How to pack a 6x12 uhaul trailer
How Much can you get in a Uhaul 6 x 12 Trailer
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well hi there everybody you're trying
with me jack and of course as always
with my beautiful heavenly wife pam and
of yes indeed we are a traveling again
take a look that's right the old
highlander is once again hooked up and
ready
with another six by twelve u-haul
trailer first of all though
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in the meantime we want to talk a little
bit more about our experience with the
6x12 u-haul trailer this is our second
time around the first video did so well
though i wanted to add a few pointers
and help you out a little bit more
first of all we're towing with a 2005
highlander it's got over 200 000 miles
on it but i have maintained it from day
one very very well pulling capacity is
just great with the six by twelve
trailer you just wanna make sure that
your chains are always connected well
the lights and things like that
now the big question comes up how much
can you get in the six by twelve u-haul
trailer last time well i gave you some
ideas this time though we're going to be
just a little bit more detailed first
and foremost you have got to be
organized have you ever looked at
somebody that's not organized i did on
the day i was moving it looked like a
disaster movie in the making for me
though here's the key and my beautiful
bride pam she was a great organizer so
first of all i've talked about it before
try and get as many of the same size
boxes as well
don't use the old leftover crunched up
boxes you've got in your apartment or
your house and kind of piece them
together
it's just going to cause issues so in
this case with this trailer what i was
able to get inside was i had about 15
medium sized boxes and those will hold a
lot of stuff then i had about 12 to 15
of the small boxes now again i bought my
boxes at lowe's where they were pretty
inexpensive you can buy them at several
places but price them out i think i
ended up spending about 50 dollars total
in those boxes now also you don't have
to waste your money on the dish packs
just get some good packing paper and
wrap up the dishes you'll be just fine
now i'm going to tell you something
that's going to be your friend and also
help you organizationally so to speak
that is the plastic stretch wrap you
want to get some of that i wrapped all
my area rugs with that my goodness just
like they were still in the store made
them so easy to get in the trailer and
they're not flopping all over the place
so do remember that as well
speaking of boxes you remember your big
screen televisions when you bought your
flat screens you remember how you were
tempted to throw away the boxes my sweet
pam always said hang on to them and we
did wow what a time saver that is when
you have your tv boxes they go right
back in they're well protected and very
easy then to load into your trailer or
your truck
of course and this goes without saying
they'll tell you about this at the
u-haul place but do follow the advice
you want to load your heavy items first
towards the front in my case all those
boxes well they packed a lot of weight
put those right up in the front and oh
they just go in so beautifully now
eventually it's going to be a little bit
like a jigsaw puzzle but trust me you'll
be able to do it
oh i should have also mentioned be sure
and utilize the vehicle that you're
using to tow your trailer that's if
you're using a trailer in my case i did
all of our artwork wrapped it up and put
it in the back end of the car along with
any other little
art pieces things like that memorabilia
stuff that i just really really want to
make sure it's taken care of not going
to be jostled around in the trailer and
such i put that in the back of the car i
also was able to put in the railings
from our bed frame which coincidentally
i also wrapped with that plastic wrap
shrink wrap so to speak and that made
that much more easier as well
so let's get into the inventory list of
exactly what was i able to put in my
6x12 trailer well i had a couple of what
you might call those mid-century modern
chairs beautiful chairs i want to take
care of those wrapped them up really
really good yes it will fit a queen-size
mattress and box spring i was able to
get that in there as well i also had
this rather large and heavy sofa table
from the living room that i put in and i
also had this lengthwise what you might
call us an ottoman yeah this is an
ottoman you know you can keep things in
but it's almost as long as a couch and
it's pretty heavy too i was able to get
that in there i had a small little i
don't know a little table such that came
from the bedroom and then i had all my
boxes i also have a desk and then i also
had an office chair as well so all this
goes in all the vital items the things
that i certainly don't want to leave
behind go in first then all the
knickknacks stuff well you've packed so
beautifully because you were organized
you're going to have a lot of room left
usually and that's where i then kind of
put in the stuff like the brooms the
mops the trash cans the cleaners things
like that and guess what in the end
absolutely everything fit in this 6x12
trailer this was basically the contents
of a one bedroom apartment but again my
advice is be organized get organized
ahead of time clean out throw away
things and they get those same size
boxes box everything up seal them up
really good and then begin the loading
process and trust me it's going to be a
stress-free move because you've made
your life so much easier you've just
been able to everything just fit so
beautifully so do i recommend the u-haul
6x12 trailer once again i do gas mileage
people have asked me about that on the
2005 highlander normally on the highway
i get about 21 miles of the gallon when
i'm towing this big bad boy here well i
get about 12 to 13 miles to the gallon
so that's about it i hope i've helped
you once again on your moving experience
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until we do see you that next time have
a great day better yet make it a better
tomorrow and enjoy that move
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