This morning we got a call that the greenhouse was on its way. The driver was about 50 miles away. When he got to our house, there was some bad news. The greenhouse was in a full size semi trailer, 52 feet long. The driver wasn't worried about driving down our driveway, but he didn't think he'd be able to turn around once he got to our house. Somehow someone (not me!) came up with the bright idea of backing the truck up the driveway to our house. Now, I wouldn't even back a car down that steep, narrow driveway! And it is 2/10ths of a mile from the road to the house!
We also had to get the greenhouse pallets off the truck by ourselves. We don't own a forklift, so Harry planned on pulling them out with his tractor.
The truck driver walked back to our house and said we'd have to unload up at the road and bring everything down on our utility trailer. We weren't too happy about that but felt better when the driver offered to help us lift the boxes.
Luckily one of our neighbors was driving by. He owns a tractor and tire center and called for one of his tow trucks. By the time we got up to the road the flatbed tow truck was backed up to the semi. Although our greenhouse was all the way in the front of the semi, the tow guys hooked a chain on it and pulled it all the way onto the tow truck. Then they drove the truck down our driveway, tipped the flatbed part up, and slid the pallet onto our driveway. What lifesavers!
Did I mention all the greenhouse pieces were on a 19 foot long pallet? It would have been almost impossible for us to get that up to our house, even using our 8 ft long trailer. And moving everything by hand? Our Bill of Lading said the shipping weight was 4542 pounds. We can't thank those tow guys enough! They were very, very nice.
7 a.m. 37 degrees
4 p.m. 70 degrees
Sunny and breezy
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