{"id":23776,"date":"2014-09-17T11:01:13","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T18:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/?p=23776"},"modified":"2019-08-01T11:09:12","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T18:09:12","slug":"moving-and-storage-tips-for-pirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/17\/moving-and-storage-tips-for-pirates\/","title":{"rendered":"Moving and Storage Tips For Pirates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Moving-Tips-For-Pirates.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-23781 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Moving-Tips-For-Pirates-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"Moving and Storage Tips for Pirates\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\"><\/a>September 19<sup>th<\/sup> be International Talk Like a Pirate Day, but whether ye just be celebrating today or if the pirate&#8217;s life is for ye every day, we savy that even pirates have to move. A pirates life be one that is carried by the wind with no place to call yer own save yer own ship and Tortuga. These here be some tips to make movin as a pirate as easy as can be.<\/p>\n<h3>The Sea<\/h3>\n<p>The Sea can be a harsh mistress. Ye be at the mercy of her winds, and many a pirate has met his end in Davy Jones&#8217; Locker. Yer pirate booty does not have to meet the same fate. Wrap ye bits and bobbins with <a title=\"U-Haul Mover's Stretch Plastic Wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/MovingSupplies\/Protective-stuff\/Movers-Stretch-Plastic-Wrap?mid=102&amp;utm_campaign=uhaulsm&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=movingsupplies&amp;utm_content=21040917-movingandstoragetips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mover&#8217;s stretch wrap<\/a>. Some things be fittin in <a title=\"U-Haul Bags and Covers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/MovingSupplies\/Covers-bags\/?utm_campaign=uhaulsm&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=movingsupplies&amp;utm_content=21040917-movingandstoragetips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">their own bags<\/a> too. Cover them all in a <a title=\"U-Haul Tarp Cover\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/MovingSupplies\/Covers-bags\/Tarp-Covers?mid=110&amp;utm_campaign=uhaulsm&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=movingsupplies&amp;utm_content=21040917-movingandstoragetips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tarp<\/a> to help keep the cruel salty fingers of the sea from gettin at em. They\u2019ll be as dry as a land lubber in the middle o&#8217; the great Kalahari Desert.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/piratemovinghelp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23788\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/piratemovinghelp-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"Pirate Moving Help\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\"><\/a>Helpful Hands<\/h3>\n<p>Do your crew be a bunch of worthless scurvy sea dogs not fit fer hoistin a rope, let alone yer most valuable treasures? Ye need <a title=\"Moving Help\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/MovingHelp\/?utm_campaign=uhaulsm&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=movinghelp&amp;utm_content=21040917-movingandstoragetips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moving Help<\/a>: aye, they be me hearties all. They don&#8217;t even be needin the cat o&#8217; nine to motivate them to make quick work of yer move. If only they knew the difference between a mizzen mast and the poop deck, you wouldn&#8217;t need yer crew at all!<\/p>\n<h3>Secure Yer Booty<\/h3>\n<p>Pirates be a distrustful lot. Yer yellow bellied crew be prone to mutiny and stealin all yer pirate booty. Instead of the traditional way of burryin yer treasure, perhaps a <a title=\"U-Haul Self-Storage\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/Storage\/?utm_campaign=uhaulsm&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=storage&amp;utm_content=21040917-movingandstoragetips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">secure storage unit<\/a> be what ye needin. They be secure from all those flea ridden cargo thievin rapscallions out there, and 24 hour access codes sure be easier than pulling out yer shovels and diggin at twenty paces past the rock o&#8217; skulls. Replace yer old rust bitten iron lock with one of <a title=\"U-Haul Locks\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/MovingSupplies\/Locks\/?utm_campaign=uhaulsm&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=movingsupplies&amp;utm_content=21040917-movingandstoragetips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">these secure beauties<\/a>. Ye can hang the key around yer neck and rest easy knowin there will be no plunderin of yer hard earned pirate booty!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Ye got any tips for yer fellow pirate who lives his life on the seas? Let us know in the comment section which ye be findin&#8217; below.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 19th be International Talk Like a Pirate Day, but whether ye just be celebrating today or if the pirate&#8217;s life is for ye every day, we savy that even pirates have to move. 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