Only Room for Three in a Moving Van?

Factual Questions
1

So for those of you who don’t know already, this summer, Psycat and her kids will be moving from PA out here to CA. We have been looking at moving trucks and have discovered that they all only seat three! There are no vans/trucks with back seats. So only single people or couples with no kids move? What’s the deal? For us, there will be two adults, two children and a dog. I can’t imagine the five of us squeezed in that truck almost 3000 miles in the middle of summer! Why is this, and any ideas or suggestions on what we should do?

I have chainmail underwear.

2

Congratulations! Good luck to all of you!

I can’t think of anything, except having a car follow the truck (no fun) or paying a moving company ($$$).

3

Do you not have another vehicle that is moving with you?

If no, I would suggest that one adult and the two children go Amtrak.

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4

Thanks Arnold, we’re both very excited.

Delta, we do have a car going, but we were hoping to dolly it out so we could take turns driving, save on gas and be able to talk, etc…

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5

OK then, put the two kids and the dog in the car that’s being towed behind the truck, and have the two adults sit in the rental truck. Give the kids a walkie-talkie for emergencies, and a bucket to avoid unnecessary pit stops. Then you’re styling!

6

How did you read my mind? I was thinking we could just toss a few quarts of Gatorade and some twinkies back there every couple of days. Oh, and a few hundred AA batteries for the GameBoys.

Ah well… Damn those ethics and morals all to hell!
:wink:

I have chainmail underwear.

7

“Click- Mom, Billy’s on my side of the car! Make him get on his side! Over.”

“Click- She’s the one who started it! She’s got cooties! Over.”

“Click- Don’t make me come back there! Mom out.”

Reeeeeeaallly good idea there, Arnold. :slight_smile:

I think you have to take more of a “farmer with two geese and a dog” approach- One adult and one kid in each vehicle possibly two kids left alone for a short period of time (obviously in the vehicle being trailed) and never both kids with the dog as well.

I can understand why the moving companies don’t have more room in the cabs- it’s hard enough piloting a big rig, nearlyt impossible if you’ve got little uns squirming, fighting, and spilling in there with you.

8

Ummm, Mojo, I was kidding about anyone riding in the car. You can’t have people in trailored vehicles. It’s unsafe, not to mention illegal.

Too damn bad though… :wink:

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9

It would teach them to keep still.

10

Demo,
The reason it is I believe is that there are never more than three movers with your truck. I always see them on the streets, driving along sitting on the bench seat. I can’t think of any trucks that have a back seat. Not single units anyway… You need to either rent two trucks, if you and Psycat can stand to be seperated for that long. :). In any event, the CB radio thing is key. You guys could talk to each other for the entire trip.

11

Go to your local Service Merchandise and buy the voice-activated walkie-talkie headsets. Use them on the trip and return them when you get to CA.

I can’t imagine driving cross-country with two kids and a dog. You two will deserve some kind of award when you make it!

My kids brighten up our home. They never turn the lights off. -A Wallyism

12

Sell the kids, at the flea market! Bring the dog.
Haha!
Peace,
mangeorge (Just kidding, kids, mangeorge loves you both. :D)

Teach your kids to bungee jump.
One them might have to cross a bridge someday.

13

Simple solution: buy three heavy duty animal carriers.

14

Sake, depending on how old those kids are, I bet you could get 'em both in one.

15

lol- I like Sake’s idea the best so far.
:slight_smile:

Try not to have a good time…this is supposed to be educational.
-Charles Schulz

16

Put the pet in a big carrier in the back of the truck.

Put the two adults in front & the kid too. Let the adults have a kid sit on their lap & exchange seats now and then .

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handy- I hope that was in jest. I would never ride anywhere, let alone cross country in a truck towing a car on a dolly, with my kids not sitting properly buckled in.

Try not to have a good time…this is supposed to be educational.
-Charles Schulz

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Thr flea market idea is out of the question, I take it.
Ok, here’s a better one;
Leave the little rascals with grandparents in PA for a few days while you move out here. Then put them on a plane to CA. Gives you time to get some stuff in order, have a little “no kids” time, and the GP’s would probably kove it. I would.
BTW; Welcome to California, Psycat. I’m sure you’re gonna love it.
Peace,
mangeorge

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That mangeorge guy is pretty sharp. I say go with that. How old are the kids again?

The other alternative is springing for a moving company. Cost alot more, but when you consider he stress that a cross country trip w/ kids and dog in tow is going to be, maybe its worth it. Especially the back breaking part that my friends keep asking me to help with…

20

Thanks for the idea mangeorge, but thats a no go. My parents are divorced, both work full time and they live in New Jersey.

My boys are 13 & 9, the dog is a dachsund.

They are great kids. We were actually looking forward to doing the trip together, sort of a mini-vacation sight seeing through America. We are tossing around a few more ideas at the moment. xoxo

Try not to have a good time…this is supposed to be educational.
-Charles Schulz