Where there is a will, there is a way... 
Thanks,
Jim R.
Thanks,
Jim R.
What I Saw at Home Depot Yesterday...
- Thread starter Jimrahbe
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- Jun 22, 2014
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- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-45 Plus
nice. chevrolet came out with the all new contractors edition malibu a few years ago.. glad to see someone is finally using it for what it was designed for.
- May 3, 2014
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- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
At least they don't have some 16 footers. Those would have been fun to watch -------
A 12 ft. deck board in my 5.5 truck bed yesterday wasn't particularly fun. But they make rope and bungee cords!
The one who will really be surprised is the guy on the motorcycle running up between the lanes.....
From the looks of it, that lumber hanging out the trunk, will be on the ground before he/she gets home.
Uhm, Home Depot has trucks for rent. I don't have a picture of it, but the best (or worst) example of the above I have is the woman stacking sod into the front seat of her Honda Civic. I was walking by and said to the Lowes guy "She should put that in the trunk". he says straight faced "the trunk and back seat are already full".
Now I am not an engineer... but I think the wings on that plane need to be longer I’d they expect to get off the ground.
That's what you get for buying a truck with a baby bed! I hope your butt cheeks hurt today from all the clenching.
Killer95Stang
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Another reason why you don't buy used cars from enterprise or hertz.
This was my car when I had to return a bit of lumber after I finished my deck project. The longest boards there are actually 16 feet, I can fit 10 foot boards in the car with the trunk closed.
I had lowes deliver all of the lumber for the project and I considered renting a truck for the returns at the end, but there really wasn’t that much to return and I figured I’d just put it in the car.
I had lowes deliver all of the lumber for the project and I considered renting a truck for the returns at the end, but there really wasn’t that much to return and I figured I’d just put it in the car.
That's what you get for buying a truck with a baby bed! I hope your butt cheeks hurt today from all the clenching.
Crew cab....everything in life is a trade off.
BowserB
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- Jul 29, 2018
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- 15000
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- Plaster
- Chlorine
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- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Most places deliver these days. Just budget $100 a year for deliveries and you don't have to destroy your sedan or live with a pickup truck 365 days a year. Oh, and "lane splitting" is not legal in Texas (re the theoretical motorcycle rider between the lanes.) OTOH, I've carried a lot of stuff in my 2000 Subaru Outback, including an 8 ft wide roll of seamless photo background paper, but never with the hatch open.
Years ago, when I had much less money, and apparently less brains as well, I had bought my first house and did almost of of the renovations myself.
I had a 4 speed Toyota Tercel EZ hatchback at the time. I needed a 4' x 8' sheet of plywood and some 4' x 8' sheetrock. Back then having something small like that delivered was not an option, and I was not renting a truck just to get that home (remember, dumb and poor).
I bought two 8' 2x4 studs and put them in the back, with about 4'6" in the car, and 3'6" sticking out, and then loaded the sheet goods in on top. I was fine for about 6 miles, and then I got to the section of the highway that is a pretty decent uphill area. As I am driving along, with every pothole and bump I hit, the steering got squirrelyer and squirrelyer - the load was slowing sliding out of the back of the car, and the shift in weight was taking the weight off of the front wheels.
I checked my rearview mirror and nobody was behind me, so I hit the brakes hard. The entire load shifted back into the car with a satisfying "thunk" into the back of the drivers seat, and then I made it the other mile or so home. Never tried to do that again.
Now if it does not fit in the Explorer, then my utility trailer makes the trip - much less nerve wracking.
I had a 4 speed Toyota Tercel EZ hatchback at the time. I needed a 4' x 8' sheet of plywood and some 4' x 8' sheetrock. Back then having something small like that delivered was not an option, and I was not renting a truck just to get that home (remember, dumb and poor).
I bought two 8' 2x4 studs and put them in the back, with about 4'6" in the car, and 3'6" sticking out, and then loaded the sheet goods in on top. I was fine for about 6 miles, and then I got to the section of the highway that is a pretty decent uphill area. As I am driving along, with every pothole and bump I hit, the steering got squirrelyer and squirrelyer - the load was slowing sliding out of the back of the car, and the shift in weight was taking the weight off of the front wheels.
I checked my rearview mirror and nobody was behind me, so I hit the brakes hard. The entire load shifted back into the car with a satisfying "thunk" into the back of the drivers seat, and then I made it the other mile or so home. Never tried to do that again.
Now if it does not fit in the Explorer, then my utility trailer makes the trip - much less nerve wracking.
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