You just described most of the upper east coast. Pretty sure all the roads are just paved over horse trails from the 1700's. No fucking rhyme or reason to any of it.
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Maine Bound!
- Thread starter 92 Green YJ
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Slander
Team no stickys
I drove in Boston once in a Carolla and I will never do it again. Fuck that city, the street map looks like a 3yr old scribbled on a sheet of paper with a crayon and the roads are barely wider than a sidewalk.
If you see Stephen King tell him "fuck off".
92 Green YJ
General Lee Jeep
Apparently he lives in Bangor which is about a half hour from us. His house is supposed to be pretty badass looking with a really cool gate.If you see Stephen King tell him "fuck off".
also he apparently is really involved in the community. Paid for a nice new park and playground in Bangor a while back.
92 Green YJ
General Lee Jeep
Yeah, my wife is all excited to see it. She’s very into the haunted, horror type stuff.
in other news I have pretty much all of the in-laws showing up here in about an hour. Time to start getting this trailer loaded up. Garage first. (This was stacked deeper but I moved some stuff out of the way already to get the big heavy tools out first)
in other news I have pretty much all of the in-laws showing up here in about an hour. Time to start getting this trailer loaded up. Garage first. (This was stacked deeper but I moved some stuff out of the way already to get the big heavy tools out first)
92 Green YJ
General Lee Jeep
Oh yeah. I love that stuff. Bought 4 big rolls and 4 skinny rolls. Wrapping the hell out of everything.
we have gotten most of the garage stuff on the truck so far. It’s hot as shit so we are taking a break before getting back to it.
shortbus4x4
Junk collector
It's amazing how hot the inside of a moving truck can get when you're working in it. It doesn't have to be that hot outside even. Betcha you'll be happy when it's all loaded.
Stix
Resident hick....
Man I dont know you, but it makes me real happy to see you get out. Been following this post. All the best luck in your travels and at your new place. I’m having the same thoughts , only North Dakota.
SanDiegoCJ
Non-Lemming
I lost count of how many rolls we used.
bigun
Red Skull Member
Isn't it funny how things change when I was younger I could tie everything I owned onto the scoot and move on. Last time I really moved I had a 68 F250 long bed loaded from front to back and a foot above the cab, then the front seat passenger side was loaded
After that I started living in an RV easy to move just hook up and go.
After that I started living in an RV easy to move just hook up and go.
92 Green YJ
General Lee Jeep
Well, 8 hours or so later we have pretty much finished loading the truck. Somehow we have way more shit than I thought we did. We pretty much completely filled the entire 28’ of trailer. No pics of it full at the moment. Maybe tomorrow. Too tired right now and I want to go take an hour long cold shower to cool off and rehydrate.
Tomorrow I have to finish blowing apart our old bed frame that we aren’t keeping, load a few more things onto the 16’ Carson flat bed and throw the old mattresses in the bed of the truck for the dump run on Monday. Also going to patch the holes from the TV mounts and clean the house and the floors. Buyers are set to do final walk thru Monday afternoon. Close Tuesday and hit the road.
Tomorrow I have to finish blowing apart our old bed frame that we aren’t keeping, load a few more things onto the 16’ Carson flat bed and throw the old mattresses in the bed of the truck for the dump run on Monday. Also going to patch the holes from the TV mounts and clean the house and the floors. Buyers are set to do final walk thru Monday afternoon. Close Tuesday and hit the road.
TiTRD
Red Skull Member
We welcome you to New England!
We should do a meet and greet.
We should do a meet and greet.
YotaAtieToo
Thick skull
I feel your pain, we just moved 900 miles. 1 light trip (when we got the keys) with the wife's F150 and 16' trailer. Another trip, my truck towing a 20' trailer with 2 vehicles. Then the final trip, my truck towing my 14' dump trailer with my crawler project and enough steel(new Dom, ect) and garage stuff, for my 13k truck and trailer was at about 21k. My wife, again pulling the 16' trailer with our 4runner. My in laws pulling their 24' enclosed pretty damn full of the rest of our stuff.
I think I drove like 4500 miles in a few weeks
Sucks to move when you're a redneck (I see those old tires in there
) we sold a ton of stuff too.
Cross country, you made the right move with the semi trailer. Has to suck getting shit 5' up though.
I think I drove like 4500 miles in a few weeks
Sucks to move when you're a redneck (I see those old tires in there
) we sold a ton of stuff too.Cross country, you made the right move with the semi trailer. Has to suck getting shit 5' up though.
SanDiegoCJ
Non-Lemming
We did a similar move to what you did.I feel your pain, we just moved 900 miles. 1 light trip (when we got the keys) with the wife's F150 and 16' trailer. Another trip, my truck towing a 20' trailer with 2 vehicles. Then the final trip, my truck towing my 14' dump trailer with my crawler project and enough steel(new Dom, ect) and garage stuff, for my 13k truck and trailer was at about 21k. My wife, again pulling the 16' trailer with our 4runner. My in laws pulling their 24' enclosed pretty damn full of the rest of our stuff.
I think I drove like 4500 miles in a few weeks
Sucks to move when you're a redneck (I see those old tires in there
Cross country, you made the right move with the semi trailer. Has to suck getting shit 5' up though.
Wife's 4 Runner and my Camry loaded to the gills on the first trip up to get the keys.
Grandson and his girl friend brought 2 of the dogs up a few days later.
Wife stayed with 2 of the dogs.
I drove the Camry back and picked up the 26' Penske box truck.
The box truck was crammed. Drove that up with one dog in the cab. Was towing my 2006 LJ behind the truck.
Oldest daughter caravanned up with the other 4 dogs in her RAV4.
I rode back with the daughter in the RAV4.
Loaded the last few items into the Camry and drove it up.
Thursday last week another daughter and her husband towed up my trailer with the project CJ5 and riding mower.
Shit tons of mileage racked up.
Lilyota
RIP 7/22/2023
Were gonna need a bigger trailer
92 Green YJ
General Lee Jeep
im definitely down for that!
These aren’t the final load pictures. Those were taken while we were still packing stuff in. Took a fair bit of time and doing as we had way more big heavy shit then we did small light stuff to go up top.it was quite the tetris game to get it all to fit. I’ll post a final load picture tomorow when I load the last few small boxes and things. It’s definitely packed to the roof front to back though,
92 Green YJ
General Lee Jeep
Oh yeah, lots of big and heavy tools and materials in this truck. 6 rolling tool chests, sand blasting cabinet, hydraulic tube bender, floor jacks, jack stands, welders, plasma cutter, shop press, drill press, several vices, set of crappy 33” rollers on wheels, old 35” Xterrain destined to become a tire swing for the kids, bunch of leftover steel, aluminum, DOM, etc from the Jeep build, etc.I feel your pain, we just moved 900 miles. 1 light trip (when we got the keys) with the wife's F150 and 16' trailer. Another trip, my truck towing a 20' trailer with 2 vehicles. Then the final trip, my truck towing my 14' dump trailer with my crawler project and enough steel(new Dom, ect) and garage stuff, for my 13k truck and trailer was at about 21k. My wife, again pulling the 16' trailer with our 4runner. My in laws pulling their 24' enclosed pretty damn full of the rest of our stuff.
I think I drove like 4500 miles in a few weeks
Sucks to move when you're a redneck (I see those old tires in there
Cross country, you made the right move with the semi trailer. Has to suck getting shit 5' up though.
crazy part is we got rid of a ton Of stuff. Donated tons of stuff, made about 4 trips to the scrap yard, two dump runs, sold shit, yet we still packed the full 28’ trailer To the roof.
I think I drove like 4500 miles in a few weeks
That was me the last few
also.
1. Crawler on the trailer and some stuff in the truck bed to drop off after closing
2. Rented enclosed trailer for the toolboxes, air compressor.
3. Flatbed again with misc shop stuff to meet the moving truck
4. Flatbed with the GF and her JLUR stuffed to the gills
5. Went back and left the trailer in Phoenix for a week, so just a truckload back
6. Final trip was the flatbed loaded with the last of the shop stuff including the 2-post lift. This one sucked when the Injection Pump died without any warning outside Vegas. Friends came to get the trailer and took 2 different tow trucks to get it to the dealer. Picked it up yesterday after warranty covered it all in under a week.
And we filled up a big dumpster with stuff, got rid of so much stuff.
SanDiegoCJ
Non-Lemming
We rented a 3 yard dumpster at the old place and filled it a number of times throwing out shit we knew we'd never need.
Once here in Idaho we rented a 3 yard dumpster and the price difference was amazing. $4.50/month v $120/month.
We've had it dumped 5 or 6 times in the month we've been here to get rid of all the packing boxes.
bgaidan
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Well, 8 hours or so later we have pretty much finished loading the truck. Somehow we have way more shit than I thought we did. We pretty much completely filled the entire 28’ of trailer. No pics of it full at the moment. Maybe tomorrow. Too tired right now and I want to go take an hour long cold shower to cool off and rehydrate.
Tomorrow I have to finish blowing apart our old bed frame that we aren’t keeping, load a few more things onto the 16’ Carson flat bed and throw the old mattresses in the bed of the truck for the dump run on Monday. Also going to patch the holes from the TV mounts and clean the house and the floors. Buyers are set to do final walk thru Monday afternoon. Close Tuesday and hit the road.
Still think you're gonna need that bulkhead?
When I moved from TX to the east coast I had ABF drop the trailer at the storage place where I had two units full of all my shit. Then I was done, the fucker was crammed full and the ramp and bulkhead were leaning against the fence and another truck had to come pick them up.
shortbus4x4
Junk collector
I don't envy you guys at all that just moved. I did it 10 years ago from N CA to N ID. I bought a 26' International uhaul and made multiple trips with it and my 18' equipment trailer. The worst one was when I had a blowout near Redbluff CA on the Saturday night of Thanksgiving weekend, man that was an expensive tire and long trip.
92 Green YJ
General Lee Jeep
Nope. Won’t need the bulkhead at all. After the ramp hassle I did make damn sure we had room for that though. This is how it currently looks. Working on boxing up the last few things and rounding up the other odds and ends to fill it out. Just gonna put our lock on the trailer door all together.Still think you're gonna need that bulkhead?
When I moved from TX to the east coast I had ABF drop the trailer at the storage place where I had two units full of all my shit. Then I was done, the fucker was crammed full and the ramp and bulkhead were leaning against the fence and another truck had to come pick them up.
HillbillyDeluxe
Not a Junior Member
You need 2 more straps or logistics bars(one top, one bottom) to be DOT legal. Not your worry, but it'll help the driver out.
92 Green YJ
General Lee Jeep
I’ll have a few more straps across it here in a bit. I still have a few last minute things to finish loading in there. Once I have everything else in I’m going to run a few more straps across before I close and lock the door.
He's put negative references to Trump in his latest books and on media so he's part of the current problem now. Thanks OBiden and King! Think he'll say anything negative about the current Commander Inept in a book? Doubtful.
Other than that Best Wishes to OP on the move
