Helpful supplies include team lifting straps, a dolly for heavy items, moving blankets to protect your items and, of course, plenty of boxes of assorted sizes.

Use moving blankets to add some extra protection for these items. The lightest items, like small appliances, boxes, smaller furniture and pictures, should be loaded next. 3.

For securing the contents of your moving truck, Kit said this four-strap set from Husky —with a working load of 500 pounds—is as serviceable as strap sets that cost three or four times as much.