Packing and transporting 2x4' layout

[chuck geiger]

What is the best way to pack and load into a self-move U-Haul truck, my small 2x4' layout?
It has no sub platform or legs, just foam onto 2x4 1/2' thick Masonite sheet. Should
I built a plywood casing around it, or simply load it without protection on top of
boxes in the back? Is there a 2x4 box or tote somewhere?

[central.vermont]

Chuck,

I would build a nice plywood casing with top to cover it up for protection.

Jon

[C855B]

Build a case for it. After numerous cross-country moves, we* have learned the #1 rule of moving, especially self-moving: "Everything cannot be on top!"

* - I say "we", but it's actually just me... she keeps telling me stuff "has to go on top" because it's too much trouble to pack in a box or pack with protection. I then respond "Rule #1!"

[mmagliaro]

I moved two 48" square sections from PA to Oregon when I moved out here.   I built plywood crates sized to
hold them, including a sheet on the top, and some steel handles on several sides.   It went into a commercial
moving truck and both survived completely intact.   Yours will be considerably
lighter amd more manageable, but I would still build a plywood case for it.

Make sure the layout itself is firmly anchored inside the case and that the case cannot twist when it is lifted, or that will
wreak havoc on the layout.    Unless you are putting it in the U-Haul and driving it yourself,
assume that the whole thing will be thrown into a truck upside down with a
chest of drawers stacked on top of it (because that could happen!)

Even if you are doing the move yourself, I still think it's much safer to put it in a plywood box.  The odds of it getting damaged in a truck any other way are just too high.

[davefoxx]

Chuck,

Go through Dave Vollmer's PRR/Conrail Juniata Division thread in the Layout Engineering Forum, and you can get some inspiration on how to build crates for the layout.  His crates hold HCD sections, so a 2' x 4' layout shouldn't be too much of a problem to crate.

Hope this helps,
DFF

[wazzou]

Chuck, you don't let a lot of grass grow under your feet, do you?

[John]

where are you off to now?

[chuck geiger]

Ardmore, OK to run a radio station. They fired me here. Dicks!

[John]

Ardmore, OK to run a radio station. They fired me here. Dicks!

LOL .. sorry to hear that .. you radio guys transfer more than I ever did in the Navy ..

[GimpLizard]

Ardmore, OK to run a radio station. They fired me here. Dicks!

Sorry to hear about your firing, but isn't that pretty much SOP in the radio industry? Especially at the smaller stations?

[John]

   

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Chuck Geiger Joins KKAJ/Ardmore as PD/Mornings
RADIO ONLINE | Wednesday, April 1, 2015 | 2:53am CT


Chuck Geiger heads to LCKM Radio's Country KKAJ-FM/Ardmore, OK, as Program Director and morning personality, effective April 27. He succeeds the late Win Patton, who died earlier this month from cancer. Geiger most recently spent 14 months as Operations Manager of Townsquare Media/Cheyenne, WY, where he oversaw Country KLEN-FM, News/Talk KGAB-AM and Classic Rock KIGN-FM. Before that, he was PD for Hot AC KMBQ-FM and Classic Hits KBBO-FM/Anchorage, AK.

"Chuck is filling some big shoes," said Market Manager Michael Baer. "We're happy to have him and we know he's up for the challenge."

"KKAJ is a monster Country station," added Geiger. "The Texoma area of North Texas and Southern Oklahoma is a growing area. The listeners and customers love this station and what it brings to the community."