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Rigger in SF Bay area?
As I mentioned in another thread I'm looking at importing a Wheeling machine from the UK. So far, I have a reasonable quote to get it picked up, packed and shipped to the port of San Francisco but the only quote I have received so far for pick up at SF and liftgate truck to my house 40 miles South was $1,760!!
That's over $500 MORE than the crating and shipping 6000 miles. Does anyone have a recommendation for a reasonable priced rigger in the SF Bay area. When I had my lathe moved - admittedly maybe 15 years ago now - it was about $350 which was kind of the quote I was expecting. I thought about renting a heavy duty trailer from Uhaul and collecting it myself but then I have no forklift to get it off at my end.
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What about renting a fork lift for a couple of hours from some ware house close to you?
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You might consider hiring a wrecker service. Either a rollback, or hang it from the hook and tie it to keep from moving around.
Just a thought!
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Ken, when you ask for a rigger you will at least double the price. See if you can find someone with a crane truck, rollback, wrecker to pick it up and deliver and unload it at your place. The distance you need it moved is nothing for someone with the right piece of equipment. Ask at a local truck stop for an independent trucker, they usually have a list of names.
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rigger
Riggers are specialized and can be hundreds per hour. Personally i would try the rollback for this application.
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It will be crated. Get a rollback to winch it up on their bed and deposit it in your driveway/shop. Around here, that costs a dollar a loaded mile with a $50 minimum. Some places want to charge more because its "MACHINERY". I've been successful telling them that was BS. It will be quicker and easier to load/unload than dragging a totaled car out of the ditch. Find a gypsy wrecker service rather than a big name.
Before I got a forklift, I had lost of stuff unloaded from my trailer with a boom wrecker. Piece of cake.
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Thanks for the tips.
I have never had to pick up a crated machine before, and am really stressing over this since the $1760 rigger quote. I like the idea of a tow truck. A rollback is a flatbed truck where the bed tilts and slides back to ground level isn't it? Would a pallet truck be adequate to move the crate around once on my driveway. The seller claims that it weighs a ton, I suspect more like 1500lbs but with the crate/pallet a ton might be close to the truth. Another part of my childhood that I missed was learning to operate a fork lift, . What is there to it? I am also stressing over this thing getting dropped somehow. Cast iron and drops typically don't mix.
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You can rent them.
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Couple things to check
I know the ports can get interesting when it comes to picking things up. Make sure they will let you do it.
Home Depot rents a truck for cheap. It's a flat bed and should handle the weight. Forklifts are fairly easy to operate. Just make sure you have room around you, because they turn in a manner you won't be used to. However, between the delivery charge, etc, the price can run up there. Also, measure the height of your garage door. Can the forklift make it through? There are guys in your area that specialize on moving machinery with roll backs. I've seen them at auctions. I know that www.westauctions.com has a list. I'm going to PM you a phone number of a guy that rebuilds bridgeports in Livermore, he's likely to have a contact as well. Can the wheel make it through the door if it's standing up? If not, the pallet jack and moving it on it's side is a great option. Do you have a buddy in the area with an engine hoist? Might help when it comes to standing it up. I retrieved my Imperial Wheeling Machines wheel from the truck dock with a car trailer. They put it on. After that, we just muscled the thing.
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(Now I'm even more stressed out!) I am thinking again of maybe renting a uhual 5x9 trailer. They will handle about 1900lbs so should be just about ok. Then organizing a forklift at my house. I keep flip flopping between the wrecker and this.
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