Relocating the entire farm...

[airbiscuit]

I've got a 26' deck over with dovetail and 16,000# capacity, a 20' GN dump trailer with 16,000# capacity, a 14' GN stock trailer and an F450 to pull them all. I'm going to look at a 40' GN with 25,000# capacity on Monday for the couple of pieces of equipment I had to have delivered because they were too heavy for my trailer. So, I've got the trailers and vehicle to move everything, it's just a matter of the effort and time to do it all.

Nows a great time to move. There are a lot of"HOT SHOT" trailer guys looking for loads. They have 40' trailers pulled with F350's Dode 3500 etc. They get loaded about a $1.00 a mile. Same with animal haulers. Loads are down now and they work for a lot less.
Otherwise buy the longest flatbed trailer you can haul and do it load by load. You can rent an animal trailer or just have a truck and trailer come pick up the animals.
Easier than you think.

You've got lots of trailers. Why not hire some one with a decent GN Tow Vehicle to caravan with you? It saves you trips and time.

 

[STx]

So I've been working on this move since August now, man is it a job. We didn't have any pastures on the new place so step one was fencing those and building shelters so I could move the animals. I finally got them all moved in late Nov and Dec. Now we're working on the rest of the equipment and stuff. I got the dump truck moved today, have the boom lift planned for Monday and got a 53' van delivered Friday gif the household belongings and the rest if the shop stuff. If all goes well, I'm hoping we'll be done by mid Feb.

Bottom line, it's all worth it for the new location but in general, I wouldn't recommend this undertaking unless you've got a good reason.

 

[turnkey4099]

I guess one load at a time , Maybe box everything up and hire a mover for the household items ..... start calling friends...and maybe go through the stuff and get a dumpster....good luck.......

As a kid, we moved 3 timess. 6 cows, pigs, chjickens, full farm equipment (30s vintage). I don't remember it being all that much of a hassle but the neighbors did a lot of the hauling. Oddly, I cannot recall how the animals got moved on the last move. The first move I was to yourg to remember much. 2nd mmove wasn't but about 5 miles so the animals all went 'on the hoof'.

 

[Doofy]

If we ever do move, it will be with just a couple suitcases. Fresh start means a fresh start. To old to survive the stress of that type of move, I guess.

 

[Molalla1]

If we ever do move, it will be with just a couple suitcases. Fresh start means a fresh start. To old to survive the stress of that type of move, I guess.

I'm getting taken out of my place feet first.

 

[STx]

If we ever do move, it will be with just a couple suitcases. Fresh start means a fresh start. To old to survive the stress of that type of move, I guess.

We're leaving the area more than anything else. Thefts are picking up again, I had batteries stolen out of a mower and a truck recently and some other stuff has walked off. Life is too short to live somewhere you can't ever leave for fear stuff will be gone when you get back.

 

[Doofy]

We're leaving the area more than anything else. Thefts are picking up again, I had batteries stolen out of a mower and a truck recently and some other stuff has walked off. Life is too short to live somewhere you can't ever leave for fear stuff will be gone when you get back.

I hear you and understand that. We've been considering a possible future move to Seminole, Tx and subscribed to their newspaper and are shocked by the crime.

 

[Doofy]

I'm getting taken out of my place feet first.

Wife is ten years younger so am just considering a possible move for her benefit for after I pass.

 

[EddieWalker]

We're leaving the area more than anything else. Thefts are picking up again, I had batteries stolen out of a mower and a truck recently and some other stuff has walked off. Life is too short to live somewhere you can't ever leave for fear stuff will be gone when you get back.

When the place you live at isn't a place that you feel safe, or comfortable about things outside, then it's time to move. I felt that way in the 90' when I decided to leave California. It took me a few years to find Tyler Texas, and it was all worth it in the end, but the move was brutal. 3 trips hauling stuff 2,000 miles wore me out!!! It sounds like your move is a lot more involved then mine was. I only had two small dogs to deal with, and an annoying ex wife that wanted to stop every hour so they could go for a walk!!! I did the other two trips by myself, and that was a lot better.

I've thought about moving again, but don't want to deal with hauling all my stuff to another area. The few times we talked about it, I looked up the different cities in those areas on City-Data.com - Stats about all US cities - real estate, relocation info, crime, house prices, cost of living, races, home value estimator, recent sales, income, photos, schools, maps, weather, neighborhoods, and more to see what the crime was like there, and compare it to Tyler. It's not great in Tyler, but the surrounding towns are very good. If we moved, it would have to be to a place that is better then where we are at now. Some are a lot better. The two offers that she got where for pretty big money in Helena MT and Estes Park CO. We actually went to Estes Park to see what it was like there, but didn't think it was a place we would want to live. She still gets job offers all over the country, so who knows, it could happen?

 

[STx]

When the place you live at isn't a place that you feel safe, or comfortable about things outside, then it's time to move. I felt that way in the 90' when I decided to leave California. It took me a few years to find Tyler Texas, and it was all worth it in the end, but the move was brutal. 3 trips hauling stuff 2,000 miles wore me out!!! It sounds like your move is a lot more involved then mine was. I only had two small dogs to deal with, and an annoying ex wife that wanted to stop every hour so they could go for a walk!!! I did the other two trips by myself, and that was a lot better.

I've thought about moving again, but don't want to deal with hauling all my stuff to another area. The few times we talked about it, I looked up the different cities in those areas on City-Data.com - Stats about all US cities - real estate, relocation info, crime, house prices, cost of living, races, home value estimator, recent sales, income, photos, schools, maps, weather, neighborhoods, and more to see what the crime was like there, and compare it to Tyler. It's not great in Tyler, but the surrounding towns are very good. If we moved, it would have to be to a place that is better then where we are at now. Some are a lot better. The two offers that she got where for pretty big money in Helena MT and Estes Park CO. We actually went to Estes Park to see what it was like there, but didn't think it was a place we would want to live. She still gets job offers all over the country, so who knows, it could happen?

Mt and Co are both really nice if you're in the rockies. The problem with Co for me is the political leanings of the cities there. It's like Austin, but worse. Some of that Austin nonsense is creeping into the rest of the Hill Country as more tech companies relocate and bring their employees but, the more rural areas like we're in are still pretty down to Earth.