3 Ways Professional Movers Can Make Every Job More Efficient

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Professional movers face a tough task every day: moving someone’s entire life. Whether it’s an apartment or a house, there are always boxes, furniture, and other items that need to be moved. From using a 2 wheel dolly to reduce fatigue to finalizing your loading plans ahead of time, a few tips can increase your team’s efficiency.

Worker unloading stacked boxes down an aluminum ramp from a delivery truck using a Magliner hand truck at a warehouse dock.

Plan Everything Out First

Your team should always start with a plan. Take a few minutes to walk the home or apartment. Determine the best routes to move items out, especially if the client has moved boxes to a few different locations. Plan what your team will tackle first and determine how everything will fit into the moving truck. Stacking boxes in the truck is fairly easy, but anything not in boxes can get tricky. You need to know how you will protect those items and keep things tied down or cushioned throughout transit.

The Crew Should Work as a Unit

If your team doesn’t work as a cohesive unit, it’s inefficient. Your crew should know how to work together, such as clearing paths for furniture moving equipment, and know when to help each other out. Some equipment can reduce the need for team lifts, but that doesn’t mean teamwork isn’t needed to get the job done quickly and efficiently. With proper coordination, your crew can load and unload the moving truck faster than if they just grabbed random items on their own.

Delivery worker pushing a Magliner hand truck loaded with multiple cardboard boxes across a warehouse floor for efficient transport.

Reduce Physical Strain to Conserve Energy

Finally, your team needs its strength to operate at full capacity. Spreading out the work is essential. However, that doesn’t mean you need team lifts, as an appliance moving hand truck can enable a single team member to move larger items, like a fridge or couch. That means saving energy so your team’s speed stays consistent throughout the job. Instead of slowing down due to fatigue, reducing strain where possible means tasks are completed more quickly and efficiently. 

Woman organizing household items and labeled boxes using a Magliner hand truck during a home move in a living room setting.

About Magline

For more than 75 years, Magliner material handling tools have set the gold standard across a variety of industries. These material handling solutions are a common sight in workplaces and delivery vans worldwide. When you equip your employees with Magliner tools, they can complete tasks quickly, efficiently, and safely. From warehouse workers who need a powered hand truck to final mile delivery drivers using a classic hand truck, there’s a Magliner tool for every job. Check out the full selection or Design Your Own Magliner today.

Find the material handling tools your professional moving team needs at https://www.magliner.com/

This article was originally published on magliner.com’s blog here.

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