[78-L] Pack em up and move em out

[Robert M. Bratcher Jr.]

At 06:43 PM 7/29/2010, you wrote:
>When I moved five years ago, I self-packed and self-moved about 11,000
>78s and 10,000 LPs and other assorted musical media, magazines, books,
>etc. All the records were packed in sturdy boxes. I stacked the 78s
>(all in sleeves) horizontally, with dividers every 15 records or so. I
>did not fill the box to the top but left room for packing material at
>the top. Before putting anything in a box, I first put a divider on the
>bottom to smooth out any uneven areas and spread the weight of the
>records evenly. To pack the box, I used either newsprint packing paper,
>which I got from U-Haul, or newspapers. I would shape crude rolls of
>paper which I would then pack around the sides of each stack, from
>bottom to top. I would place another divider on top of the records and
>then pack in more paper so nothing could move in any direction. In
>essence, each box was a block. I then sealed each box with Post Office
>packing tape . With a felt-tip marking pen, I numbered each box and
>identified the general contents by label or principal artist. Only two
>78s broke. All the LPs arrived in perfect shape.


Last time I moved all my records about 11 years ago it was a self 
(just me) pack & move of them with a U'Haul truck I rented for the 
local move. Thankfully no breakage but I'd prefer not to move them 
ever again. That last time was enough!!