Cargo Overload

[mitherial]

Just ran across this old picture of my LR3 loaded up with my personal library (now much expanded), shortly before the air suspension compressor gave out--resulting in my completing the rest of my cross-town move with the suspension resting on the bump-stops until I was able to get a replacement compressor...

 

[pmatusov]

I remember a time when the worst joke on the move was to pack books into cardboard boxes from 17" CRT monitors.

 

[mitherial]

From memory, the best boxes for books are about 12"x12"x16" (available at Home Depot). If you go much larger than this, the box becomes to heavy to lift and/or the books inside are not well supported. But it takes forever to pack a large libary into boxes like that.

For my next move, I've considered building wooden crates on top of a couple of pallets and stack books up inside, and then using a forklift to move them.

 

[pmatusov]

For my next move, I've considered building wooden crates on top of a couple of pallets and stack books up inside, and then using a forklift to move them.

I assume it is not going to be an apartment in a multi-story building

 

[mitherial]

I assume it is not going to be an apartment in a multi-story building

For that, I would need a very tall forklift!

 

[pmatusov]

For that, I would need a very tall forklift!

... or hire piano movers.