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. I am liking the lake idea pretty good... You could always offer the FD the ability to draft water out of your pond I almost think you need to be writing a book. Makes me smile when you spin up a yarn for sure!

. Dang good idea... Especially if you are doing the move yourself. AND this 4 point plan is a great way come in under budget!

. Hi Freshstart , Just being nosy... Anything new on the move and how it might be going? Maybe how many sacks of money is all this going to take and stuff like that? Tim

. You might get sticker shock, but asking is cheap.

. In all cases, Refer to Rule #1 Rule #1: If we have to be here, we have GOT to have fun!

. I am chewing on these new ideas. Hope to have something more useful to say a little later. --- We have a big wrecker company (several actually) here in the big city. They get calls for all sorts of things, but big truck rolled over is a common thing for them. They have three smaller...

. Could be - and with fatter and bigger wheels - it might be workable. My only concern about that setup is what about brakes. Something more than just a concrete block tied to a chain :cool: There is a military container mover and if memory serves me, it is the M-1022. Don't know what kind...

. On a concrete (or brick in the propaganda sheet) I could see that working, Total of about an hour from "connect to raise" and then lower and disconnect. Rated at 78,000#, we know it would lift the box for sure. Those are pretty amazing pieces of equipment!

. Ha! I mis-read the Chattanooga as the end result. Still going to be hot here too, but maybe a little cooler sometimes. We have humidity in spades though! I found a quonset hut style building that has some really deep grooves that create a self supporting building. They look pretty...

. I really like ALL of those ideas. The quonset hut idea looks really neat. There are even cloth versions of that setup. Moving to Florida - I would think you might really need to have a closed in version if "a big blow" shows up in your neighborhood... That is one heck of a workshop (several)

. The difficult thing about these low mileage trucks is that they get used. There is a motor-pool sergeant that will not hesitate to stick his boot in your asprin. But the way it works is that the replacement trucks are not generally all replaced at one time. Arbitrarily, ten trucks are...

. Don't know who has portable scales - but that is definitely what the DOT man has in the trunk of their car. That is how they figure out how much to give when you feed his (her?) bubblegum machine on the side of the road. Maybe there are companies that would rent one. Or maybe offer a remote...

. I am looking from a distance, but those look like HEAVY little boxes. Maybe nuts and bolts and washers? Sometimes I rain on the parade, but there is something to consider here... Something has to pick up or drag the container. Somebody has to have an idea what the contents will weigh...

. Well @Freshstart , Everybody else has already covered the wrecker and towing containers. I second or third the weight of the wrecker! 5-Ton wreckers are heavy and not really go-fast vehicles. You mentioned " The wrecker would make clearing land ....... easier". Have to ask what kind of...