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Has anyone here driven a moving truck?



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Has anyone here ever driven a moving truck
No, are you crazy?  
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No, never needed to  
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No, but DH has  
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Yes, a small one  
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Yes, a large one  
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Atali




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Mar 25 2008, 10:42 am
My shipment has finally arrived from Australia and my DH and I are going to pick it up. The problem is, the port requires us to bring a huge moving truck (26 feet long) eventhough we don't have that much stuff.

My DH doesn't drive, so I am going to be driving it.

Has anyone here done this before? Advice?


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Clarissa




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Mar 25 2008, 10:46 am
It's been a long time since I've had to deal with that, but I did do it many years ago. Correction - my then boyfriend did the actual driving, but it was my stuff. I don't drive trucks. I do have advice. You may load it up and it'll look and feel really secure, because it appears to be a big room. But things really shift around when you're driving. I had things topple over in the back and go flying just because we'd turn a corner. My stereo speaker broke. I naively stacked things without securing those things that needed to be secured.

Drive carefully. If you're not used to driving a truck, it's a very different experience. Leave plenty of space between yourself and other vehicles.
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yo'ma




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Mar 25 2008, 11:01 am
Who's going to help you unload it? I suppose if you could, you'd hire someone. When we moved, we had movers bring our container, bring it up (4th floor with elevators), and put it together. It was so worth it, but it was part of the package when we moved the movers there, the container, and the movers here. We also got the package that they packed, took everything apart and put everything together. We had to unpack of course Smile .
Good luck and hatzlacha on your back or whoever is doing the unloading.
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chocolate moose




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Mar 25 2008, 12:54 pm
With a stick shift?

I've drivne a big van before, but not the moving kind.
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Atali




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Mar 25 2008, 2:04 pm
No, B"H it's automatic (I have never driven a stick shift)
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greenfire




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Mar 25 2008, 2:06 pm
once drove a schoolbus ... in a parking lot ...

do you have the right license ...

find out about the proper gears ...

go for it ... good luck !!!
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Atali




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Mar 25 2008, 2:07 pm
They said that I could drive it on a regular drivers licence
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Tehilla




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Mar 25 2008, 2:11 pm
I drove a uhaul on a regular license. a pretty big one too
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Atali




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Mar 25 2008, 2:12 pm
Tehilla wrote:
I drove a uhaul on a regular license. a pretty big one too


Was it much more difficult than driving a car? Was it hard to make turns and reverse?
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