Moving house

[Blobber]

It took us 1 big and 1 small removal lorry and from my unit 4 40 foot artics, oh and a few trips with the car trailer for the projects

Never again, the only thing moving next time will be me in a box!!

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Might be significant that they have both recently gone through divorce / separation.

Have you checked the contents of said van?

 

[angellonewolf]

its strangely satisfying after you’ve done the deed.

yea then a week later your looking on ebay and see 1 of the item you remember was in these boxes in the loft that you have just thrown away go for £50

 

[angellonewolf]

ive bought just recent 2 more tools boxes 2 more that according to the otherhalf i dont need but ive put the 2 extra tool boxes in place used up all the space adding the extra tools ive had lying around waiting for that moment that ive got space to tidy up
its come ive used now i cant find half the stuff right away i end up opening about 10 drawers as i cant remember what drawer i put them in yes in time the extra space will be great but untill my brain remembers what drawer ive put the fuel pipe clamps in that only get used once a month i will be opening 10 drewers to find them every time

oh and dont forget the 2 pair of scissors that was in my old drawers that ive cheak every drawer twice and still cant find

 

[My Old Landy]

Selling my motorcycles was a huge wrench for me but I got over it and bought the Centec the workshop is my refuge in an uncertain world

 

[addjunkie]

Selling my motorcycles was a huge wrench for me but I got over it and bought the Centec the workshop is my refuge in an uncertain world

Ive sold two of mine, they were just in the roundtooit section, still have two more......dont need the space or the money, but seems pointless sometimes to keep them collecting dust

 

[My Old Landy]

Ive sold two of mine, they were just in the roundtooit section, still have two more......dont need the space or the money, but seems pointless sometimes to keep them collecting dust

I had to give up riding due to medical issues. I last rode in 2017 but it has taken until last year to actually sell them. It hit me quite hard at the time but as you say, they were only gathering dust!

 

[The Artilleryman]

We were at that stage where we (SWMBO) wanted to down size and move to a bungalow - I'd taken early retirement due to health.

So went from 1300sq ft semi to 3000sq ft bungalow - some down size
The only down sized room was the garage - but at least it's now ALL mine as a workshop, instead of her car, my trailer and a very small working area, when SWMBO was at work.

 

[Dilkris]

SWMBO ???
Just worked it out ...... sorry - got it now. - one of "those"

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

SWMBO ???

She Who Must Be Obeyed

 

[slim_boy_fat]

We were at that stage where we (SWMBO) wanted to down size and move to a bungalow - I'd taken early retirement due to health.

So went from 1300sq ft semi to 3000sq ft bungalow - some down size
The only down sized room was the garage - but at least it's now ALL mine as a workshop, instead of her car, my trailer and a very small working area, when SWMBO was at work.

Awww, bless her - she was only thinking of your future well-being, no stairs, see.....

 

[Maker]

I'm not looking forward to moving my workshop, I think it'll be several trips with one machine at a time on a plant trailer, just need to buy the trailer, a car with a tow bar to pull it, and an engine crane to load everything. That's before we even get to the shelves, cupboards and buckets of crap I'm saving just in case, a lot of it will end up in the bin I think. Luckily, mum doesn't ever plan on moving house so it's all staying in her garage until I've got a garage of my own to put it in.

Moving home from uni is a more imminent worry. When I came up, we had the car absolutely packed to the roof, plus two bikes in another car. When I moved at the start of this year, it took two full car loads, including stuff piled on the front seat while I walked with bikes and the bouldering mat, luckily just around the corner. Since then I've added four big speakers, three corny kegs, two hundred kilos of weight plates and a partridge in a pear tree and loads of other stuff I've forgotten, like that microscope. Hopefully borrowing a Luton and it's driver but I don't have a clue where it's all going when I'm home, my bedroom is barely big enough for the bed.

 

[Arc Tourist]

Awww, bless her - she was only thinking of your future well-being, no stairs, see.....

It wouldn't surprise me that there are some who are only thinking of greasing the stairs.

 

[The Artilleryman]

Our move ended up taking 15 months (another story), but half way through I moved all my garage bits into storage in Peterborough from Croydon, the rest of the house contents what was boxed into storage in Croydon - the same one that burnt down about 6 months after we moved.

I sold the Hartford mill as it was too heavy to move easily with my box trailer, but kept the L5a lathe.

Then I needed to turn up a couple of top hat's for the steam injector pipework, so had to go and get lathe, do the turning and take the lathe back again - I needed to make sure everything worked and was water/steam tight after silver soldering the pipes - otherwise I might have got somebody to turn them up for me and I was against the clock for time - no injector , no run the miniature traction engine. That finished off that season's traction engine show.

What really caused us problems was me having bowel surgery 8 weeks before moving - having just bought a motorhome - and little time to get used to driving it with a trailer.

When we moved on the Tuesday to Lincolnshire, furniture arrived on the Wednesday and on the Friday we set off for Shrewsbury for the bank holiday week end, leaving a bungalow full of unopened boxes, last show that season - wasn't allowed into garage/workshop for 3 months, that was the deal for going to Shrewsbury.

 

[My Old Landy]

Our move ended up taking 15 months (another story), but half way through I moved all my garage bits into storage in Peterborough from Croydon, the rest of the house contents what was boxed into storage in Croydon - the same one that burnt down about 6 months after we moved.

I sold the Hartford mill as it was too heavy to move easily with my box trailer, but kept the L5a lathe.

Then I needed to turn up a couple of top hat's for the steam injector pipework, so had to go and get lathe, do the turning and take the lathe back again - I needed to make sure everything worked and was water/steam tight after silver soldering the pipes - otherwise I might have got somebody to turn them up for me and I was against the clock for time - no injector , no run the miniature traction engine. That finished off that season's traction engine show.

What really caused us problems was me having bowel surgery 8 weeks before moving - having just bought a motorhome - and little time to get used to driving it with a trailer.

When we moved on the Tuesday to Lincolnshire, furniture arrived on the Wednesday and on the Friday we set off for Shrewsbury for the bank holiday week end, leaving a bungalow full of unopened boxes, last show that season - wasn't allowed into garage/workshop for 3 months, that was the deal for going to Shrewsbury.

That sounds like quite the journey! I am hoping for a more serene passage to our new place

 

[winchman]

Selling my motorcycles was a huge wrench for me but I got over it and bought the Centec the workshop is my refuge in an uncertain world

Winchboy is selling his, its looking like one will stay but for his age he has done well on the collecting scale 5 1/2 bikes I am hoping he goes down to one! ( I will still have 5 though)

 

[Miranda]

I’m still half looking for another Kwik Kwak H1 or H2 triple…. Should one happen along.

 

[roofman]

This thread is making me uneasy as i cant stop buying and storing it away..for what reason i don't know but i do know it cant keep going on as the clock it ticking away and the future has no certainty for all of us. Sold my bikes this year and just have one left and the wife has one also and i feel ok with that, so maybe it could be the start of another train of thought of clearing out as we creep into the last 3rd of this journey

 

[8ob]

This thread is making me uneasy as i cant stop buying and storing it away..for what reason i don't know but i do know it cant keep going on as the clock it ticking away and the future has no certainty for all of us. Sold my bikes this year and just have one left and the wife has one also and i feel ok with that, so maybe it could be the start of another train of thought of clearing out as we creep into the last 3rd of this journey

There is the ten year rule that applies to hoarding , if you have not needed, wanted or used it in ten years its needs to go. Probably true of wives and partners as well.


Bob

 

[roofman]

There is the ten year rule that applies to hoarding , if you have not needed, wanted or used it in ten years its needs to go. Probably true of wives and partners as well.


Bob

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