Pete M Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 made it to GA in one piece. I'll elaborate on the box tomorrow no, it's not a missile launcher (not that I'd tell you if it was ) 750 miles with a giant sail that whistled the entire way. fun times. spent 3+ weeks staring at the walls of an otherwise empty house to make sure I could come to GA clean. now I can finally work on projects! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdog Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Yea glad to hear you had a safe trip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMO413 Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Good to hear you made it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ωhm Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 High winds West to East, travel trip North to South. Lucky that sailboat you drove had all that ballast (heavy medal tools, floor jacks, half a hoist etc etc) in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 I choose my travel day wisely. the day before was a crazy stormy gusty day and I probably would have been carried away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsalagi Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Ha! I saw you yesterday on I75 and wondered if that could have been yours! I don't see too many nice looking Liberty's and immediately thought of this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 32 minutes ago, Tsalagi said: Ha! I saw you yesterday on I75 and wondered if that could have been yours! I don't see too many nice looking Liberty's and immediately thought of this one. if you saw a liberty with a giant box on top, that was me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatslug87 Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 It is now "tomorrow" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 sorry, spent much of today striping parts from a junkyard libby. got myself a full skid plate ensemble as well as a pair of factory rocker guards but anywho, back to the story at hand... so I saw a craiglist ad for a dealership sign located in Cincinatti the ad said "bring a bunch of guys, it's heavy" so I rented a small trailer, grabbed a hand cart and went for a 4 hour drive by myself. turns out it was heavy, but it's heaviness was no match for physics. shoved the dolly under the one side, strapped it on, and pivoted the whole thing over on it's back so I could push it out the door on 4 wheels. then I reversed the pivot at the trailer for an upright journey back to michigan (using like a dozen straps). once I got home I put it back down on all 4 wheels to push it up against the house where it sat for a few days under a plastic cover. eventually I uprighted it again, stripped it of all the fragile items (tv, dvd player, etc), then padded and boxed it up for the journey to GA. then it was back up against the house for a couple days but how could I get it to GA? a trailer rental costs a couple hundred bucks for a one-way trip ("in town" was only 20 bucks). can't afford that, but I can afford some 2x4s, so I built a roof rack and pulley attachment point so I could use the winch to help hoist it up. I even was able to use the spare tire bracket bolts! before that I had to cut the bottom steel plate off because it was just too insanely heavy with it on. ended up putting that plate inside the Jeep thanks to my glorious fold forward KK seat. that's 1/4" plate there. then after more strapping and screwing and lag screws and bailing wire and chewing gum I felt I was ready for the trip south. turned out to be a very uneventful trip aside from the weird wind noises above my head. and so that brings us to the present time. tomorrow I'll reverse the procedure and get it down from the Jeep (now with help from my pop and bro-in-law). I bought a set of casters so once down I can push it around and into the garage. much much much later on (once the various travel bans are lifted) it'll be loaded into my trailer and delivered to it's new home with a fellow CC member. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankTheDog Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 All that work and you don’t get to keep it?! You’re a good man Pete. Pretty ingenious too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatslug87 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Nice little project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 13 minutes ago, FrankTheDog said: All that work and you don’t get to keep it?! You’re a good man Pete. Pretty ingenious too. I'm trading for something I want even more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strictlyxjs Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Thats awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecodemonk Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 10 hours ago, Pete M said: I'm trading for something I want even more It's like a TV series...always with the teasers. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 typically I try not to share until I've actually accomplished a particular task. Just in case the plans fall apart. Note that I didn't share this thread until I made it safely to georgia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watchamakalit Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 awaiting trade updates.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buxmj Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 I was wondering why it was sitting vertical on the top of your car, figured since it is Pete the reason will make sense and now it does, thanks for giving us the back shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted April 17, 2020 Author Share Posted April 17, 2020 6 minutes ago, buxmj said: I was wondering why it was sitting vertical on the top of your car, figured since it is Pete the reason will make sense and now it does, thanks for giving us the back shot. yeah, that plate of steel that makes up the seat base does not come off. makes it real awkward to find a way to transport it via a tiny SUV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rokinn Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 I'm duly impressed. Like my uncle often said...Where there's a will there's a way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drahcir495 Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Insanely nice use of lumber. So impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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