The New Studio Saga
May 1-3 (The Move Part 1)
MAY DAY...MAY DAY...MAY DAY...MAY DAY...
The fact that it has taken me until January to post these images from May can only give you a small indication of how fondly I remember moving something like 40 tons of machinery, tools, and lumber from Alabama to Tennessee. To my "Former Friends" who helped me with this horrible task, I can only offer my thanks and sincere sympathy that you ever knew me.
One thing is predictable with certainty in the Deep South - If a task requires physical exertion and endurance, the weather will be hot and humid. The move took place on two hot, humid weekends in May.
The first load consisted of most of my machinery and a lot of lumber. LC Stewart (L.) and Anden Houben pitched in with my two young hired hands (Brandon Cooper and a chum). Once loaded I weighed the truck and found that I was about 4,000 lb. overweight, so we had to offload some of the lumber onto the trailer LC was pulling with my planer aboard.
The planer and lathe were too heavy and bulky to haul on the Ryder trucks, so LC brought them in two trips on a low trailer. Anders Hardware in Northport helped out with a forklift to load, and White Bluff Building Materials sent down a forklift to unload them for me.