I believe I'll skip my trip to the gym today...

[PHPaul]

A pallet of stove pellets weighs a ton - 2000 pounds. 50 bags at 40# each.

I moved every one of those bags 3 times: Off the pallet to the back of the big trailer. From the back of the big trailer to the back of the cargo trailer, then stacked them inside the cargo trailer for at-hand storage.

Bought two pallets at Deep Homo. The forklift driver got them shoved a bit far forward on the 18 foot trailer, but better too much tongue weight than not enough. Took it easy coming home.

Got about 2/3 of the first pallet unloaded and stacked and then chained it to Guido and yanked it to the back of the trailer to save some steps. Once all of that pallet was in the cargo trailer, I chained up the full pallet that was 3/4 of the way to the front of the trailer and hauled it back over the axles of the trailer. Did have to back up and get some slack for a good jerk to get it moving but after that, with Guido in low-low and 4 wheel lock it just idled away with it.

I'll unload the rest into the barn tomorrow. I think 6000 pounds of dead lifts is enough for one day...

[Jim @ Jawa]

My back started hurting just reading this.

[Bkeepr]

Sounds like a great workout! Warmed you twice, I bet.

Reminds me of my next-door neighbor soon after I bought the farm. I called him and bought hay, square bales, average weight 45 lbs. My neighbor was 88 or 89 at the time, brought them over on a big trailer, backs up to the barn and I start to unload. I grabbed the first bale, he grabbing the second and he threw and stacked bales like he was 25, talking to me the whole time about filling my old barn up to the roof for “old Mr Ray,” 2 owners ago, when he was a kid. He carried as many bales as I did, but never broke a sweat and never even started breathing hard.

He farmed for several more years after that…a real treasure.

[PHPaul]

I have very minor arthritis, mostly in my hands and knees.

My Doctor told me "The best way to keep moving is to keep moving." In other words, if you avoid doing things because of the discomfort, it's only going to get worse.

[GeneMO]

Yeah, I hear ya. been putting of some wood splitting .

Gene