lastminute
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Anyone know of a company willing to move a heavy tablesaw from Northamptonshire to West Yorkshire?
...moving a heavy table saw!
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wallace
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If you can get it on a pallet then a pallet courier will be the easiest and cheapest option about £50. If you want some to go with a hiab or similar then it will be expensive. I use national pallets, shiply is pretty good as well
custard
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Wallace, i know you've done this a few times, but assuming the seller can palletise the load and get it on a lorry, then how do you get it off the lorry at your end?
I see that Felder have recently stopped their delivery into the workshop service. Astonishingly arrogant of them but they now say if you order a brand new machine they'll deliver it to your door, and install & commission it, but you are responsible for off-loading from the lorry and moving it into the workshop. I was thinking about trading in my hollow chisel morticer for a slot morticer, but I'll review my plans on that basis!
I see that Felder have recently stopped their delivery into the workshop service. Astonishingly arrogant of them but they now say if you order a brand new machine they'll deliver it to your door, and install & commission it, but you are responsible for off-loading from the lorry and moving it into the workshop. I was thinking about trading in my hollow chisel morticer for a slot morticer, but I'll review my plans on that basis!
wallace
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All pallet couriers run the medium sized curtain sider wagons, which have a tail lift. They will drop it off at your premises and sometimes they will help get it in your workshop. You must remember these delivery guys are on multi drop schedules so they like to be done quickly. Its good if you get an old time driver who knows his stuff and its a nightmare if you get a young agency driver who couldn't give a monkeys and is clueless about how to move something that weighs a tonne. The most useful thing I bought for machine moving is a pump truck. If you don't have a pump truck then Egyptian style (round bars) works really well.
I think the hardest part might be getting a machine off a pallet.
I've recently got a new morticer a Maka vibrating chisel. I have yet to see it though I bought it unseen so it might be a lemmon
I think the hardest part might be getting a machine off a pallet.
I've recently got a new morticer a Maka vibrating chisel. I have yet to see it though I bought it unseen so it might be a lemmon
paulrockliffe
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You often see machines left on the pallet in the workshop, so they can be moved I presume, but it avoids that difficulty. I wonder if you can get machines with pallet truck holes incorporated in the base? If you wanted to leave it on the pallet I'd be tempted to get a plastic pallet that's going to be more reliable long-term.
lastminute":38bp425y said:
Landylift are based in West Yorkshire:
http://www.homeworkshop.org.uk/index.ph ... &Itemid=20
No experience of them myself but they're well thought of in the model engineering world for machinery removals
as wallace says, most pallet couriers will deliver on a van/lorry with a tail lift so getting it off the lorry is no issue (just make sure the person organising the shipping states no forklift available for unloading when booking the courier).
Pallet truck is the easiest way to move them while they're on a pallet.
To get a heavy machine off a pallet I usually 'walk it' onto something lower and then walk it onto the ground.
Alternatively get a crowd of strong friends, lift it up, someone pulls the pallet out and you pop it down.
If you have large (i.e. 6ft) crow/pry bars to get extra leverage you can lift very heavy machines without too much of a problem.
Some of our machines at the factory weigh as much as 3 tonnes and the trick is always take your time and use physics to reduce the effort required to lift or move them.
Be careful of your back though would be my strongest advice.
Pallet truck is the easiest way to move them while they're on a pallet.
To get a heavy machine off a pallet I usually 'walk it' onto something lower and then walk it onto the ground.
Alternatively get a crowd of strong friends, lift it up, someone pulls the pallet out and you pop it down.
If you have large (i.e. 6ft) crow/pry bars to get extra leverage you can lift very heavy machines without too much of a problem.
Some of our machines at the factory weigh as much as 3 tonnes and the trick is always take your time and use physics to reduce the effort required to lift or move them.
Be careful of your back though would be my strongest advice.
wallace
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Those Landy lift guys are the experts and will probably have a great service. On the downside they will be pricey. An average pallet courier collecting and delivering a load of say 500kgs a metre high would be around £50. There is a downside though, things can get damaged. Everything is insured by weight. I use national pallets and have had two incidents in over 25 deliveries, both caused by negligent drivers
