He's comin to my town rock rock rock.

[reddragdiva]

I do not have a third of a ton of vinyl records. I have just under half a ton of vinyl records. 440kg of records and other personal effects are sitting on a pallet in a warehouse in Felixstowe, accumulating assorted because-we-can charges. My aunt in Amersham has offered to put them up for me, but woohoo! She's moving house in early June, about the same time we plan to! Tomorrow I call self-storage places around Walthamstow and then try to work out which is a less worse idea.

I could also do with ideas on getting it from Felixstowe to either Amersham or Walthamstow ... my aunt's Mondeo is unlikely to be suited to the task.

In any case, *pint*s by the cartonload to ozjester for having stored the damned things so long and for his superlative and/or lucky choice of shipping company such that they got here intact. One day soon ... I will play my vinyl again.

Oh, and Saint Chav has been considerably extended by the efforts of abigailb. I've also added a 17th century lithograph of St. Chav's Cathedral in Lakeside, Essex.

Comments

[vatine]

"Least bad plan" is probably to source a rental white van, possibly with the help of a helpful aunt (or other driverlicnesehaver in the environment), then drive to either place, load the thing up and then drive it to Walthamstow. Unless it collides with something else, I might as well volunteer my services as (one)(un-)loader, given it doesn't collide with something nasty, like on-callness.

[reddragdiva]

It's a single 440kg pallet, ideally left as a pallet. Though that makes lifting and moving it several b*stards and a half.

[vampwillow]

what height pallet though? A current DFord Transit wil, iirc take a pallet if they can lift it on a fork into the back (doesn't need to be emptied the same way) but the height will matter, likewise putting that much weight on a back axle might be an issue ...

[arkady.livejournal.com]

I have a fork lift license. But no fork lift. And I doubt the depot in Felixstowe will be too enamoured of the idea of letting me borrow one. ;-)

[vampwillow]

not to drive it all the way to London, anyway ;-P

(vW - who has driven a forklift but not got a licence for it)

[vatine]

Do you have a fork lift? Or a pallet truck and an LGV with a powered lip at teh back?

If the answer to both of those are "no", it cannot possibly be left undisturbed through the loading process. Simple as that.

If it'd been a wee bit less than 440 kg (say, 100 kg), it could, possibly, have been done with enough people and some rope (build a carry-sling with at least 4, ideally 6-8 carry positions, get a ramp, lift and walk it in and out). But at 440 kg, there is probably not enough room (I am thinking a standard "B" or "EUR" pallet here) to do that and you'd end up with some seriously fucked-up spines.

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

Wait until the effects of global warming cause the Gulf Stream to stop and we have another ice age, then you can put it on a really big sled and get 10,000 small yappy dogs to pull it to Walthamstow.

[reddragdiva]

I fear that may affect the sleeves adversely.

[missmilky.livejournal.com]

where you moving to?

[reddragdiva]

Probably still around here. It's nice enough, it's cheap enough. So the self-storage idea appeals.

that icon...

[gothgeekgirl.livejournal.com]

I may never think of smoked whitefish again in quite the same way.

Dunno if I should now go wash my brane out in HCl or yours.

[missmilky.livejournal.com]

Ok one day I will come visit

Half a Tonne.

[tcpip.livejournal.com]

So how many LPs is that? Just as rule of thumb of course..

Re: Half a Tonne.

[vatine]

Estimate 5 LPs per kilo (it's probably on the lower end, but...).

Re: Half a Tonne.

[arkady.livejournal.com]

As I understand it, there's something like 32 crates of LPs. I have no idea how many LPs per crate, but we're talking easily into the thousands.

[frou-frou.livejournal.com]

Congrats! It must be nice knowing that they're slowly finding their way back to you. I'm sure you'll solve the transport problem: perhaps notices up at the newsagent for cheap removalists? Two men, a big truck and a bit of time should sort it.

[ozjester.livejournal.com]

You are most welcome! They have lived at two houses and have been moved four times. Glad they arrived safe. :)

[redcountess]

That's only in Perth, in Melbourne they lived in six houses and were moved five times before being shipped to Perth!