Transporting Drywall Sheets

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Transporting drywall sheets.

You might feel up the creek without a paddle if you need to transport a full sheet of drywall but you only have a small car. I m thinking about borrowing my dad s truck and going to home depot or lowes to get it at 5 bucks. If i could store it vertically up against the wall wrapped in. We scrounged up some cardboard corners to protect the edges of our drywall check the trash bins in the store or lumberyard.

I don t want to buy them in the town i live in cuz its 7 bucks a sheet. I am going to have a surplus of 8 sheets of 5 8 4x8 drywall 4 type x 4 quietrock 525 until my next soundproofing job this summer. Things you will need place one 2 by 4 on each side of the roof of your car. Tie down the sheets to your roof by.

I have been storing 8 sheets at a time stacked flat on my upstairs guest room floor but i don t want to store the remainder up there until summer. Transporting drywall to the site would like to know how you guys get your drywall and other sheet goods to the site. The trip would be 120 miles round trip. Do you look for a solution or just deal by shoving it into the work vehicle.

Use a cargo net for bulky loads. Allows 1 person to carry sheets of drywall or plywood. Using the panel carrier improves visibility and balance when transporting plywood paneling or drywall sheets. Strapping the drywall to the top of you car isn t a great option.

Then tighten the bottom straps to secure the bundle. Support see jane drill by shopping on amazon through our. Wear gloves to keep from destroying your hands construction gloves with a good grip not the thick yard gloves or your nice winter gloves. Set the sheets of drywall on top of the 2 by 4s.

Next run two straps from the truck bed anchor rings around the back edge of the sheets and down to the bumper. Hello i need to buy about 30 sheets of 4x8 1 2 inch drywall. Using twine tie the sheets of drywall together with a front to back. For moving 1 2 4x8 sheets on a level surface i just do it myself without the fancy tools.

Lock one arm straight down with fingers under the drywall and the other arm over your head to steady it.