PLANT HIRE

Well Friday was an eventful day that’s for sure; job interview in Bognor Regis in the morning and moving furniture in the afternoon, certainly a day of two different halves.

Moving and lifting heavy plants is definitely not what the chiropractor recommended as a means of alleviating an irritated sciatic nerve and I spent most of yesterday in a chemically induced recovery coma to overcome the worst of the pain.  Thanks to a good night’s sleep, I live to blog another day!

Like me, the patio is now looking a bit sorry for itself having been strafed of potted plants.  The pick of the bunch have been temporarily deposited at St Leonards until such time as we can move them across to their new Chichester home. 

What's left on the patio

Transporting heavy potted plants is not the easiest task but having invested a great deal of cash and effort nurturing them over the years, why leave them behind for someone else to enjoy?  With a bit of care and a large van you can easily move your favourite plants to a new home.

You're gonna need a bigger van - Luton with tail lift

When hiring a van for this task, pick one that has a mechanical tail lift and also remember to hire a large sack truck.  (Cost to hire Luton van and sack truck for a day just over £100 from UDrive)  Even the smallest potted plants/trees are surprisingly heavy and bulky in size to lift and I wouldn’t recommend lifting heavy pots above waist height unless you want to end up with a serious back injury.  Remember to bend knees and keep elbows tucked in when lifting.  A wheelbarrow also helps in moving potted plants from A to B. 

'Scientifically' position items so they don't move about

Tail lift helps with moving heavy stuff

It goes without saying that packing stuff into a hire van should be done with some thought in mind.  It’s not a case of just chucking it all randomly in the back, items should be ‘scientifically’ packed so that you make efficient use of available space, stop things moving about in transit and minimise the risk of damage especially to fragile plants.  We placed our furniture in first then plants last so that they could then be unloaded first at the other end of the journey. 

All packed and ready to go

So we now have a bedroom set up at St Leonards ready for phase II of house move and the daughter has acquired an instant patio garden. All we are waiting for is for our buyers to get their finances sorted and exchange on contracts then we can press on with the next part of our relocation project.