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Fixing the old place to sell = Pain !!

BigAl said:
Back is so sore I can hardly move this morning . Gotta get out and start moving to get it loosened up .

I can see at least 8 trips to the Ranch to move everything . Want to know what I will be doing most of Dec ????:sad::w00t2:
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You will be going to the chiropractor!:yum: What happened to 4 big trailer loads to move? I took almost 3 months to move from my Pa. farm to the mountains. Dug a big ass hole and burned and scrapped a lot of stuff. Gave stuff away to charities and sold a few things. Delivered some of the kids stuff to them and still had too much. Did the same thing when I built this place.
 
muleman said:
You will be going to the chiropractor!:yum: What happened to 4 big trailer loads to move?
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I guess I lied :unsure:.. The back yard and everything outside is now cleaned up , hauled off or on the trailer for the first trip to Idaho . :clap:

I may leave for Idaho in a hurry , as I am trying to get there and back between storms . Good chance I may leave Sunday or Monday .

Tomorrow I'll start loading up my daughters car with the stuff she is taking back to San Deigo . Now she wishes she had a trailer to haul back the big China Buffet too.

The Kristi KT3 will go up on its own trailer along with the new tracks , top , boxes and boxes of new parts . and all the paint . It will be a big load .

1931 Model A pickup and the car lift will also go up in one trip by themselves .
 
BigAl said:
I guess I lied :unsure:.. The back yard and everything outside is now cleaned up , hauled off or on the trailer for the first trip to Idaho . :clap:

I may leave for Idaho in a hurry , as I am trying to get there and back between storms . Good chance I may leave Sunday or Monday .

Tomorrow I'll start loading up my daughters car with the stuff she is taking back to San Deigo . Now she wishes she had a trailer to haul back the big China Buffet too.

The Kristi KT3 will go up on its own trailer along with the new tracks , top , boxes and boxes of new parts . and all the paint . It will be a big load .

1931 Model A pickup and the car lift will also go up in one trip by themselves .
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Ok Al I'm going to be a gentalman and refrain from any comments about your snow cat riding on a trailer do be safe and look forward to following your finnishing up the krusty I still think you need a slow trac to haul that new dog around in my loves it.
 
dds said:
Ok Al I'm going to be a gentalman and refrain from any comments about your snow cat riding on a trailer do be safe and look forward to following your finnishing up the krusty I still think you need a slow trac to haul that new dog around in my loves it.
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I Do appreciate that :smile:..

In the mean time , I have crammed the back of the truck full of stuff to move . God help us , if we run off the road . I'll have shit scattered for a mile !!!!

The trailer is all loaded and tied down . All I need to do is check the lights and grease the Bearing Buddies on the trailer tomorrow .

Stuff is starting to disappear !!!!!:wow::wow:. I like it !
 
Oh Yea ! He's just great .....NOT !

I got even !!!! He wanted my old dog crate . I even delivered it to him complete with the still full box of cat litter inside . He will spend a year trying to figure out where the new smell is coming from before he thinks to check it out .


I love myself !!!!!!!:whistling:
 
Was thinking I should have left this morning for Idaho as its blue skies here today .
After checking Road conditions , I would have not gotten far . Chain Control; is about 25 miles up the road .
The new plan is to hit the road about 5 AM tomorrow . I have a 3 day window to get there and back, before another storm comes in ,
 
Good luck on the road. Remember that weight will push you around no matter what you are driving. Hauled our last loads in snow when we moved and pulling a trailer is slow going at times on the hills. Hope your trailer brake has a good adjustment on the controller.
 
Al, take this from a 'pro driver'. Take it easy, and don't use the brakes if you can help it. Trailers have a tendency to break loose on snow when brakes are used.
Remember, there is nothing in the load worth your life or the lives of others.
 
loboloco said:
Al, take this from a 'pro driver'. Take it easy, and don't use the brakes if you can help it. Trailers have a tendency to break loose on snow when brakes are used.
Remember, there is nothing in the load worth your life or the lives of others.
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SO TRUE !!!!
I use to work Interstate 80 as an equipment operator in the winters as it pretty much shuts down in construction around here . Learned to drive pretty well on pack ice .

You see some pretty strange things up there , that people do .
 
BigAl said:
SO TRUE !!!!
I use to work Interstate 80 as an equipment operator in the winters as it pretty much shuts down in construction around here . Learned to drive pretty well on pack ice .

You see some pretty strange things up there , that people do .
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Since I came off the road, I have been watching others around here really close. We get ice rathr than snow and it makes even a simple grocery run an adventure.
The really funny thing is watching the 'snow birds' get on it thinking it is like snow and busting their vehicles up. Fortunately, they don;t get hurt very much, just shook up.
Don't know if you have one, but if you do, I would also recommend using a CB to help keep track of conditions ahead of you.
Which route will you be using by the way?
 
loboloco said:
Since I came off the road, I have been watching others around here really close. We get ice rathr than snow and it makes even a simple grocery run an adventure.
The really funny thing is watching the 'snow birds' get on it thinking it is like snow and busting their vehicles up. Fortunately, they don;t get hurt very much, just shook up.
Don't know if you have one, but if you do, I would also recommend using a CB to help keep track of conditions ahead of you.
Which route will you be using by the way?
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Ca Hwy 20 E/B to I-80 E/B to Winnemucca to U.S. 95 N all the way to Grangeville Idaho.Then go to the end of Hwy 14 . Welcome to Elk City, Id .
Total distance is 756 miles . Makes for one long ass day ....
 
BigAl said:
Ca Hwy 20 E/B to I-80 E/B to Winnemucca to U.S. 95 N all the way to Grangeville Idaho.Then go to the end of Hwy 14 . Welcome to Elk City, Id .
Total distance is 756 miles . Makes for one long ass day ....
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I hope you have a relief driver with you. Otherwise, might wind up taking two days for a one way trip. That would be cutting it close to return before the weather closes in again.
 
loboloco said:
I hope you have a relief driver with you. Otherwise, might wind up taking two days for a one way trip. That would be cutting it close to return before the weather closes in again.
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Depending on the weather , the wife will drive out through Oregon on 95 . Its flat and barren . She hates pulling a trailer but it's a 55MPH state and it gives me a chance to grab 2 hours sleep before taking back over , through the mountains .

Good luck on the tree :whistling:
 
Hey Al, I just had a thought. you are moving now to get out of putting up lights aren't you! Sly old fox!!!:clap::clap:
 
After spending 4 fucking hours trying to get the trailer brakes working , I am ready to roll early AM . The damn Napa Trailer adapter was a POS !!!!

Snowing in Elk City all week but we are going to haul ass and pray for the best . I figure I am running about 16,000 -20,000 GVW pounds on this run .
Donner Summit will be a cake walk as I know that section so well . Whitebird grade may get a little exciting and going down Mt. Idaho Grade may leave skid marks in my shorts tomorrow . Chains for all 4 wheels are also loaded up.
I'll post again in about 3 or 4 days with any luck .

Should be able to get into the ranch as they have about 8" of snow in the road . Nieghbor said he may run his Skiidder down the road if we get any more snow tonight . I am not worried until we hit about 16" in the road .:w00t2:
 
Ice torn up the trailer wiring by the time I got to Winnemucca. Still had 500 miles to go .No brakes on the trailer !!! 17 hours later we got here. I'll be headed back at 4AM in the morning . Got the trailer lights working but no trailer brakes as everything is torn out of the drums . It will be a slow trip !!!!
 
Well ......We made it home in one piece . God , I am beat .
The first 300 miles coming back were on pack ice and the truck took all of my attention to keep from getting thrown off the road . My arms and shoulders ache this morning .No relief driving comming back as the wife was too scared to help .:neutral::sad:
I may have to rethink this a little . Maybe leave some stuff to springtime and just store it for now .

It was snowing to beat the band when we left Elk City yesterday morning and they are forcasting 5 more days of snow . It is going to get deep !!!
 
Al, now you know why I live south of the Mason-Dixon. It may get cold here, even occasional snow, but most of the time we can at least get around without acting like an out of control skater.
 
loboloco said:
Al, now you know why I live south of the Mason-Dixon. It may get cold here, even occasional snow, but most of the time we can at least get around without acting like an out of control skater.
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Yes i agree . The problem is ,,, I love the little area up there . We were there about 36 hours , from the time we arrived to the time we left . In that time ,I recieved another job offer for the winter plowing snow , Got invited to 2 partys . And scared the hell outta about 50 Elk that were camped out on the hay bales in the front pasture .

I am going to start looking at buying a semi trailer to haul everything in one load .
I wanna go home .....:unsure:
 
BigAl said:
Yes i agree . The problem is ,,, I love the little area up there . We were there about 36 hours , from the time we arrived to the time we left . In that time ,I recieved another job offer for the winter plowing snow , Got invited to 2 partys . And scared the hell outta about 50 Elk that were camped out on the hay bales in the front pasture .

I am going to start looking at buying a semi trailer to haul everything in one load .
I wanna go home .....:unsure:
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Al, unless you have real need for one, rental would be cheaper and a better option. I might suggest renting a container, loading it and paying for the haulage. That way, maintenance and taxes and licensing aren't your head-ache. Especially with California's crazy restrictions.
 
Still searching for a better moving plan . I spent today fixing the truck and trailer for the next load . Need to kick it into a higher gear and get this finished up . Trying to decide what to haul up next . I might just move the Kristi KT3 and all the related stuff with it , I then could load the camper shell with house hold stuff . Suppose to snow for at least a week so I got a little time to make a decision .
I got wayyyy too much shit .......:w00t2:
 
Lucky that I returned from Idaho when I did instead of staying a extra day . Been snowing hard in Idaho and I -80 has had chain control since I returned over Donner Summit .
Grabbng the camera and taking pictures to try and put stuff on Craigslist today as well as pack up the shop .
 
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