Popular Post Rattlecan ★ Posted June 23, 2022 Popular Post Share #1 Posted June 23, 2022 You have probably seen them even if you don’t know what they are. They are always seen in pairs, often standing guard at the entrance of a Chinese establishment. My next door neighbor is a black belt in multiple martial arts and operated a taekwando studio until Covid put him out of business. he is getting close to the age where he was considering retirement anyway, so by cashing in on their property and moving somewhere cheaper, they were able to see their way clear to do it. anyway, he has a pair of these foo dogs that guarded the entrance to his studio and he wanted to take them to their new house in Quebec a move of a little over 300 miles. He offered to pay me to haul them down for him, and always ready for an adventure, I said sure. So we packed up the camper, made reservations at a camp site near their new home, loaded up the dogs ( this was much more involved than a passing mention here would indicate) and headed off. we made the trip on Tuesday and made the delivery yesterday. much more to the story but I will tell it later. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted June 23, 2022 Author Share #2 Posted June 23, 2022 Trying to upload photos but my connection currently doesn’t seem to be able to do it 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted June 23, 2022 Share #3 Posted June 23, 2022 You need to talk to @BR46 about spontaneous trips! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted June 23, 2022 Share #4 Posted June 23, 2022 The foo dogs, aka Guardian Lions, are all over Okinawa. I was told during a visit there that one is female the other is male. The male’s mouth is open. Baring teeth and growling, he keeps bad spirits away from the house. The female’s mouth is shut, to keep the good spirits on the property to protect the residents. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted June 23, 2022 Share #5 Posted June 23, 2022 23 minutes ago, Rattlecan said: You have probably seen them even if you don’t know what they are. They are always seen in pairs, often standing guard at the entrance of a Chinese establishment. My next door neighbor is a black belt in multiple martial arts and operated a taekwando studio until Covid put him out of business. he is getting close to the age where he was considering retirement anyway, so by cashing in on their property and moving somewhere cheaper, they were able to see their way clear to do it. anyway, he has a pair of these foo dogs that guarded the entrance to his studio and he wanted to take them to their new house in Quebec a move of a little over 300 miles. He offered to pay me to haul them down for him, and always ready for an adventure, I said sure. So we packed up the camper, made reservations at a camp site near their new home, loaded up the dogs ( this was much more involved than a passing mention here would indicate) and headed off. we made the trip on Tuesday and made the delivery yesterday. much more to the story but I will tell it later. Does this make you "unretired"? 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted June 23, 2022 Share #6 Posted June 23, 2022 24 minutes ago, Rattlecan said: You have probably seen them even if you don’t know what they are. They are always seen in pairs, often standing guard at the entrance of a Chinese establishment. My next door neighbor is a black belt in multiple martial arts and operated a taekwando studio until Covid put him out of business. he is getting close to the age where he was considering retirement anyway, so by cashing in on their property and moving somewhere cheaper, they were able to see their way clear to do it. anyway, he has a pair of these foo dogs that guarded the entrance to his studio and he wanted to take them to their new house in Quebec a move of a little over 300 miles. He offered to pay me to haul them down for him, and always ready for an adventure, I said sure. So we packed up the camper, made reservations at a camp site near their new home, loaded up the dogs ( this was much more involved than a passing mention here would indicate) and headed off. we made the trip on Tuesday and made the delivery yesterday. much more to the story but I will tell it later. Shipping foo is not for the faint of heart. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rattlecan ★ Posted June 23, 2022 Author Popular Post Share #7 Posted June 23, 2022 9 minutes ago, Old No. 7 said: The foo dogs, aka Guardian Lions, are all over Okinawa. I was told during a visit there that one is female the other is male. The male’s mouth is open. Baring teeth and growling, he keeps bad spirits away from the house. The female’s mouth is shut, to keep the good spirits on the property to protect the residents. Well this is a male female set but both are showing teeth. The difference between the two is that the female is protecting a pup under her paw while the male has a ball under one paw. as it was explained to me, the male protects the building while the female protects the inhabitants. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted June 23, 2022 Author Share #8 Posted June 23, 2022 4 minutes ago, Wilbur said: Does this make you "unretired"? Temporarily 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution Wilbur ★ Posted June 23, 2022 Solution Share #9 Posted June 23, 2022 Our last house in Vancouver had three "4"s in the address. It was also at the top of a hill where car lights would hit the house driving by. The Asian invasion was well under way so we bought 2 big concrete Foo dogs for the front porch. After being on the market for 4 months, it sold a week after the installation. Coincidence? Maybe but I doubt it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kirby Posted June 23, 2022 Popular Post Share #10 Posted June 23, 2022 6 minutes ago, Wilbur said: Does this make you "unretired"? Yes, but sadly his business has gone to the dogs. 1 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted June 23, 2022 Share #11 Posted June 23, 2022 2 minutes ago, Rattlecan said: Temporarily Rattlecan Freight Forwarders has a nice ring. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted June 23, 2022 Share #12 Posted June 23, 2022 Just now, Kirby said: Yes, but sadly his business has gone to the dogs. <rimshot>. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted June 23, 2022 Author Share #13 Posted June 23, 2022 1 minute ago, Wilbur said: Rattlecan Freight Forwarders has a nice ring. Well once I process the video of the loading and unloading, the word rigging will have to come into play somewhere in the name. For now I will just say it involved my two ton engine hoist at both ends of the haul and the poor little half ton Ram was pretty much at its payload limit 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted June 23, 2022 Share #14 Posted June 23, 2022 How does this relate to The Foo Fighters and The Foo Forum? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted June 23, 2022 Share #15 Posted June 23, 2022 19 minutes ago, Philander Seabury said: How does this relate to The Foo Fighters and The Foo Forum? I like the Foo Fighters 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted June 23, 2022 Share #16 Posted June 23, 2022 Pictures would be lovely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted June 23, 2022 Author Share #17 Posted June 23, 2022 33 minutes ago, Airehead said: Pictures would be lovely Finally got one to upload . This is just after my son in law and I got them loaded. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted June 23, 2022 Author Share #18 Posted June 23, 2022 My son in law and I rigging for the lift. They weigh about 600 lb each. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted June 23, 2022 Author Share #19 Posted June 23, 2022 On the ground at the destination. Not too many still shots of the process but lots of video. Will have to process it and show it but that’s way more than my current connection will handle. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted June 23, 2022 Author Share #20 Posted June 23, 2022 The trip to Quebec on Tuesday went smoothly. We were rolling at about 04:30 which is about the latest you want to start when you have to traverse Toronto. It was still quite early when we got east of Kingston so we decided to take the Thousand Island parkway and go for a bike ride on the bike path that parallels the parkway. After the ride we decided a little nap was in order. Check in time at our camp site wasn’t until 15:00 anyway so we would have been way early. One more stop for lunch and fuel got us to the destination shortly after 3. we no sooner got camp set up and the rain started. It rained all night and I was really concerned what our unloading site was going to look like. It’s in a new development with no pavement so it could have been nasty. Wednesday morning dawned bright and sunny , so we took the bikes to one of the great local trails and went for a ride. After lunch we headed off to the new place to unload. It went not too bad considering we were working on loose gravel and there was no way we could roll the hoist with the weight suspended, so once we had them on the ground we would give the straps as much slack as we could, push the hoist until the straps tightened up and lift. We could move it about a foot on each lift so it didn’t take too long to move them out of the way enough to clear the driveway. Ultimately, they want them up on the porch but we were not equipped to put them there. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted June 23, 2022 Share #21 Posted June 23, 2022 Why was I expecting a 30 something SiL? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted June 23, 2022 Author Share #22 Posted June 23, 2022 Just now, Wilbur said: Why was I expecting a 30 something SiL? Ha! Definitely a May December situation there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted June 24, 2022 Author Share #23 Posted June 24, 2022 So Wednesday’s weather was a blessing because later that night a big storm blew through dropping a lot of rain. It stayed wet and dreary all day today and unloading those beasties would have been much more difficult than it was. The camp ground has grass cover but the ground is so saturated that there is huge puddles everywhere. this morning a guy in the next row over got stuck trying to pull his 5th wheel trailer out. Even in 4 wheel drive he was well and truly stuck. His English was no better than my French, but when I brought the truck over to hook on to him we were both speaking the same language and I had him pulled out in about a minute. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted June 24, 2022 Share #24 Posted June 24, 2022 6 hours ago, Rattlecan said: Well this is a male female set but both are showing teeth. The difference between the two is that the female is protecting a pup under her paw while the male has a ball under one paw. as it was explained to me, the male protects the building while the female protects the inhabitants. So were foo dogs very heavy to deal with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted June 24, 2022 Share #25 Posted June 24, 2022 2 hours ago, Rattlecan said: Finally got one to upload . This is just after my son in law and I got them loaded. Admittedly I'm trying to figure out the faces of foo dogs. It's not entirely what I expected. Anyway, may he be protected and have better luck in next phase of life in new home. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted June 24, 2022 Author Share #26 Posted June 24, 2022 5 minutes ago, shootingstar said: So were foo dogs very heavy to deal with? Not bad with mechanical assistance 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted June 24, 2022 Share #27 Posted June 24, 2022 8 minutes ago, Rattlecan said: Not bad with mechanical assistance I'm glad got chance to ride the Thousand Island Parkway. Dearie and I rode it all the way from downtown Toronto along Waterfront Trail, etc. to Cornwall. We camped 50% of the time along the way. It was in August...humid, hot time of year. It was close to 500 kms...cause by bike, you take detours to get off the 401.. and other major roads/highways. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Kosciuszko Posted June 24, 2022 Share #28 Posted June 24, 2022 2 hours ago, Rattlecan said: my son in law and I rigging for the lift. 1 hour ago, Wilbur said: Why was I expecting a 30 something SiL? Me too. His son in law looks like he could be Rattlecan's father-in-law, with all that gray hair. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted June 24, 2022 Author Share #29 Posted June 24, 2022 4 minutes ago, Thaddeus Kosciuszko said: Me too. His son in law looks like he could be Rattlecan's father-in-law, with all that gray hair. Thanks. He is five years younger than me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted June 24, 2022 Author Share #30 Posted June 24, 2022 Tonight is our last at this camp site. The weather looks decent for tomorrow so the plan for the morning is to pack up after breakfast and head over to a nearby bike trail for a ride. There is room at the trail parking area to park the trailer so we will take it with us and head to our next destination from there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted June 25, 2022 Author Share #31 Posted June 25, 2022 A little bit of raw unedited video of the loading process. I tried to convince my son in law that the tailgate had to come off, but he was reluctant do do it. (It is his truck) In this clip, we established that it did have to be removed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDkjX-Bg_94 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted June 25, 2022 Author Share #32 Posted June 25, 2022 Another clip available for viewing. I didn't know about my wife's smartass remarks until I had it uploaded. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted June 26, 2022 Author Share #33 Posted June 26, 2022 This clip shows how we employed the procedure described above for shifting them along the ground. It was quite effective . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted June 26, 2022 Share #34 Posted June 26, 2022 Who is the black haired guy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted June 26, 2022 Author Share #35 Posted June 26, 2022 21 minutes ago, Airehead said: Who is the black haired guy? That’s my (now former) neighbor that I did the move for 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted July 21, 2022 Author Share #36 Posted July 21, 2022 My (former) neighbour just posted photos of the foo dogs now properly positioned by the front door and the machine that put them there. With all the construction going on in their new development, I knw it wouldn't be long until somebody with the right tool would come along. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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