Portable storage

[Scott R]

All- My neighbor paints garage floors, and well I'm an X-professional wrench, we traded, I replaced the engine in his work truck and did a fuel injection upgrade. In turn he's doing the floors in my large 3 car garage. I need something to store all of my garage contents in while he works. I looked up PODS, but everything is for month long rental, and I only need a weekend. I can't have a POD in my driveway for month, the HOA would have my head.

Anyone have any advice?

[mossguy]

Pay for the month, use it for the weekend.

Tom

[KFC911]

Why not rent it for a month, but send it back when you're finished? I wouldn't live under HOA "rules" for anything in the world, but I have to ask, what can they do? By the time they get their panties twisted...you're done. Now you probably know why I don't live in a HOA

[KFC911]

Tom beat me to it...I'd probably still leave it in my driveway for three extra weeks just to pi$$ 'em off

[Scott R]

Originally Posted by KC911

Tom beat me to it...I'd probably still leave it in my driveway for three extra weeks just to pi$$ 'em off

LOL, well the HOA has both pluses and minuses I suppose, keeps the neighbors from parking abandoned vehicles in front of their homes. I'm going to call the POD people back (wow that sounds weird) and ask them if they can do a three day pickup and I just pay for the month. Thanks.

[stomachmonkey]

Rent a U Haul for the weekend. Leave it parked in your driveway.

They are cheap by the day and the real cost is in the miles driven so.......

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

Rent a U Haul for the weekend. Leave it parked in your driveway.

They are cheap by the day and the real cost is in the miles driven so.......

That sounds like a better option...

[Scott R]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

Rent a U Haul for the weekend. Leave it parked in your driveway.

They are cheap by the day and the real cost is in the miles driven so.......

WOW, thats PERFECT! Thanks!

[Tobra]

If you get the Uhaul, make sure you pad lock the box and pull the distributor cap off, you want your stuff still sitting there in the morning.

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by Tobra

If you get the Uhaul, make sure you pad lock the box and pull the distributor cap off, you want your stuff still sitting there in the morning.

Yeah and since he's moving his shop tools I'm sure he has a compressor.

I'd back it against the garage door then let the air out of the front tires.

[VincentVega]

Its much easier to load a POD than a truck. HD in my area rents things similar to PODS too, worth a look.

[Scott R]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

Yeah and since he's moving his shop tools I'm sure he has a compressor.

I'd back it against the garage door then let the air out of the front tires.

Yea, three large snap-on boxes and one taco wagon, 90 gallon compressor, AC service equipment, large gas analyzer, that kind of stuff.

[URY914]

Get a lift gate on the rented truck.

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by URY914

Get a lift gate on the rented truck.

U-hauls, even the little ones come with ramps. If the driveway is sloped I park em towards the end of the drive so the ramp ends up being more horizontal. Easier to do on the smaller ones since they are lower to the ground to begin with.

Moved into a new house in the middle of a blizzard once, backed the truck onto the front lawn, (no landscaping yet as the house was just built), pulled the ramp right into the front door. Was cake and no mess from tracking snow.

[Tobra]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

Yeah and since he's moving his shop tools I'm sure he has a compressor.

I'd back it against the garage door then let the air out of the front tires.

even better

[Scott R]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

U-hauls, even the little ones come with ramps. If the driveway is sloped I park em towards the end of the drive so the ramp ends up being more horizontal. Easier to do on the smaller ones since they are lower to the ground to begin with.

Moved into a new house in the middle of a blizzard once, backed the truck onto the front lawn, (no landscaping yet as the house was just built), pulled the ramp right into the front door. Was cake and no mess from tracking snow.

Yea, I can get the boxes up a ramp, I've moved em before. The hardest is the taco wagon, and I can use a little electric wench I have to pull it up.

[dhoward]

Originally Posted by Scott R

Snipped.......
and I can use a little electric wench I have to pull it up.

Is she inflatable too?

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by dhoward

Is she inflatable too?

Think that was a typo. Maybe he meant "get" not "pull"

[KFC911]

A battery powered wench is better for sailing trips (i.e. beer wench) .

[3.2 CAB]

Some Ryder or Hertz still have lifts. U-Haul quit many years ago.