Well, got the move done... finally... I don't want to do that crap again.... way more crap to move than I realized we even had... Next few days be gone to Georgia and N Carolina, then be here for a few days, and then school starts...

 

I like the prospect of a new place, but the actual work of moving I can do without. Anymore it seems I routinely go through things and clean up, but you would NEVER know by looking. Things just seem to accumulate.

 

The last time I moved, I came to a sad realization. The stuff in the house is easy to move as we became "better packrats". I move the house stuff in one 16ft enclosed trailer. Granted it was stuffed to the gills, but pretty impressed. Now the garage was a whole different animal. It took basically four trips. Wife was not happy. She knew I had alot of stuff in the garage, but according to her this was obsurd. I responded that she knew my garage was bigger than the house when you married me, what do you expect. Oh well, I have trimmed it down pretty good. Got rid of a lot of stuff just to make room for the '38.

 

You should see my truck and trailer.... I used my 40' flatbed 34' of it is deck space... the back of my truck is loaded, and so is the trailer! That was after I had already had a load out with my truck and 20' trailer with a car on it... and I had moved some stuff earlier in the year....

 

14 years ago I moved from Mason City to the DM area. It took 2 trips with the big U-Haul (each trip equals a 1/2 semi load I believe) and the old van was loaded with each trip as well. Everything was as tight as possible - TOTALLY STUFFED!

I have moved twice since then but all local so tight packing and rush were not needed.

From now on tho, if I move, there will be some serious tossing out, selling, and giving away of items before I move... even if I have to promise my wife new stuff! All I will need is my tools and any vehicles that will drive away on their own.