I'm NEVER moving long distance again....

Angee · 07-19-2010, 10:37 PM

1,100 miles, two days, two kids and a car sick cat...'nuff said.

BTW, we're in Nashville now.

derf · 07-19-2010, 10:38 PM

Im moving my house 150 miles next week, dreading it

derf · 07-19-2010, 10:40 PM

How did you put the bike in the truck for the trip, I gotta move 3 of them. Im just scared that stuff will fall on them or damage them in somme way

Angee · 07-19-2010, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by derf

How did you put the bike in the truck for the trip, I gotta move 3 of them. Im just scared that stuff will fall on them or damage them in somme way

After driving it up, turning it (butting against a coffee table), putting it on the center stand and sticking a Harbor Freight wheel chock under it (picked up the front of the bike) We put heavy furniture on one side and the front, and stuck bags of clothing around it. Bike NEVER moved, not ONE INCH. We did strap everything across the truck so that helped. Bike was immaculate, more so than some of my furniture...LOL

derf · 07-19-2010, 11:46 PM

I want to put them in at the end and put mattress and blankets between them

Angee · 07-20-2010, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by derf

I want to put them in at the end and put mattress and blankets between them

You'd have to pack the truck around them...good luck with that. You also have to have the heaviest items in the front and middle, not the end by the door. I would put them in the middle, at least over the rear axel of the truck.

Rangerscott · 07-20-2010, 12:03 AM

I would have put the bike smack in the middle. Just in case it jumped, it wouldnt beat itself to death against the box truck's wall.

Angee · 07-20-2010, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Rangerscott

I would have put the bike smack in the middle. Just in case it jumped, it wouldnt beat itself to death against the box truck's wall.

There were bags of clothing between the bike and the wall. That bike NEVER moved. The chock kept it still also.

goof2 · 07-20-2010, 12:20 AM

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Originally Posted by derf

I want to put them in at the end and put mattress and blankets between them

I've never moved with a bike before but my brother did. He got a larger truck than he needed and put all the rest of his stuff up front and basically created an immovable barrier out of his furniture strapped down tight. He left enough room at the back for the bike to be on its own strapped to the walls. You could probably do the same thing just going 3 wide on the bikes in the back.

Mudpuppy · 07-20-2010, 12:22 AM

moving blows

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derf token jewboy Join Date: Nov 2008 Moto: CBR 900, KLR ugly ass duckling, Gas Man Posts: 10,799	How did you put the bike in the truck for the trip, I gotta move 3 of them. Im just scared that stuff will fall on them or damage them in somme way

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derf token jewboy Join Date: Nov 2008 Moto: CBR 900, KLR ugly ass duckling, Gas Man Posts: 10,799	I want to put them in at the end and put mattress and blankets between them

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