Suicide*Ride
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That U-Haul box trailer will have fully-compressed suspension and the density of a travelling neutron star. God help whatever gets in its way.
Duke of Doubt, when I read your post I laughed so hard my eyes watered!! Seems your "moving" comment in your "Pre-owned Stockpile" topic has gotten more notice than your original question!
I moved from S.E. Georgia (10mi. N. of Jacksonville, Fla.) to Denver (1,860mi.) for a job back in '02. I needed a 26 ft. box truck & towed a auto-transport trailer behind that for my '95 Dodge 4x4.
I filled that box truck 7 ft. deep - front to back, including: a gun cabinet loaded w/ 36 firearms, 13 FULL ammo cans (3-big 12x16x23 & 10-small 6x8x12 = 17,000+ rds.), Roll-around reloading bench w/ Rockchkr., 50+ lead ingots @ 7 lbs. ea., 60gal. stand-up air compressor, top/bottom roll-around toolbox, mig welder, Oxy/Acetalyne cutting rig, $12,000 dragster engine, etc., etc. Lotsa heavy stuff!!
Job ended 1 yr. later, so I moved back to Ga. from Denver - Same picture going back.
Flash forward 3.5 yrs., 1 divorce, & yep...... back to Denver! Only this time I was VERY limited by funds due to the divorce, & could only afford a 6x12 box trailer & fuel for the Dodge.
This time, it took me two+ weeks of loading/unloading/loading w/a tape measure, having to check EVERY BOX for size, so I could get as much of my "stuff" loaded as I could!
Once loaded, I drove the whole way to Denver, using back country (2-lane) highways. I wasn't going to risk getting hit by a semi due to my speed being too slow!
You could see the suspension on that trailer was bottomed out, & if I went even 01mph over 45, the trailer would "wag" the truck! If I had drilled a hole in the roof of that trailer, I wouldn't have been able to pour a jar of BB's into it!!
Between the ammunition, raw gunpowder (roughly 35lbs.), partswasher w/35 gal. solvent tank, Oxy/Acet. bottles, Arg./CO2 gas for mig., ..... Oh, I almost forgot about the 3ea. 5-gallon gas cans (full) in the bed of my truck! Talk about a V.B.I.E.D.!!! <-me B4}{me after->
I look back & think was I dumb? Yeah. Was I crazy? DEFINATLY!! It was what it was.... I had to do what I had to @ the time.
Will I do it again? Nope, I'm "home" here in Co., & ain't movin' ever again !!!
(3 trips @ 1,860mi. totaling 5,580 miles!)
What I'm saying w/ my story is: Most folks (we know who we are!!) will probably leave anything & everything of value (incl. the kitchen sink) behind.....
OUR GUNS & AMMO ARE HERE TO STAY..... at least until the next move!!
Would You sell your stockpile before a move? YES or NO