Borrow a truck? southern Raleigh area

RatLabGuy

RatLabGuy

You look like a monkey and smell like one too
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May 18, 2005
Location
Churchville, MD
Anybody in the Raleigh, or Clayton, or somewhere around there have a truck I can borrow for a bit this Sat?

My brother (well, his wife!) just had his first child. He's been building a garage himself, a standard 16x25 or something, didn't get it quite done before the kiddo popped out.
This weekend we're coming in to help them out w/ a few things, and he asked if I could help him get the siding.
He doesn't have a truck, most time uses their van. But the planks are 12' long.
Said something about getting them from a Lowes in Garner since the nearest one was out of stock or something.

If somebody has something I could bum that'd be awesome. Of course Ill gladly add gas etc.
Default plan to to strap em to the roof of Darren's FJCruiser :lol:
 
I would be glad to help, but my truck is down waiting on parts. I have a 5x8 trailer you could use if you need to.
I am in Smithfield.
 
Rox&Mud said:
Hey, your welcome to my truck and trailer if you need it but it's got no heat right now.
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Thanks, PMed you. Weather looks decent so I can live w/o heat, if it'd be available Sat.

Appreciate the offers guys!
 
I'm near Clayton, and have a 6x10 trailer, I can either pull it for you or if you can, let you pull it. just outside Archer Lodge
 
and I need to go to Lowes anyway
 
Well after some careful calculations and a little redneck engineering we figured we could get it all w the van.
See below. Fyi Turns out you can fit a full 4x8 sheet of plywood INSIDE an 08 dodge caravan, only leaving those last few feet out the back in thsi case, plywood made a nice base for it.

Thanks again Len, Kevin and others for the offers! IMG_20150117_142414.jpgIMG_20150117_142401.jpg
 
You're taking up 2 spaces now with that stuff hanging out the back and may be considered a douche bag.

Suprised the van didn't squat more with all that in it. Must be made for fat kids in the back.
 
Yeah, I was too.
I was worried about it having a backward rake and things wanting to slide.
But I noticed that when it was unloaded, it actually has a slight forward rake, you can only tell w/ it empty and a sheet of plywood in it.
Plus, once you think about it - van like this is designed to carry at least 4 adults in the back, that right there could be easily 7-800 lbs. This load wasn't close to that.

Being a Chrysler it has all kinds of problems and oddities, but I gotta admit it's well design for hauling stuff. It is literally exactly 4' across inside the fender wells, even a sheet of T&G OSB wouldn't fit b/c of the extra tongue. Only wish there was some kind of structural hook/loop inside the rear hatch.
 
BRUISER said:
I put all kinds of things in the wife's odyssey. She usually is not happy :)
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So thats what the kids are calling it these days?
 
I guess it's good she doesn't have a 'Ram'.....o_O
 
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