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Moving House – Kiwi Style – even in a Southerly

Posted on March 23, 2009March 23, 2009 by BritMumInNZ

From 26 degrees of Indian summer last week to howling southerlies and 12 degrees today… brrr, Autumn is suddenly descending on us at a pace I am not ready for. Today was one of those, hold on to your hats and children days. For brave exercise fanatics the going was great… as long as the Southerly was at the rear. As for moving a house on the back of a truck… geez this home-owner was lucky that the top half of their house didn’t get blown out to the Cook Strait!

There’s a ton of videos on ‘YouTube’ on this subject. Here’s a little (or rather ‘big’) example of how it’s done…

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