Joe,

When I bought my 5914 the guy I bought it from could load it into a pickup.

To get it off the truck here at home, I got a 2 ton nylon strap, made a
sling around the spindle and around the end of the bed, and got a tow truck
to lift it and set it on some Harbor Freight furniture dollies, and rolled
it into my shop, used an engine hoist to lift and drop it on the floor..
Strap cost $20, Tow truck cost $50, dollies cost $20... Gave a friend a
sixpack for use of the hoist :-)

If indeed it's in good shape you'll love it. :-) And if it didn't come
with a Royal collet closer, go get one.

--.- Dave



"Joseph Gwinn" wrote in message
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In article ,
Clark Magnuson wrote:


How are you going to move it?

Probably will hire a rigger, as the weather is closing in.

I will touch and see the machine this morning. It is under power, so
checkout will be fairly easy.

I bought the lathe.


Joe Gwinn

At the auction there was a big ex merchant marine named Eric that
approached me about moving the lathe. He wanted $50 to go from Seattle
to Mercer Island with it. He had a flat bed truck. There was a gantry
overhead at the auction. He slid it down boards to get it off the truck
at my place.
Knowing what I now know about how tippy that lathe is, I don't know how
we managed.

For the Millrite MVI a year ago, I didn't go with a rigger who didn't
seem to understand that chains bearing directly on scraped surfaces was
a no-no.


I recently called Nelson trucking, and they wanted more to move a
Bridgeport 10 miles than the machine costs.
http://www.nelsontrucking.com/

Seattle. A bit far for me. Though I've had such quotes.


If you find a cheap rigger, let me know.

Sure, but he will be on the other coast, in the Boston area.


Joe Gwinn