Items Not to Move

At Hilldrup, the safety of your family and your valuables are extremely important to us. For that reason, we are unable to move hazardous or perishable substances as well as a number of other miscellaneous items. Please read the below list carefully and plan accordingly.

Perishable Items

  • Frozen foods
  • Produce
  • Refrigerated foods
  • Open food without adequate preservation
  • Plants

Miscellaneous items

This third category of non-transportable items can create problems should your shipment be delayed. We suggest that irreplaceable items or sentimental items be carried with you instead of being packed with your shipment.

  • Address books
  • Airline tickets
  • Car keys
  • Cell phones
  • Checkbooks
  • Computer disks
  • Currency
  • Deeds/titles
  • Family albums
  • Financial documents
  • Insurance policies
  • iPods/MP3 players
  • IRAs
  • Jewelry/precious stones
  • Keys to furniture, safe and/or home
  • Laptop computers
  • Medical and dental records
  • New home documents
  • Personal videotapes
  • Prescribed medicine
  • Professional files
  • School records
  • Wedding albums

Hazardous materials

Due to Department of Transportation regulations we cannot transport the following:

  • Fuel of any kind
  • Gasoline
  • Sterno
  • Kerosene
  • Motor oil
  • Propane tanks
  • Lamp oil
  • Lighter fluid
  • Matches
  • Charcoal
  • Household batteries
  • Car batteries
  • Cleaning solvents
  • Ammonia
  • Liquid bleach
  • Pesticides
  • Poisons such as weed killers
  • Fireworks
  • Paint thinner
  • Paints
  • Aerosols
  • Nail polish
  • Nail polish remover
  • Chemistry sets
  • Ammunition
  • Loaded guns
  • Firewood