and I thought my move stunk

It took my sister longer than planned to pack, that happens. At about 7 last night she was done, except for the stuff going in the cab of the pickup, which we were going to do after it got put on the dolly. My brother went to start the moving van and nothing... the battery appears completely dead. my brother checks and it has 3 batteries. Neither Mike or I have our jumper cables but we found Lisa's The truck wouldn't start with just one set of cables, so it was wait for the one pair to charge 3 batteries or use another set. Friends of the neighbor came over and we were on with 2 sets, but still nothing. We saw the battery voltage up into the "normal" range and still nothing. At this point we start checking over things. Maybe the doors need to be closed, seat belts on, etc. Still nothing. My sister finally gets through to someone with the rental company. They will send someone out. It's now almost 8. My sister had planned to take a nap and be on the road by midnight. My brother and I left, telling her to call us if the repair guy won't help her load the pickup onto the dolly.

10 PM I get an IM from my sister. Repair guy is going to have to come back in the light.
Noon. The repair guy came back and the truck started right up. He can tell that the starter has been hit a lot, and someone has tried to hook jumper cables direct to the starter (we didn't try that). He told my sister to not shut off the truck until she reached her destination, because he couldn't find a new starter. He's gone before my brother and I get there to put the truck on the dolly. That goes pretty well. so we get the last of the stuff loaded in.

And then my brother noticed that the tires on the dolly look soft. Mike and I ran up to the true value and pick up a compressor and pressure gauge. Sure enough, the tires are 25 instead of 40-50. we pump her up and she is off.

aboout 6 pm I get a call. there is about 1/2" of snow and ice on the road and accidents all over the place. traffic slowed from about a mile in an hour to stopped for 20 minutes. They ended up almost 2 hours in the same spot.

In normal weather they would be half way to Pittsburgh,