Moving Logistics... Confessions of a Coin Hoarder - New Location for Me in CT
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As of right now, I am writing from an undisclosed location in CT wearing Longacre's smoking jacket.
Actually, I am at a temp. rental apt. in CT.
The other half received a lay off notice in May effective June 30 and we had to scramble for a job and new place to stay for everyone and the coins. I'm behind on buying mint releases even! (new job secured, need to sell current mortgaged house fast.)
We all talk of a box of 20, but I collect more than 20. And you know I'm also a roll searcher and don't forget those pucks, those 2009 cent boxes with potential doubled dies, I have mint sets, modern commems, ALL ogp in box separate from the pcgs boxes of coins, I have just 1 box of all kennedy half bags from 2001-2011, etc.
I found boxes and bags of bronze/brass cents I didn't know I had! boxes!
I'm not paying someone to find out I've got coins, much less trust them to move all of it.
I had so much stuff to move I didn't know how bad it was:
rented a van from uhaul to move it, but luckily they only had a 10x10 available(for the same price since our reservation was for a van)
almost everything went into 1 layer on the floor of that van. (some stacking required, a few tall boxes of OGP and sets) no joke. 100 sq feet.
I had boxes of coins I didn't have time to search. I tried but realized I couldn't do it in time. I spent 1 whole work day driving to banks trying to convince them to take back unopened boxes. (a few refusals, a few searches and testing of rolls, and one final bank that said "sure we have lots of commercial business... we'll take the rest!")
do you know how hard it is to move multiple $25 boxes of 2009 cents???? (uhaul hand trucks are not designed for moving cents, btw) (we had to unload in the dark past midnight to hide what we moved into the apt.)
we had subcontractors in the house, and had to move a couple boxes out at a time (some inside other boxes), and key lock a closet door for the rest, and hide some stuff like the cent boxes under blankets.
Then there is the logistics of safe storage and loading-unloading.
If I have to load, drive to ct, and unload, and it had to be timed with the regular move to avoid storage in another location, that's logistics. Someone had to stay with the stuff in the truck outside in the heat just to watch the load.
Luckily the movers wanted to load on 1 day and unload 2 days later, giving us 1 day to load-drive 8 hours-unload later that night (which was a good thing)
hmmm... 5 hours loading, 8.5 hours driving, 3 hours unloading, sleep, wake up early to welcome morning movers, next day sleep late and return uhaul.
In short:
care! careful packing and moving! no crushing!
bulk! lots of items! lots of OGP! lots of space!
weight! and surprise finds of boxes of hunted cents
sweat! 100 degree heat in the DC area on friday.
logistics! time the move to avoid storage and to unload in the dark (safe neighborhood)
storage! not me. storage was not an option.
If any of you ever move, especially in a hurry, plan the coin move first. Maybe part of the coin owner's code should be to have a "in case of move plan" made beforehand just like there is a "what to do with the collection upon death plan."
Also, I recommend including a "how to move plan" in your will where applicable.
(PS: getting egregiously overcharged by a general contractor but we don't have time to shop around and the contractor knows that.
Anyone with electrical, plumbing, tile, granite, carpentry, drywall, painting contractors names in the MD area west of DC who wouldn't mind just coming to tell us how badly we are being taken.... please let me know! We found a flooring guy that was 15% under his , so he matched that. And he took 50% off changing all outlets and switches from 3000 to 1500. Is the rest of his stuff 15% over priced? He had 100% margin on changing outlets and switches? I wish we had more time to shop around than just 2 quotes from 2 guys.)
Actually, I am at a temp. rental apt. in CT.
The other half received a lay off notice in May effective June 30 and we had to scramble for a job and new place to stay for everyone and the coins. I'm behind on buying mint releases even! (new job secured, need to sell current mortgaged house fast.)
We all talk of a box of 20, but I collect more than 20. And you know I'm also a roll searcher and don't forget those pucks, those 2009 cent boxes with potential doubled dies, I have mint sets, modern commems, ALL ogp in box separate from the pcgs boxes of coins, I have just 1 box of all kennedy half bags from 2001-2011, etc.
I found boxes and bags of bronze/brass cents I didn't know I had! boxes!
I'm not paying someone to find out I've got coins, much less trust them to move all of it.
I had so much stuff to move I didn't know how bad it was:
rented a van from uhaul to move it, but luckily they only had a 10x10 available(for the same price since our reservation was for a van)
almost everything went into 1 layer on the floor of that van. (some stacking required, a few tall boxes of OGP and sets) no joke. 100 sq feet.
I had boxes of coins I didn't have time to search. I tried but realized I couldn't do it in time. I spent 1 whole work day driving to banks trying to convince them to take back unopened boxes. (a few refusals, a few searches and testing of rolls, and one final bank that said "sure we have lots of commercial business... we'll take the rest!")
do you know how hard it is to move multiple $25 boxes of 2009 cents???? (uhaul hand trucks are not designed for moving cents, btw) (we had to unload in the dark past midnight to hide what we moved into the apt.)
we had subcontractors in the house, and had to move a couple boxes out at a time (some inside other boxes), and key lock a closet door for the rest, and hide some stuff like the cent boxes under blankets.
Then there is the logistics of safe storage and loading-unloading.
If I have to load, drive to ct, and unload, and it had to be timed with the regular move to avoid storage in another location, that's logistics. Someone had to stay with the stuff in the truck outside in the heat just to watch the load.
Luckily the movers wanted to load on 1 day and unload 2 days later, giving us 1 day to load-drive 8 hours-unload later that night (which was a good thing)
hmmm... 5 hours loading, 8.5 hours driving, 3 hours unloading, sleep, wake up early to welcome morning movers, next day sleep late and return uhaul.
In short:
care! careful packing and moving! no crushing!
bulk! lots of items! lots of OGP! lots of space!
weight! and surprise finds of boxes of hunted cents
sweat! 100 degree heat in the DC area on friday.
logistics! time the move to avoid storage and to unload in the dark (safe neighborhood)
storage! not me. storage was not an option.
If any of you ever move, especially in a hurry, plan the coin move first. Maybe part of the coin owner's code should be to have a "in case of move plan" made beforehand just like there is a "what to do with the collection upon death plan."
Also, I recommend including a "how to move plan" in your will where applicable.
(PS: getting egregiously overcharged by a general contractor but we don't have time to shop around and the contractor knows that.
Anyone with electrical, plumbing, tile, granite, carpentry, drywall, painting contractors names in the MD area west of DC who wouldn't mind just coming to tell us how badly we are being taken.... please let me know! We found a flooring guy that was 15% under his , so he matched that. And he took 50% off changing all outlets and switches from 3000 to 1500. Is the rest of his stuff 15% over priced? He had 100% margin on changing outlets and switches? I wish we had more time to shop around than just 2 quotes from 2 guys.)Current maintainer of Stone's Master List of Favorite Websites // My BST transactions
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build the wooden crates now. build them with a pallet shaped-forklift accessible bottom. Square crates will make for a better use of your garage space than round cans and the pallet shaped bottom will make moving and shipping easier. If you ever do get to melt them for money, you'll need to forklift them anyway even if you never move to a new house.
my advice is to build the crates.
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Living in Florida, you need to be able to plan for hurricane evacuations etc. I had to evacuate once a few years ago so I got to practice.
Glad you were able to make all of it work for ya. Good luck in the new town with new job!
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If I lived in the area I would have helped you with the
Contractual end of your move.you don't realize how much
Stuff you own until you load it up into a moving truck.
Good luck