18 Replies to “You Might Be In Saskatchewan”

    1. Specialized trucking such as this is still done by mostly old white guys so it will likely be in good hands.

  3. Kate, that is a awesome picture of Qu’appele valley. It has been my experience with big cumbersome heavy loads, leave it to the truck drivers to get er done.

  4. Thanks, Kate. That is awesome. Qu’appele is beautiful in that subtle Saskatchewan way.
    This brought back memories of a much smaller scale experience for me and my wife.
    We bought 40 acres in Beaver County, east of Edmonton, back in the late 90s.
    It had an Atco trailer, a cistern, and propane.
    But the 40 was situated on nice rolling Parkland.
    Got us out of the city {Edmonchuk, but still had to commute for work).
    We abided in the trailer for 6 years and tried to avoid being trashy, then designed a modular home that we went on to live in for 18 years.
    Long story short….
    We were amazed at how the guys managed to bring our modular home in 2 halves from Spruce Grove to Tofield, down narrow township roads and even a narrower inclined driveway, then bring it all together with winches and other devices.
    They did so in inclement weather and were a group of stalwart men.
    I did my part with a chainsaw to widen the access.
    Our dogs had to adapt to stairs, but they enjoyed becoming civilized dogs in a real home.
    Good times.

  6. I had no idea the housing shortage in SK was so bad people were taking their homes with them.

    Having just moved in September I can sympathize. Towing the 8′ U-Haul trailers was a real challenge.

    1. Uh oh! I’m moving my daughter across country … in a 15ft U-Haul box truck trailering her SUV. I should be good so long as I don’t have to back up anywhere … gritted teeth. And so long as I can avoid the Singh Family Trucksters.

  7. Hope the overpass clearances are marked in both trucker official languages. No need to mention what they are.

  8. BTW … that’s an $8M home in Palo Alto … maybe higher after the bidding war. What’s it worth in NecksRedd, SK?

  10. notice its log construction. not possible with modern brick obviously, nor the older stucco type for similar obvious reasons.
    the house l was born in had been moved by my pa.
    then years later l see it across the green stretch where lm in an apartment.
    then a road went thru and it was demolished.
    the place endowed me with bragging rights, no central heat and no insulation
    = infant kritter grew up with metabolism geared to generating body heat. burn it all off dont put on fat. decades later l can do 4 main servings and 3 deserts at the all-you-can-eat. plus to this day above avg tolerance for cold.
    l do miss some aspects of my younger years.
    you can keep the relentless bullying from some corners. (that too helped to toughen me later on)

  12. I see the main house is heading in one direction and the mother-in-laws place is heading in another. Smart move by a fed-up husband.

  13. Back in the day my Grandfather moved the old part of the house about 15km by horse pulled sled and later built the new (84 years old now) part onto it. The photo was amazing. Respect for the skill.

    1. You have a housing shortage in Canada because of the very short building season … right? Oh! Nevermind. So long as the roads are passable, eh?

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