A bandsaw piggyback ride

[Zachary Hoyt]

I moved all my shop tools (except the table saw which was already up there) the 120 miles to the new shop building in the Adirondacks on Monday. I spent most of last weekend getting the old shop cleared out and loading everything in the bus. My 'big' bandsaw is an 18" Parks that usually sits on a 10" riser but even without that it was about 3" too tall to stand up in the bus. Luckily there is a vent/emergency exit in the roof that was just big enough to fit the top of the saw and there was no rain in the forecast so I just opened the vent and scooted the saw into there. I took the table off that saw to move it, and that left enough room on the back for my little Rikon 10-305 to ride on the back of the Parks. Everything went smoothly on the trip up, and unloading was a lot quicker than loading. I just put everything into the new building quickly so I could keep working on the house. Once we move up in about another week I will need to insulate the shop and put in the outlets and lights, and then I can organize things and actually get back to doing shop work again.

[John Kananis]

Very clever

[glenn bradley]

Sometimes things just work out well. Thanks for the smile.

[Ronald Blue]

That bus has been very handy. Are you sure the Parks didn't reproduce?

[Zachary Hoyt]

The bus has indeed been a lifesaver. I've made 10 round trips with it now, and have 1-1/2 more planned for the coming week. I'm thankful for all the bus advice from folks on here last winter.

[John TenEyck]

Where abouts in the Adirondacks are you moving to?

John

[Zachary Hoyt]

I'm in Piercefield, just west of Tupper Lake.

[John TenEyck]

I'm in Piercefield, just west of Tupper Lake.

I had to look up Piercefield. Looks like a nice area. I've spent some time up around and on Tupper Lake, once did a long canoe paddle down a bunch of those lakes and rivers. That's when I developed a deep-seated hatred for black flies. Beautiful area though.

John

[Zachary Hoyt]

Piercefield is a town of 300 year round residents, so we're pretty obscure, but it was a hopping place 100 years ago, before the paper mill closed. I'm looking forward to exploring the area by canoe and bicycle and hiking, as soon as I get caught up on the house so we can move in later this week. There's still a lot of work to do, but more of it can wait so I can do other things for a day or two here and there.