ChiefsPlanet Moving advice - Page 2

Hammock Parties · 08-02-2012, 06:29 PM

Dear Chiefsplanet...

I am moving to Illinois and have a, basically, brand new queen size mattress and box that was very expensive and I do not want to leave behind or sell for $0.60 on the $1. I got a few quotes for shipping rates and they are all over $300 and come from some pretty seedy shipping companies.

I don't need to rent a moving truck as all of my stuff easily fits into my 2002 Audi Allroad (with a sturdy luggage rack on top) and don't need to pay $800 + gas for a Uhaul + towing (for my car) rental.

Basically, I want to get this queen size bed and box to Illinois (800 miles) without getting pulled over for dangerous hauling (or whatever it may be) and with the mattress arriving in 1 piece in good condition. My friends seem to think with a tarp and several ratchet straps it would be more than safe on my luggage rack, but man...I just don't see it nor am I good with this stuff.

If anyone has any experience in this sort of thing or has some advice or anything...maybe even instructions on how to do this without ****ing my car up, my mattress up, and putting an entire interstate of other cars in danger...I would be greatly appreciative.

Go Chiefs,

Spoiler!

**Saulbadguy** · 08-02-2012, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Cassel's Reckoning

Does you mean I can pay someone to strap it to my car? Or buy it off of me? Or ship it for me?

Pay someone to drive it with their own car. There are enough desperate schmos out there that will do shit like that for money. It will be expensive but much less than a U-Haul. Slightly more risk, they might just steal it from you.

**Rain Man** · 08-02-2012, 06:45 PM

Another option would be to find someone who is doing a cross-country hike from Texas to Illinois. They might carry it for you if they could sleep on it each night on the side of the road.

kstater · 08-02-2012, 06:45 PM

Cut it in half and strap it down. Sew it back together when moved in.

**Bwana** · 08-02-2012, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Iowanian

Rent a uhaul trailer....pull your shit to illinois, return trailer to Uhaul for a hundo.

Bingo

**mlyonsd** · 08-02-2012, 06:55 PM

Sell your car and buy my pickup.

**ShortRoundChief** · 08-02-2012, 06:56 PM

Dear Hootie,

Don't be a douche nozzle and get banned from a pretty laid back website. Then you could ask your stupid questions yourself.

Love,
Diddy

**Saulbadguy** · 08-02-2012, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by J Diddy

Dear Hootie,

Don't be a douche nozzle and get banned from a pretty laid back website. Then you could ask your stupid questions yourself.

Love,
Diddy

terrible advice.

**Rain Man** · 08-02-2012, 07:15 PM

Start a website about the travels of "Madeleine the Mattress". Invite people to take the mattress traveling with them as long as they take pictures of where it's at. Keep tabs on the website as the mattress travels around the world having its picture taken at the Eiffel Tower, the Taj Mahal, and other interesting places. Wait until someone takes its picture in Illinois, and then go snag it.

**Rain Man** · 08-02-2012, 07:17 PM

Ask your local congressperson to start a program allowing significant federal subsidies to companies that move mattresses north. Take advantage of the subsidy.

**Rain Man** · 08-02-2012, 07:17 PM

Sell it to an illegal immigrant. Move to Illinois and start a lettuce farm. Wait until harvest and keep an eye out for that immigrant. Buy the mattress back from him.

08-02-2012, 07:21 PM

You can buy freight space on a truck already headed that way for probably about $150 for something that will take up that little space.

**Rain Man** · 08-02-2012, 07:23 PM

Offer to put it in the pickup bed of a lot lizard at a truck stop, on the condition that she can use it for a month but must then give it to another lot lizard at the next truck stop to the north, with the same agreement. Eventually it will make it to Illinois and you can retrieve it.

**cdcox** · 08-02-2012, 07:24 PM

If you drive fast enough you can fly it behind your car like a kite.

08-02-2012, 07:33 PM

Seriously though Rick, with as much of a stud as you've told us you are in the bedroom I can't imagine you could get more than 6-8 months use out of a mattress before you have to invest in a new one. Are you certain its worth all the trouble to move it?

**mlyonsd** · 08-02-2012, 07:35 PM

If it isn't a Temper-pedic throw it out on the curb and buy one when you get to Illinois.

You'll thank me later.

08-02-2012, 06:29 PM
Hammock Parties I'll be back. Join Date: Nov 2002 Casino cash: $1010478	Moving advice Dear Chiefsplanet... I am moving to Illinois and have a, basically, brand new queen size mattress and box that was very expensive and I do not want to leave behind or sell for $0.60 on the $1. I got a few quotes for shipping rates and they are all over $300 and come from some pretty seedy shipping companies. I don't need to rent a moving truck as all of my stuff easily fits into my 2002 Audi Allroad (with a sturdy luggage rack on top) and don't need to pay $800 + gas for a Uhaul + towing (for my car) rental. Basically, I want to get this queen size bed and box to Illinois (800 miles) without getting pulled over for dangerous hauling (or whatever it may be) and with the mattress arriving in 1 piece in good condition. My friends seem to think with a tarp and several ratchet straps it would be more than safe on my luggage rack, but man...I just don't see it nor am I good with this stuff. If anyone has any experience in this sort of thing or has some advice or anything...maybe even instructions on how to do this without **ing my car up, my mattress up, and putting an entire interstate of other cars in danger...I would be greatly appreciative. Go Chiefs, Spoiler!** Love, Hootie
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08-02-2012, 06:45 PM	#17
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-472449 VARSITY	Another option would be to find someone who is doing a cross-country hike from Texas to Illinois. They might carry it for you if they could sleep on it each night on the side of the road. __________________ Active fan of the greatest team in NFL history.
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08-02-2012, 06:45 PM	#18
kstater Custom User Title Join Date: Jan 2007 Casino cash: $-1573437	Cut it in half and strap it down. Sew it back together when moved in.
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08-02-2012, 06:55 PM	#20
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08-02-2012, 06:56 PM	#21
ShortRoundChief Embrace the love Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Joplin Casino cash: $4197192	Dear Hootie, Don't be a douche nozzle and get banned from a pretty laid back website. Then you could ask your stupid questions yourself. Love, Diddy
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08-02-2012, 07:15 PM	#23
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-472449 VARSITY	Start a website about the travels of "Madeleine the Mattress". Invite people to take the mattress traveling with them as long as they take pictures of where it's at. Keep tabs on the website as the mattress travels around the world having its picture taken at the Eiffel Tower, the Taj Mahal, and other interesting places. Wait until someone takes its picture in Illinois, and then go snag it. __________________ Active fan of the greatest team in NFL history.
Posts: 145,272

08-02-2012, 07:17 PM	#24
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-472449 VARSITY	Ask your local congressperson to start a program allowing significant federal subsidies to companies that move mattresses north. Take advantage of the subsidy. __________________ Active fan of the greatest team in NFL history.
Posts: 145,272

08-02-2012, 07:21 PM	#26
Phobia Guest Casino cash: $	You can buy freight space on a truck already headed that way for probably about $150 for something that will take up that little space.
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08-02-2012, 07:23 PM	#27
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-472449 VARSITY	Offer to put it in the pickup bed of a lot lizard at a truck stop, on the condition that she can use it for a month but must then give it to another lot lizard at the next truck stop to the north, with the same agreement. Eventually it will make it to Illinois and you can retrieve it. __________________ Active fan of the greatest team in NFL history.
Posts: 145,272

08-02-2012, 07:24 PM	#28
cdcox www.nfl-forecast.com Join Date: Sep 2000 Casino cash: $-478231	If you drive fast enough you can fly it behind your car like a kite.
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08-02-2012, 07:33 PM	#29
Phobia Guest Casino cash: $	Seriously though Rick, with as much of a stud as you've told us you are in the bedroom I can't imagine you could get more than 6-8 months use out of a mattress before you have to invest in a new one. Are you certain its worth all the trouble to move it?
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08-02-2012, 07:35 PM	#30
mlyonsd Supporter Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Spink, SD Casino cash: $-2016238	If it isn't a Temper-pedic throw it out on the curb and buy one when you get to Illinois. You'll thank me later.
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