I don't think there's been a truck built with a distributor in the last 20+ years.
Moving guns, the 2016 thread
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I don't think there's been a truck built with a distributor in the last 20+ years.
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I think you're probably right. However, if you rent a U-Haul, you'll have a have a really good chance of it being 20+ years old.
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I have moved with guns about a dozen times, a handgun stays loaded near me (welcome to the south, we have gun freedom here.)
the rest were heavily oiled and wrapped in many Layers of paper for protection.
One move I did not know what conditions they were going to be stored in for how long so I covered them thickly inside and out in Vaseline, works like a lighter duty version of cosmoline, sealing out oxygen and moisture. again wrapped thickly in paper then in trash bags, then into a large wooden chest with loose fill, fortunately I was able to get into dry storage before humidity made troubles.
It is a chore to take them out of petroleum jelly. But everything was protected.
I would never trust movers with firearms, although I am sure there are some who are trustworthy, it is a low status job witch is left to those who for many reasons cannot get better work. For many that reason is substance abuse, you gun collection easily converts into thier expensive substance of need.
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the rest were heavily oiled and wrapped in many Layers of paper for protection.
One move I did not know what conditions they were going to be stored in for how long so I covered them thickly inside and out in Vaseline, works like a lighter duty version of cosmoline, sealing out oxygen and moisture. again wrapped thickly in paper then in trash bags, then into a large wooden chest with loose fill, fortunately I was able to get into dry storage before humidity made troubles.
It is a chore to take them out of petroleum jelly. But everything was protected.
I would never trust movers with firearms, although I am sure there are some who are trustworthy, it is a low status job witch is left to those who for many reasons cannot get better work. For many that reason is substance abuse, you gun collection easily converts into thier expensive substance of need.
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Of and I would agree about leaving California compliant firearms in California. That's where they belong, there they are valuable, elsewhere they are devalued. You will want firearms that operate as intended when you get to a better regulatory envionment
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I guess U-Haul's inventory must vary considerably across the country because the U-Haul places here in the Dallas area have late model trucks. When my son graduated college last year, the U-Haul he rented was a Ford with less than 10,000 miles. It was significantly cheaper than Ryder or Penske and the U-Haul location was 12 miles closer to my house.
When we bailed out of CA we bought an enclosed car hauler and made a couple of trips. Mover the safe into the box and put the guns back in packed with t-shirts(I have an inordinate amount from various 4x events). No problems at all. Ammo was mostly stored in GI ammo cans and was an easy move. Placed ammo cans on the floor of the trailer over the axles like a sub-floor. Kept the weight low and centered.
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