Checking in from Idaho

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Hello again! When last I posted to the old forum, I was on the cusp of my long-awaited move out of NJ and back to my native Idaho. Glad to see the new forum is up and running. Maks isn’t responding to requests to stop billing me for the old forum, but at least Visa has been good about denying the payments each time I’m billed.

Movers won’t take guns, ammo, powder, primers, liquids, etc, so in July I towed a U-Haul for 2700 miles with my entire gun collection in it. It made for some restless nights with it parked at motels, but the trip was uneventful. With a NJ carry permit, a couple of non-resident permits, and most of the country now Constitutional Carry, it was possible to carry on the entire trip, except for Illinois. I went two hours out of my way to skirt Chicago, driving instead across the middle of the state. I talked to an Illinois attorney courtesy of US Lawshield, who thought that was an acceptable risk, as long as I did it non-stop. Avoiding the state entirely would have added 5 hours.

Idaho is constitutional carry, though if one wants a resident permit for reciprocity, you apply at the DMV! Perhaps because we’re surrounded by immense amounts of public lands (you can shoot almost anywhere), gun clubs are in short supply. There is one expensive trap and skeet club in north Idaho, an inexpensive gun club nearby with 10, 25, 50, 100, and 200 yard outdoor lanes, but only two of each. 30 minutes away is a club, with a lot of pits and a rifle range out to 400 yards, but it stretches up the mountain, so the far targets are quite elevated. It also has a shoot house, first one I’ve ever seen at a private club. There are also three public ranges within an hour, in state park or state forest land; I’ve yet to visit those, but two of them look at least as nice as the local clubs.

Voting today was interesting. They do it right here. Registration is but a prelim; you must show a valid ID to vote. Only 4 forms of ID are acceptable, Idaho driver’s license, Idaho Carry Permit (!), passport, or tribal ID card. Our precinct used paper ballots. Idaho allows voting machines, but state law prohibits any voting machine from being connected to the internet—a security best practice!

We love it here!

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Happy to hear you had a safe trip and that you got out of the PRNJ! :slightly_smiling_face:

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Nice Congrats on getting out of jersey

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Glad you made it out of this Commie State. Maks is/was a complete douche-bag!!

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Glad you settled in, Looks beautiful, Enjoy the freedom

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Hi !

Would love to.pick your brain on the move, planning to head to SC mater this year…prolly gonna have to do the same thing…

Any suggestions appreciated.

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Happy to help! For starters, don’t use North American Moving Services…they destroyed an amazing amount of stuff. I don’t yet know how hard they’ll fight the damage claims, as we’ve got one month left to file and we’re rushing to complete the inventory–but some of the damage really looks like it was intentional.

If you have access to the attorneys on retainer with ANJRPC or through US Lawshield, it’s worth a free consultation on moving. Your route to SC shouldn’t have a lot of pitfalls, as long as you avoid going anywhere DC. Have paperwork documenting that you are moving your household to SC, to make it easier to prove that the FOPA applies and allows you to move the guns…but they do still have to be legal in each state you pass through. Fortunately, coming from NJ, most states have more lenient laws

I’ve had movers tell me they can, with advance notice and under certain circumstances, move guns, but not ammo or components. I believed it when the home office told me that prior to another move years ago. Big mistake. When the truck arrived, the driver insisted no way, no how, could he accept guns. It was a Saturday so the office was closed. The day ended with everything I owned EXCEPT the guns leaving town on a truck. For this last move, one of the outfits I got a quote from nonsensically said they could move guns, as long as they were in the cab with the driver, but I’m pretty sure most of their drivers would have the good sense to refuse to do that. So you want to move the guns yourself. I was nervous having my whole collection in a U-haul for 5 days (and 4 overnight stops), but I locked the hitch to my car frame, locked the trailer to the hitch, hid an Apple AirTag on the trailer, and bought a trailer hitch lock in case a breakdown forced me to unhitch the trailer and leave it apart from the car. I tried very hard to always park where I could see the rig from my hotel room. It ultimately worked out fine.

You can find generic lists online, or more specific lists at most moving company sites, of what else they won’t take. Liquids and compressed gasses seem to top the list, so any special bottles of liquor, fire extinguishers, spray paint, etc you’ll have to move yourself. Fuel tanks in any gas-operated yard equipment need to be bone dry. Strongly consider moving any important papers, photo albums, irreplaceable heirlooms, extremely fragile items yourself as well. Even the mover websites seem to strongly hint that you shouldn’t let them move anything important or valuable.

You’ll want to pay for the supplemental insurance. The included insurance rate seems to be set federally, and it’s something ridiculous like 60 cents/pound coverage, so the hundred-year-old crystal vase they smashed would be reimbursed at about $1 without the supplemental insurance.

Of course, if you’re planning to move yourself most of that doesn’t apply.

Let me know if you have any specific questions and I’ll try to help

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Thanks… makes sense…

We moved my mother in law to rock hill SC area near her son in Waxhaw… was rather painless.

Movers are gonna move the house… we’re moving the cats and dog… and the collection, and any important parts items etc. Leaving northwest jersey on a non stop straight run into CHS.

Gonna put all the guns great and reloading stuff in the uhaul trailer. I like the idea of all the redundant locks… good tip… and air tags etc.

Thanks for the note.