Yesterday afternoon, I heard my brother in law was moving his hot tub from the house he sold to my sister in law. I offered to come give a hand loading it. Once it was loaded on the flat bed, I overheard him telling one of his buddies that they’re going to unload it too. Not having many plans, other than seeing my wife for the first night of the week that we weren’t running kids back and forth, etc, I called to let her know it would be best if I go help unload it too. She agreed. It’s just shy of 8’ square, and 800 lbs. there were 4 of us who loaded it. I think we all would have had to be there to get it down a hill and into position under the deck.
Meantime during transit, it’s spitting a bit of rain. There are plenty of ratchet straps, just in case you wondered! When we were sliding the tub to the tail of the trailer, my work boots decided to slide out from under me. My chin caught the rest of my body on the edge of the tub, before I bounced off my knees and hopped up like a down-up football drill. One of the guys witnessed in awe that I popped back up, asking if I was hurt. I thought I bit my tongue off. Somehow, there was no blood. This morning, my chin is sore but otherwise I feel good. But just a quick slip, with all my body force going in the wrong direction, too quick to catch any grip on anything....