Moving Day

I have had my eye on this great carport in Morgan City for the past few months. I knew the owners had purchased it "temporarily", or at least I THOUGHT it would be a temporary use. I approached him, and asked if he was interested in selling it when they moved into their new home, and guess what? He WAS !! Yahoo !!

We asked our good friend Roger P., to bring us up some good sandy roadbase (3 loads. He did, and we worked to pack it down and get it ready.

But how to MOVE the carport? The previous owner had hired someone to take it apart at Ace Hardware, and reassemble it in his rental driveway. We really didn't want to go to all of that time and effort, so..............

Zac put on his thinking cap and came up with this. We pretty much think he is a genius :)



They bolted 2x4's and 2x6's together, and TO the carport. They used a Handyman Jack to lift it on the trailer, one end at a time, and then strapped it down really tight. All of this was done while I took Cam back to the airport, so I wasn't around to be a "Nervous Nelly" - which I would have been FOR SURE.

Early Sunday morning (two weeks ago), we met at 5:30 am. I was the "pilot" vehicle with hazard lights a flashing, and Grandpa and Grandma D. were following behind with their lights on also. Roger drove and Zac was in the back of our pickup. We avoided all power/cable lines, drove really really slow, and in about 15-20 minutes, we were pulling into our driveway.........we didn't see a single car !!



We are SO HAPPY with our new purchase/addition. Hope the County Assessor doesn't find out (haha).