Move.mil, the Defense Department’s online hub for permanent change-of-station moves, offers a weight estimator to help military movers figure out whether their personal belongings will fall within the allowed weight, or whether some pounds need shedding.
It’s an inexact science: Your old big-screen TV will weigh more than the new model, your sleek vacuum will weigh less than the bulky vintage offerings, your heavy wooden dresser will put the discount-store plastic model to shame ... and so on. But the estimator will produce a ballpark figure, and that’s a solid starting point for your next PCS trial-by-scale.
We’ve pulled out some of the item estimates to create the short quiz below. See how well your guesses stack up.
Get more PCS tips from Military Times here.
Kevin Lilley is the features editor of Military Times.
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