It should be remembered that your mobile home was in fact not designed to be moved with any thing but the factory installed equipment and furnishings. The more weight that you have added to the factory weight, then the greater the chances for structural damage to your mobile home while in transit. The following items simply cannot be shipped inside of your mobile home:

* Hazardous or flammable materials;
* Gas tanks or bottles, oil barrels and similar compressed canisters and materials;
* Guns, Ammunition or Explosives;
* Motorcycles/motorbikes/scooters/bicycles;
* Concrete blocks/bricks,paving stones;
* Pets;

* External central air conditioning and/or heat pump units not part of the trailer’s manufactured equipment;
o Large and heavy items such as pianos and electric organs;
o Lawn mowers;
o Fragile or antique furniture;
o Heavy freezers;
o Assembled or disassembled garden sheds, porches, swings, cabanas, skirting, fencing and steps;
o Flower boxes/plants;
o Full aquariums;
o Waterbeds not originally part of the trailer (of course all waterbeds have to be drained);
o Air conditioners;
o Yard or porch furniture;
o Outside television antenna/disks; and
o Heavy tool chests.

VALUABLES

If your mobile home is to be towed by a commercial transporter, do not include any valuables, such as important financial or personal documents, hcas, money, jewels or jewelry, precious stones, furs, bonds, deeds, stock certificates or securities, stamp or coin collections, personal or business papers, or any other articles of extraordinary or peculiar inherent value. Remember, the carrier is totally responsible for your mobile home during transit and must be given a set of keys to your mobile home. The carrier will not accept any liability for such articles.

OVERLOADING

Overloading during the movement of your home can contribute to problems such as buckled or popped panels, blown-out tires, broken axles, bent wheels and warped frames, and damage to other component parts of the undercarriage. Charges resulting from overloading can be several thousand dollars, for which you are responsible.

The mobile home mover will not approve, nor will a commercial transporter accept, a mobile home believed to be overloaded. Avoid overloading by removing household goods no longer of value to you and your dependents. Have a garage or yard sale, or just give away and donate such items to a charitable organization or your friends if you have to. If overloading of your mobile home still exists, ask your mobile home mover for details about a do-it-yourself move or to arrange a Personal Property Bill of Lading move for the excess property. Professional books, papers and equipment should be packed, marked, weighed and, when necessary, shipped separately from the mobile home.