Sunday - August 23, 2009

Adventures in moving, day 1

I got both my cleaning jobs done today, and got home. Super hot and muggy. Best time to haul furniture around. But I was smart, and got one of those “forearm forklifts” to help. You get a pair of 4” nylon webbing straps, about 7 feet long, and each one has padded loop sections on the end. Slide the things under a big piece of stuff, slide your arms into the holes, slide the webbing right up to the edge of your elbows, grab, and lift. And son of a B, it’s a whole lot easier. Even my little bitty wife was able to lug her end of things.

So we get back from taking a carload over, soaked with sweat. The power isn’t on in the new place yet, so no air conditioning or fans or anything. Phone rings. It’s Doc, he wants to talk reloading. Yeah Doc, that was 47 grains of powder we used. Sorry, I’m kind of busy. So I gave him the 30 second story about our living situation, and how we’re jumping on this deal ASAP. “So what the heck are you taking carloads for? Get down here and borrow my Suburban.”

And we did. This is what these land whales were made for. 110” long sofa? Right inside. Plus it’s cushions, plus 4 bags of clothes, plus 2 rolled up rugs. One load. Giant section leather sofa? 2 trips, but we also took the Ottoman, 2 lamps, and a couple bags of stuff. Dining room? One trip. Dining table ( I took the legs off ), 6 chairs, sofa table, side board. Friggin awesome. We made about 6 trips and moved a third of our furniture. I had to get the truck back cuz they’re taking #1 daughter off the college tomorrow. And I was a good guy and put some gas in it. Actually, I put in quite a bit more gas than I’d intended. We only drove maybe 40 miles total, and the gauge was still nearly on 3/4 tank. So I pulled into the gas station and told the guy to fill it up. Hey, how bad could it be? The tank filled up, the needle went to full, the needle went past full, and the thing continued to take gas for another 5 minutes. I swear. I put 20 gallons of gas in that truck. Holy cow. $50!!! So I took it back, said how great it was ... and he’s telling me the truck story, how he knew some guy who was moving to England, who got all ready to go and was nearly out the door on the way to the airport when he remembered he was supposed to sell the Suburban. So he calls up Doc, who gives him $3000 cash for it on the spot. For an 8 year old Suburban. “Oh, and this one is sweet too. It’s got all the extras. Leather seats, fancy stereo, trunk liners, dual tanks, power everything...” Dual tanks? “Yeah, dual tanks. I fill it up about once every two months, since we don’t use it that much.” Ok, now I get it!

Jokes on me. Besides, it would have cost me that much to rent a truck for the day anyway.

But boy am I tired right now. I’ve got time to throw the 4 shirts I soaked with sweat in the wash, take another shower, and get to sleep. I’ll be taking little Saturn loads of stuff over all this coming week, maybe 4, 5 times a day. While trying to get everything else done. By Wednesday I think I’ll be crazy.

Posted by Drew458     on 08/23/2009 at 09:16 PM   
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