 26 foot long trucks to move our stuff.  They had the same crew load, ship, and unload the goods.  I liked this because it meant great accountability for the collection.  The unloading guys could not pass blame off on the driver or loading crew for any damage.

I also liked the idea of having the collection in two separate trucks. If one of them drove off a bridge into the Mississippi River, it's unlikely the other truck would also do that.  That provided better protection for the collection.  Even though the shipment was insured, money would not have been enough to replace the lost collection.

I briefed the movers on the importance of loading the collection carefully to avoid crushing the boxes and of keeping the underbed storage boxes level.  Still, at least 20 boxes were crushed, and at least three were loaded vertically and much of the load rattled down to one end of the box!