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Well, did the big move last night. Went a lot smoother than i thought it would. The place we moved it from was quite back in the sticks. Got lost 3 times trying to get there, due to complete lack of road signs or helpful roadside citizens.
Had originally planned to bolt some 5' long 2x12 rough sawed oak timbers, so came prepared with a ton of all thread in various sizes, bolts, washers, portaband, all tools needed etc. But after taking an extra hour to get there, decided to see if we could just get it to slide up the bed on them without bolting. Worked like a charm.
Used a 24' rollback, and held it down with chains and straps, plenty of both. Can't imagine something like this coming off the bed around a turn. I don't think we would have even stopped to recover it, just keep going.
Some shots of it during transport...
Backing it into the shop. Of course, we are putting it in the bay that has the narrowest door... ha. It was tight.
Had originally planned to bolt some 5' long 2x12 rough sawed oak timbers, so came prepared with a ton of all thread in various sizes, bolts, washers, portaband, all tools needed etc. But after taking an extra hour to get there, decided to see if we could just get it to slide up the bed on them without bolting. Worked like a charm.
Used a 24' rollback, and held it down with chains and straps, plenty of both. Can't imagine something like this coming off the bed around a turn. I don't think we would have even stopped to recover it, just keep going.
Some shots of it during transport...



Backing it into the shop. Of course, we are putting it in the bay that has the narrowest door... ha. It was tight.



