We have begun the task of moving the farm to Griswold.  We are doing a PPM (Personally Procured Move – formerly DITY) which means we move it all ourselves and get 95% of what the government would have spent.  It works out to be a good deal for us.  Of course, there are limits to what can or can not count, but we maxed out the weight limit when moving to CT in 2006.  We haven’t exactly downsized since then.  In fact, last night I took the first load in my new 14′ dump bed trailer and it had 50% of our weight allotment.  I should only need 1 or 2 more weight tickets to finish with the paperwork, even though we won’t actually be done moving.

I took today off to get a good start on the move.  Unfortunately, when unloading some mulch we were saving for the new place (about 6 yards of mulch), I wasn’t paying attention.  The back door to the dump bed was latched open and as I drove forward, a 14″ maple removed said door.  It broke the welds for the top hinge, sheared the bottom hinge bolt and twisted the hinge, and did some other bending what should have been straight things.  So, the new trailer is getting it’s first repairs.  It should be ready and back on the road before midnight.

Until then, I am continuing to work on fence removal and loading fencing into one of the other 3 trailers we have.  Isn’t moving fun!