tutorials:moving
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- | ===== How to move the Space ====== | + | ====== How to Move a Hack Space ======= |
Sometimes VHS has to move. These are some of the things we have learned from previous moves. | Sometimes VHS has to move. These are some of the things we have learned from previous moves. | ||
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==== Pack Phase ==== | ==== Pack Phase ==== | ||
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- | ==== Move Phase ==== | + | ==== Move Out Phase ==== |
- | Start early | + | Our move into storage took 15 hours, including truck logistics. |
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+ | Pick a day, as far in the future as reasonable to allow members to spread the word and clear their schedules. Weekends are best, open house nights will work in a pinch. | ||
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+ | Start early in the morning. | ||
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+ | Pull the trigger. Reserve a rental truck (solicit at least 2, up to 4 drivers that are available throughout the day). A 16 foot box truck with a lift gate is ideal. No commercial license is required, but **make sure** it has a lift gate, not a ramp. | ||
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+ | Post the date on the forums/ | ||
Have a script | Have a script | ||
* Where the players need to be (truck pickup, old location, new location, etc) | * Where the players need to be (truck pickup, old location, new location, etc) | ||
- | * Where there vehicles need to be parked, how the players are getting to their location | + | * Where their vehicles need to be parked, how the players are getting to their location |
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+ | ==== Move Out Phase ==== | ||
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+ | *There is a slope down from the road to the loading bay at Cook St, and the garage door is not very tall.* Large trucks *will not fit*, so must be parked on the median and palettes moved across the street. Plywood ramps and walkways over the dirt will be required! | ||
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+ | Bring: | ||
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+ | a cordless drill to repair pallets; better than hammer and nails | ||
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+ | heavy-duty cart or dolly | ||
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+ | a pallet jack (one at both spaces and one in the back of the moving truck) | ||
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+ | bottled water | ||
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+ | snacks | ||
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+ | Suggestions to increase efficiency: | ||
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+ | it's easier to pull the pallet jack when loaded into the space through the corridor rather than push it | ||
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+ | have a person run the lift while loading | ||
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