Large Utility Cart?
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Provincial
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It sounds like you want to make a home-made dumpster and pile all your stuff in it. Is that right? If so, you will have a lot of stuff buried that you will have to dig for if you need to use it before you use the upper layers of stuff.
I have used shelves that are built on pallets and have been very happy with them. They are made for the nursery industry and at least some of them were being thrown away by Walmart. I got a stack of parts (including pallets and particle board shelving) that were enough to make six units for $40.00. There are 4 or 5 shelves per unit, and you can set the shelves at whatever height you want. The uprights are over six feet tall.
I move these around with a pallet jack. They were intended to be moved with a pallet jack or forklift. To load them on a trailer you would need a forklift or fork-equipped tractor or skid steer, then shuffle them around with the pallet jack. Once in your new place, you can use the pallet jack to move them around.
Once you are done with them, they can be sold easily on Craigslist.
I have used shelves that are built on pallets and have been very happy with them. They are made for the nursery industry and at least some of them were being thrown away by Walmart. I got a stack of parts (including pallets and particle board shelving) that were enough to make six units for $40.00. There are 4 or 5 shelves per unit, and you can set the shelves at whatever height you want. The uprights are over six feet tall.
I move these around with a pallet jack. They were intended to be moved with a pallet jack or forklift. To load them on a trailer you would need a forklift or fork-equipped tractor or skid steer, then shuffle them around with the pallet jack. Once in your new place, you can use the pallet jack to move them around.
Once you are done with them, they can be sold easily on Craigslist.
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Provincial
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Buy an old full size van with no engine or ******. Bring it home on the car trailer. Stuff it full of your items. Drive the trailer to your new house and push it (the van) into the garage. Unload it at your leisure, then call the scrap metal dealer to come get the van.
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PECVD2
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Agent1320,
We have a few of these at work and am alway impressed at how handy they are. Load them up, rino wrap, fork lift into van and strap them into place. The shelves are screwed into place allowing for a larger-lower shelf if needed.
We have a few of these at work and am alway impressed at how handy they are. Load them up, rino wrap, fork lift into van and strap them into place. The shelves are screwed into place allowing for a larger-lower shelf if needed.
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Milton Shaw
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I bought a lumber cart off Ebay, its a new one like Home Depot has.. Cost about $100 when I bought it. Carries a ton of stuff easily 6 wheels moves fairly easily. I also bought a sheetrock dolly that also moves easily. Both are open on the side so something might fall off going up ramp put could have sides or end bolted to frame with U bolts.
Heavy Metal Doctor
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(lousy pic and can't see the wheels - but the same as what PECVD2 posted)
We found these ^ at a records storage company going out of business who had a warehouse full of those carts they where getting rid of for free. we scavenge 3 or 4 trailer loads of them (at least 60 of them). When we moved our shop we used about 24 of them - load parts bins right from the shelves in order, onto the carts, roll the carts up into a car trailer till it was full of carts (12 or so). Close up the trailer and go - reverse procedure at the new parts dept. on other end.
I still use a few of the carts around the shop for staging parts for jobs.
csp
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A friend of mine moved his shop from Colorado to Nebraska in 275 gallone totes meant for liquids. He cut the tops of the plastic containers and filled them up. He also has a skid loader with forks for loading/unloading them on his trailers. Most people don't have the luxury of owning a skid loader or foklift.
Carl B
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50 miles away... Just go rent a 24' U-Haul truck with a lift gate for the day - and be done with it. Unload the stuff in the new garage and be done with it. No large box to get rid of afterward.
In the time it takes you build a 6'x6'x12' container, find wheels for it etc etc - you'd have all your stuff moved with the right truck.
FWIW,
Carl B.
In the time it takes you build a 6'x6'x12' container, find wheels for it etc etc - you'd have all your stuff moved with the right truck.
FWIW,
Carl B.
Nova_Guy
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Being in the military I have moved all my **** 4 times over several hundred miles. The last time was from St Louis, Mo to Dayton, Ohio. This time I used a 24 foot enclosed trailer and was the best and easiest yet.
I feel your pain, no matter the planning something will go wrong.
I feel your pain, no matter the planning something will go wrong.
lotsoftools
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Rent a Pod for a month. Load it up, they move it for you and you'll have plenty of time to unload it.
This sounds like the best idea. Of you can rent a smaller Ryder truck with a power lift gate for the day since it's only 50 miles. U-Haul trucks don't have power lift gates (too many stupid people would end up snapping limbs off.
We just moved and the POD was a life saver.
Provincial gave me the idea to rent a dumpster and use it like you want to by putting your stuff in it and winching it onto the trailer. Then once you are done moving I am sure you can fill it full of trash and have it picked up.
Provincial gave me the idea to rent a dumpster and use it like you want to by putting your stuff in it and winching it onto the trailer. Then once you are done moving I am sure you can fill it full of trash and have it picked up.
bluesman2a
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A slight variation on a couple of suggestions here:
Get the rolling racks from Seville Classics at Sams. Put your stuff on them and organize it.
Then pallet wrap them and put them on the trailer. They strap down well, and are easy to move with one person. When you arrive your stuff is already organized and you can put it where you want it in manageable chunks.
When we moved this is how I did it. Even the professional movers commented about how much they liked the system.
As you can see below, I kept the stuff after I moved to organize.
They have two kinds, just the open wire shelves and the ones with the large plastic bins.
Get the rolling racks from Seville Classics at Sams. Put your stuff on them and organize it.
Then pallet wrap them and put them on the trailer. They strap down well, and are easy to move with one person. When you arrive your stuff is already organized and you can put it where you want it in manageable chunks.
When we moved this is how I did it. Even the professional movers commented about how much they liked the system.
As you can see below, I kept the stuff after I moved to organize.
They have two kinds, just the open wire shelves and the ones with the large plastic bins.