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Moving important papers(etc) halfway across the country
UniAce | May 28 2006
Hi all, I'll be driving a U-Haul the whole 2,000 miles, maybe making it like a 3-day trip. My concern is that I may be driving through some rain on the way, or at least a bunch of moisture overnight, and the U-Haul will be far from airtight, I'm sure. So what are some good ways to try and protect my most important paper artifacts from the moisture (and temp cahnges? will be driving thru desert after all)? I've got two big plastic rubbermaid storage bins, but they're not airtight. I have too many papers to, say, put them all in big ziploc bags. Maybe airtight's not the answer anyway? Any suggestions would be much appreciated! 7 Comments
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 When I moved from LA...Submitted by anielsen on May 29, 2006 - 6:18am.
When I moved from LA to DC recently, I went and scanned all of my important documents (tax forms, everything) at least so that I would have a second record. It's a daunting task when you start from scratch, but updating once a year at tax time isn't too bad. I keep my archive files in crates, which are not sealed or anything, but I wrapped them in tarps which seems to work fine to keep them dry. As someone else suggested, unless you're flooded under you don't need the papers to be airtight. I have movers take most of my stuff, but I loaded my car with the important docs and pictures that were irreplaceable. I would suggest that if you are going to make a backup copy of things, send the backup copy ahead to someone you know for safekeeping. They can verify that it's OK and then you don't have to worry about the backup during the move. I'm actually a big fan of sending a backup to someone you trust who lives in a different area (parents or other relative perhaps). » POSTED IN:
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