Moving 500+ miles... SUCKS

[Ava]

such. a pain. in the ass.

that is all

[truegrit44]

1. You have my complete sympathy!

I have moved about 6 times and they were from 1200 to the least of 600miles. It really, really sucks!
I remember one time when we rented a U Haul trailer and it use to say on the side of them"Adventure in Moving" I remember thinking this is not my idea of an adventure.

Good luck!!

[MiddleFingerMom]

2. I never found it harder to move 500 miles than to move 1/2 mile.

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For me, the abysmal part was the packing and unpacking, not the
roadtrip.
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Except during the 70's, during a seriously battle-iffic trucker's strike,
when some folks were tossing concrete blocks off of overpasses to
go through a scab truck's windshield.
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We moved a friend's grandma from Tennessee to Missouri and
thought it would be a great idea to start long before there was
much traffic out there.

After we got started -- my buddy driving a huge U-Haul and I in a
chase car -- I realized that it was pitch-dark out on the Interstate
and that it would be very hard to distinguish the difference
between the lights of a U-Haul and the iights of an 18-wheeler...
ESPECIALLY if there were alcohol involved.
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I grabbed some extra sodas and snacks at the gas station I was
at and zoomed up to catch my buddy and get him to pull over --
where we stayed, drinkin' Co-Colas n' eatin' Moon Pies until the
sun came up.
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I lived in an RV for 5 years or so and moved several times.
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It entailed unplugging my electrical and my sewage connection
from the site, checking to make sure most things were fairly
battened down and driving off.
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I highly recommend it to anyone who hates moving as much as I.
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[Bearheim]

3. Moving almost always sucks

Moved 2500 miles from blue state to purple insane Floriduh. Did that 3 years ago. Only good part was stopping along the way to see the sites.

[ellie]

4. Yes, yes it is.

I moved 1,200 miles last year with three cats. It sucked.

[a la izquierda]

5. Don't I know it.

I have moved to four states. In those states, I've moved multiple times.
The move to CA was easy. I was 23 and everything in my life fit in my car.
The move to OK was more complicated. Still didn't have much.
From OK to OH was the biggest pain in the ass ever.
The last move wasn't too bad.

But like you, I hate, hate, HATE moving.

[In_The_Wind]

6. Moving 40 miles seemed to take forever.

[graywarrior]

7. Moving sucks, period!

[magical thyme]

8. been there, done that, with 17 years worth of stuff

Not to mention a dozen plus birds, a rabbit, a large number of house plants and a horse, and all of their stuff too.

It took weeks to recover from the physical exhaustion. The critters, plants and irreplaceble stuff took 3 trips back and forth in a commercial-sized rental van. The horse traveled professionally and I heartily recommend the shipper, who does a fabulous job. They even kept him on video due to his small airway disease (horsey seasonal COPD). On closing day, my car was packed to the hilt on my 4th and final trip here. The rest went by professional moving van, and they did a great job too.

Only 1 thing was broken while packing. One elderly finch passed several weeks after arrival, which I chalk up to his age more than anything.

But talk about exhausting....aaaack.

[Cooley Hurd]

9. I've done it a few times...

...and yes, very sucky. UNLESS you make it an adventure. Do some sightseeing. Meet people. It takes a lot of the suckiness out of it.

[Wait Wut]

10. My son and DIL just moved to KCMO last weekend.

He broke his hand the week before when he tripped over the trailer ramp.
The day of the move, we were finishing up getting the trailer hitched to the truck when the truck bottomed out.
He almost had to leave his bike behind.
He was an hour away from his final destination when a trailer tire blew.
Luckily, he had missed an exit several miles before and ended up in Lawrence, KS where his best friend's parents live. The dad had a floor jack that was able to jack up the trailer without unloading the bike.

Good luck. More importantly, 6 months from now I wish you peace and recovery from your moving ordeal.

[Ava]

12. Wow that sounds hellish!

Good thing he had someone to come to the rescue though!

[Ava]

11. Now Time Warner screwed me over

They "accidentally" cancelled my order (how does that happen?) so now I won't have internet until next Monday. I'm a Millennial.. I need my internet.

I'm at a Starbucks now mooching off their internet and sipping my first chai latte in weeks. It's not the MUD truck near my old office in Manhattan, but it will do for now. Never have I ever appreciated a Starbucks this much, lol.