Black Mike Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Well, after pulling the wagon up here in Connecticut for the last 40 years I pulled that wagon up to the house and started loading it up for the move to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. As an avid shooter most of my life, I continue to shoot skeet, trap, sporting clays, hunt small game, birds, and larger game all over this fine country. If that didn't add enough volume to my collection of stuff I had to get involved in this darn SASS stuff. 45 Colts, 44-40's, 38-55's 45-70's, lead, powder, reloaders, gun carts, hats, boots, holsters, shotgun belts, etc, etc, etc. My point? Ever try to move all this stuff? Holy crap! Compounding this issue is the fact that we will not have a basement in our new home. One issue was the two gun safes. Fortunately I sold them locally. The 850 pound Liberty would have been a challenge. Am considering a snap safe modular in the new house. Seems it would suit my needs better. Anyone have any experience with this safe? Worked out all the other logistics for spaces for loading and other storage. And should be ready to go. Sighed up up for the SC state shoot. Look forward to meeting some of my CT Valley Bushwacker friends who have already relocated to SC and meeting new folks to shoot with. I'll get over the shock as soon as I get back to shooting again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 1 hour ago, Black Mike said: {previous text removed only to conserve space} My point? Ever try to move all this stuff? Holy crap! Compounding this issue is the fact that we will not have a basement in our new home. {remaining text removed only to conserve space} Black Mike: See my related post in Dark Horse Charlie's recent thread " Leather Storage ". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Ron Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Howdy, Moving is the worst. Just be careful of putting something down and putting something else on top. And plan what you are going to eat. Real hungry and real tired are a bad mix. I should have just ordered a big pizza and that would have been it. I lost about 16 pounds. Mark contents on boxes. If you empty a box, tear off the label and put on fresh. Best CR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Lizard Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Sister said just about the same thing...Where does it all come...I asked when the next move happen...Started throwing things at me...She said the next move would be feet first out the door...Think I asked the wrong question... Texas Lizard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 I have moved cross country a few times. It sucks, so smile and deal with it. Packing: If you haven't used it in 5 years and it isn't a collectible or heirloom, get rid of it. Label well. Pack boxes small and light as you can. If a box needs the word "miscellaneous" to describe contents it probably isn't worth hauling. Mama's stuff MUST NOT BREAK! If it does, it will be remembered for all eternity. Your stuff is expendable. Rest often when packing. The Move: If you have a self imposed schedule THROW IT AWAY! Rushing can get you in trouble, in an accident or worse. Your stuff is expendable. If you are tired, rest. You are not Superman. If you are hungry, eat. You are not Superman. Your stuff is expendable...your loved ones aren't. Unless you drive truck for a living you are about to drive something unfamiliar, quite large and dangerous. You are not in a race. This is not Smokey and the Bandit. A truck will not stop on a dime, accelerate fast or maneuver well. BE CAREFUL. Leave plenty of room in front of you. If you get tired, rest. If you get hungry, eat. Your stuff is expendable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 I am never moving again. Ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 As a kid, we moved every couple of years. Four elementary schools; 2 junior highs; 3 high schools. Forget the physical burdens, try making complete sets of new friends 9 times in 12 years. That's a lot for a kid to handle. As for the rest, the secret is really good movers. Good ones know how to pack, how to label and how to properly load the truck. Bad ones suck, and can ruin heirlooms in 2 minutes. We're probably looking at a "last move" in a couple of years. It'll be the biggy, downsizing 40+ years of accumulation and moving to our cottage on the Cape. Thinking of getting a dumpster and putting it under the biggest windows in the house. Heave Ho. Mrs. LL is mortified. LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffield, SASS #23454 Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 The best way to do this is to sell everything you own and buy new when you get to your new home. If you are like Jeanie and me, you can't do that. Give yourself plenty of time to sort, discard and pack. Everything you have was, at one time, worth several hours of labor to acquire and will be difficult to discard. Garage sales are just a way of giving away your treasures so we give ours to the Salvation Army, where at least someone will get some benefit from them. Keep what is important to you or your wife. Give yourself some more time. A lot more time. Good Luck, Duffield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 7 hours ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: I am never moving again. Ever! I feel the same way. While I don't have a Place in the Country, like Utah Bob does, I'm comfortable here. I told my wife that the only way I'm moving again is: (1) If I win the Powerball and I'm paying somebody else to do it. (2) I get too old and infirm to stop my daughter from putting me into a Home, (3) they're dragging my decaying corpse out of the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Lizard Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 44 minutes ago, Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 said: As a kid, we moved every couple of years. Four elementary schools; 2 junior highs; 3 high schools. Forget the physical burdens, try making complete sets of new friends 9 times in 12 years. That's a lot for a kid to handle. As for the rest, the secret is really good movers. Good ones know how to pack, how to label and how to properly load the truck. Bad ones suck, and can ruin heirlooms in 2 minutes. We're probably looking at a "last move" in a couple of years. It'll be the biggy, downsizing 40+ years of accumulation and moving to our cottage on the Cape. Thinking of getting a dumpster and putting it under the biggest windows in the house. Heave Ho. Mrs. LL is mortified. LL Dumpster is a great idea...Just make sure wife is not walking by and gets the Heave Ho...By accident of course... Texas Lizard Then again down size or start over??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 My wife said if we ever move, it'll be sell everything -- where is, as is -- take cash only. That'll never happen, God willing we'll not have to move ever again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken D Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Real Estate agent told me the value of my place will always go up no matter what the economy. I said, "What do I care". Then told him the next time this place is for sale will be the estate sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity Kris Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 15 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: I have moved cross country a few times. It sucks, so smile and deal with it. Packing: If you haven't used it in 5 years and it isn't a collectible or heirloom, get rid of it. Label well. Pack boxes small and light as you can. If a box needs the word "miscellaneous" to describe contents it probably isn't worth hauling. Mama's stuff MUST NOT BREAK! If it does, it will be remembered for all eternity. Your stuff is expendable. Rest often when packing. The Move: If you have a self imposed schedule THROW IT AWAY! Rushing can get you in trouble, in an accident or worse. Your stuff is expendable. If you are tired, rest. You are not Superman. If you are hungry, eat. You are not Superman. Your stuff is expendable...your loved ones aren't. Unless you drive truck for a living you are about to drive something unfamiliar, quite large and dangerous. You are not in a race. This is not Smokey and the Bandit. A truck will not stop on a dime, accelerate fast or maneuver well. BE CAREFUL. Leave plenty of room in front of you. If you get tired, rest. If you get hungry, eat. Your stuff is expendable. To add to this, inevitably, "professional" movers will have packed a full garbage can for you to find weeks later in your new place...... Ask me how I know this..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlands Bob #61228 Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 It took my wife and I 15 years to agree on the last house we bought. We have been in it for 18 years. I don't think we will be moving again. Too much negotiating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Calamity Kris' post reminded me that if you do have pros pack and move you they will often hire local help to pack boxes. WATCH THEM CAREFULLY. My last move we hired packers to load the truck I rented in Sacramento. Theivin' dirty rotten rass-n-frass-n sonsof...... stole quite a few items. They got some of my wife's porcelain dolls and assorted other items. Suckers stole my favorite palm straw hat. It was in a Stetson box marked 10X. I hope they were surprised when they found the palm straw. I know exactly which one did it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. R. Hugh Kidnme Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 10 hours ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: I am never moving again. Ever! Good Lord willing and if the creeks don't rise, I'm with all the way UB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAYOBARD SASS #13025L Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Pat, folks that work for movers are usually parolees. I packed all valuables in my pick up and in a POD. The movers got stuff that was replaceable. We packed most of our own boxes. Any valuables I had the movers take was marked Garage junk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Mayo, My problem was that we did all the packing but we hired them to load the truck as I had a fractured vertebrae and it hurt like crazy. They showed up with 4 guys and made quick work of the loading but we could not keep an eye on them at all times so one or more of them took advantage of that. After we had actually moved one of our neighbors in Elk Grove (Sac area) called my wife and told her that they saw one of the movers take one of our boxes and load it into the trunk of their car. My wife asked why she didn't say something sooner and she said she didn't want to get in the middle of something. I really don't blame her. She's elderly and lives alone so she probably feared the guy might come back and retaliate. At least that answered some of our questions on why we couldn't find some things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAYOBARD SASS #13025L Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 I hope you reported the theft and info from your neighbor to the police. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 For me, M-O-V-E is a four letter word Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Duncan Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 On July 29, 2017 at 1:42 PM, Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 said: My wife said if we ever move, it'll be sell everything -- where is, as is -- take cash only. That'll never happen, God willing we'll not have to move ever again! Yep! That was my plan. Retire, downsize by selling EVERYTHING (doesn't included the guns) move to Tombstone and visit the garage sales for furniture. Order a new safe to de delivered and buy a new 650. Wife cried. She has the two "spare" bedrooms full of memories (stuff), most of the basement, part of the garage and ALL of her mother's basement. So we are staying in Indiana and the kids will have to deal it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Ron Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Howdy I move this post be deleted from the saloon never to return. Best CR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Mike Posted August 5, 2017 Author Share Posted August 5, 2017 Yep let's end it. Packing done. House sold. Can't wait to set up again and get shooting in South Carolina. After and before. What a chore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Livid in the same house in southern California for 30 years. Bought property here in SW Colorado 5 years before I retired. Built Garage/shop 35X50 a year before I actually retired. I has inside storage fore our rv. Started moving stuff as soon as garage finished. Sold the house in a week. Finally packed up and moved, did it ourselves. We lived in our rv for 6 months while our current house was being built, stored everything in the new garage. Been here 17 years now and like UB, the only way I'm moving again is in a pine box! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Rich Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Hey Mike missed you at Great Noreaster this year. Hope your move was uneventful. kR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wapaloosie73 Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 My father had a Mayflower moving company, plus a cattle ranch. After he passed away I went with Atlas van lines for awhile. You learn to load a 53 ft trailer without an ounce to spare, heavy to the bottom and left and light to the top and right. (Highways have a crown) Really no different than how you pack a mule. LOL. Now I flip my PTO on and my side dump dumps 28 ton of gravel on the ground and I drive away! Simple! Sure saves on the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chantry Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 Congratulations on your escape from CT. Of course the rest of us will remember that you left us behind to deal with the crappy drivers, taxes, politicians and snow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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