Finally! My Single-Wide Is Home!

[Dyeraudio]

Well......after 507 miles roundtrip, almost 2 tanks of gas and $130......my Single -Wide is home! Its the typical....with 2 drawers and 4 shelves.....no lighting...(thats OK).....all locks work and I have the key. Now I'm anxious to start cleaning, polishing......and filling it! Now I know this in NOT the way to haul a case...and it looks TOTAL Sanford & Son.....but I was desperate! And seeing that U-Haul wanted about $350 total to get it......this seemed much better! Had absolutely NO problems....2 ratchet tiedowns and some foam....I think my wife would have frowned upon me using our 2011 Maxima!

 

[subysti2007]

What the??? that's funny dude!!! it looks like it survived 507 miles!!!

 

[Dyeraudio]

LOL! It did! And it was pretty windy too....but man I tell ya...after going on Thanksgiving Day and coming back empty handed I was DESPERATE! He held it for me and I figured use the work car right? Actually it was only 256 miles home but still.....Now I'm anxious to get started on it! I'll try and post pics during its "cleanup".....NOW I feel like an Oakley collector....knowing that its sitting in my man-cave kinda empty...well that might not be such a good thing.....

 

[OOO]

Very nice. The first one is usually the most memorable. Hearty congratulations!

 

[subysti2007]

glad you got one...still the best case...i used aluminum cleaner from home depot and Novus plastic polisher for the plexi glass..it really works well..but make sure you use the 3 step process.

 

[jiveSEVEN]

very nice dude! lol love the way you got it strapped up there. I love this style single tower. so rugged and industrial! congrats man.

 

[SpliceD]

LOL! WOW. This is awesome. If i saw you on the road, i'd have given you a thumbs up because i know only an O-collector would be that crazy to strap it down like that.

 

[bawitheba]

That is really awesome. I drove 200 miles round trip just to get my beat up counter top model. It's defiantly worth it for 150 bucks.

 

[Peeza21]

Awesome dude! Cant wait to see it all packed up!!

 

[Dyeraudio]

OK...HERE is the actual complete story about this case..it REALLY only cost me $20!.....I was searching SearchTempest for quite awhile and was looking under "Oakley Display Case"....the usual showed up...Super deals in the South...blah,blah,blah...so I decide to search "Oakley Cabinet" and this one was listed for $150 on Green Bay CL.....So I called and it was still available....that was in early November. So Thanksgiving Day I leave at 4 a.m. in the Maxima.....bad idea....I was CERTAIN it would fit inside...no problem....well I get there and we carry it outside and NOPE! NO FIT! In the drawer was 12 stands and 4 card bases......There were 10 Doubles and 2 singles.....So I buy them for $20 and head home.....very disappointed! I get home and list all but 2 of the stands on eBay....the whole lot sells for $130! There is my money for the case! I knew I could always find stands but a case at this price was unheard of.....So the past 2 months were spent trying to find a truck to use and of course the usual.."nah, sorry...too far"...U-Haul was WAAAAY expensive...like $350 to rent a pickup.....So I ended up doing what I did today...I was afraid he'd get tired of holding it and re-listing it....Actually turned out just fine...I was a little nervous about the lawman....but I passed about 5 cops and nothing.....Turns out the case came from a Champs Store in Green Bay and the manager was this guys buddy.....