Moving to Utah

General guns and ammo

  • General gunsmithing discussion

    Votes: 2 40.0%
  • Shipping local and interstate discussions

    Votes: 4 80.0%
  • General gun discussions

    Votes: 3 60.0%

  • Total voters
    5
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I had movers move my long guns last move and it worked out okay. Don't think I'll do it next time, though. Still a few years away from a retirement move, but I'll probably do one load in a rental that I drive even if I have a company do the rest. I've wondered about the Pods route. My understanding is that once you seal the Pod, it stays locked until you unlock it on the far end. Might that work?
 
I had movers move my long guns last move and it worked out okay. Don't think I'll do it next time, though. Still a few years away from a retirement move, but I'll probably do one load in a rental that I drive even if I have a company do the rest. I've wondered about the Pods route. My understanding is that once you seal the Pod, it stays locked until you unlock it on the far end. Might that work?
Yup, once you lock it with your own padlock it doesn't get opened until you open it. They do have a list of items you're not supposed to ship in their containers and if I remember correctly firearms is on that list. But if they can't get in then they won't know.........

If you go that route make sure everything is VERY well secured as the container will be moved to load it on the pickup vehicle then moved to storage slots for a day or so before being loaded on a long haul transport then unloaded at your destination.
 
There is a lot that is good about small town life.
I grew up in a small town with a population of about 12k and miss it greatly. Great place for a kid to grow up. Live in the #5 metro area now and have been here nearly 40 years. Wish I could go back, but at this late stage in life, "You can never go home." The population of that small town has doubled and times have changed, too. I will visit this summer for my 50th HS reunion, just to check out some of the old faces.
In a small town, everybody knows everybody and everybody knows everybody's kids. If someone buys a new car, everyone knows it and if he bought it locally, everyone knows what he paid for it.
In many small towns, if you were not born there, you will always be "the people that bought Old Charlie Smith's house..." ;)
 
44 Mag - as a couple of others have suggested, use a UHaul BUT be sure it is a fully enclosed trailer with lockable doors. Disguise your guns any way you can so that when the doors are opened, nothing gives their presence away.
Good luck with your move.
 
Mover's temp laborers stole all of the handguns I had to put in storage at the beginning of a three-year overseas assignment. I couldn't legally take them with me.

They were listed on the manifests, and the mover's insurance company settled with me when I returned.

Long guns were untouched.

If I had had the choice, I would never have entrusted my guns to movers.
 
Yep, some of my stuff disappeared when I moved from Cali to AZ. I only had one gun at the time, which I took in my car, stowed safely. I now have more, but I would still only take them in my own vehicle if I were ever to move again.
Moving requires you to put some work in. Cash, jewelry, gold, silver, computers, camera gear, guns & ammo, small children… all should be moved by owner!
 
Every time I have moved my guns and ammo went with me in a U-Haul trailer. Some moving companies won’t move guns. I have had things vanish during moves. Everything I don’t want to lose went with me. Guns, ammo, tools and motorcycles.

I load my safe into the trailer on its back. I put every gun in a rug then fill up the safe then lock it. I load stuff on top of it. Much of my ammo goes in ammo boxes and is used as filler boxes. A lot of the ammo goes into a gun cabinet, also lying on its back. The rolling toolbox goes in and then boxes containing really important or fragile stuff. The motorcycle goes in last. Also, I make it so if one were to look in my trailer they would have no indication guns, ammo or tools are in the trailer.
The only guns that go in the tow vehicle are SD guns.
 
Utah is the worst place to move to. Big stink hole. They make you join the church. Tithing is 60% of wealth, mandatory. Tell all your friends how bad it is to scare them away, too.
am hoping that the post above is a tongue-in-cheek joke. I was stationed in Utah for two years, lived off base across the street from a Mormon Church and had an church elder as my next door neighbor. My two children went to the local schools. Never ever was bothered to join nor was I shunned as I did carpentry in my driveway while they were going to service. I had to loan the Mormon elder a manual can opener when the area had an extended power outage.
 
Utah is the worst place to move to. Big stink hole. They make you join the church. Tithing is 60% of wealth, mandatory. Tell all your friends how bad it is to scare them away, too.
No Problem, spent a Summer on that big lake, Strawberry something with trout the size of sharks, crawfish the size of lobster—- very dangerous/ and Shooting ranges all over the hills! SUPER SCARY PLACE!

btw, the federal prison has the best lunch program EVER!
 
Utah is the worst place to move to.
Nope, not "the worst" place to move to. Idaho is worse yet - it has all of the bad things you listed plus the average wage here is way, way below the national average. Besides that, my wife and I are just hoping the snow lets up for a little while this afternoon because we need to get out and shoot a few ground squirrels; we're out of meat. ;)
 
lol, you sound like my brother. He lives in Boise, he tells everyone how bad it is to keep people away. Except instead of squirrels, he eats a lot of crow! He loves Idaho except for the snow...
We grew up in Wallsburg, UT back in the 50's & 60's, God's country! We're working our way back home step by step. Wife has family near Loa, we're gonna camp there for a while.
 
Nope, not "the worst" place to move to. Idaho is worse yet - it has all of the bad things you listed plus the average wage here is way, way below the national average. Besides that, my wife and I are just hoping the snow lets up for a little while this afternoon because we need to get out and shoot a few ground squirrels; we're out of meat. ;)
they were joking about it being the “Worst” so that people from the west side don’t take it over! lol
 
He says it's not working! He says there more California license plates in Boise than there are Idaho plates. Lotsa people from Cal. down here too. Guess it could be worse
 
Yup, once you lock it with your own padlock it doesn't get opened until you open it. They do have a list of items you're not supposed to ship in their containers and if I remember correctly firearms is on that list. But if they can't get in then they won't know.........

If you go that route make sure everything is VERY well secured as the container will be moved to load it on the pickup vehicle then moved to storage slots for a day or so before being loaded on a long haul transport then unloaded at your destination.
 
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