[78-L] How to pick up - was How do we advise

[bradc944 at comcast.net]

I remember my first 'major gifting acquisition'... it was in the late 1980s, and a friend was gifting me with 6-7 large boxes of classical sets. I loaded them into a 1984 VW Scirocco and proceeded to become a 'rolling chicane' on I-205 between S San Francisco and Sunnyvale.

Good stuff in that batch, more than a few UK Deccas and Columbias of chamber works.

Brad

----- Original Message -----
From: Glenn Longwell <glongwell at snet.net>
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Sent: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:03:51 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: [78-L] How to pick up - was How do we advise

I just moved 8500 or so discs 20 miles in a Toyota Prius.  Mind you it was 6 car loads.  The limiting factor was finding enough milk crates and I was borrowing a bunch from friends. 
For a person that watches mileage closely in their hybrid I was killing my mileage hauling 12-1500 records at a clip.  I'm pretty sure there's no way this car would have made it up a mountain pass!
Cheers,
Glenn 

--- On Mon, 1/9/12, bradc944 at comcast.net  wrote:

From: bradc944 at comcast.net 
Subject: Re: [78-L] How to pick up - was How do we advise
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Date: Monday, January 9, 2012, 4:50 PM

Also, how much time are you going to allow for packing/repacking the discs and actual loading of the truck?  Even if the collection is boxed or crated, you still have to figure out how to actually load the truck so that the records survive the trip! Also, is there a good cheap source of used sleeping bags (think thrift store) in the area... those are great for padding.

I speak from a bit of experience, having moved the 5,000-plus 78s I have from Idaho to Colorado in the back of a 3/4 ton pickup (with canopy). The LPs, 45s, and tapes (reel and cassette) were moved by movers... that trip was interesting, because the truck was quite overloaded with just 5,000 discs, which made mountain passes an adventure.

Brad

----- Original Message -----
From: neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com
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Sent: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:57:00 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: [78-L] How to pick up - was How do we advise

Pretend you are going to pick up a collection of records that has been 
given to you, something large, maybe 20 or 30 thousand discs. Apart from 
the issue of how to store them, how you you proceed to acquire this 
collection? What kind of truck? How to hire local help? What other 
details would need to be tended to in advance of actually driving to the 
location and loading the things?

joe salerno

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