On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:01:32 -0400, "Steve W."
wrote:

Jon Anderson wrote:
Larry Jaques wrote:

Cool. I wonder what those run, pricewise.

Guy in West Sac gets $125/hr. A run to Grass Valley is 3 hours round
trip plus whatever time he spends here. I was thinking of storing the
container on a friend's property, moving to Oz, then arranging to have
it picked up and taken to port. Give that I'm looking at $500 to move it
5 miles to the friends, I think it'll be worth the effort to pack for
shipping and have it taking straight away from my driveway to port!
Or having the container placed at the friends and using a trailer to
move machines from the shop to the container. I don't imagine those rigs
are cheap, gotta move a lot of containers to make the payments!


Yeah, for only $500 or so, unless crane owner/operators are having a
slow day, too.

A crane big enough to lift a loaded container sure won't work for my
situation. Power lines on one side of the driveway and 60Kv transmission
lines not far from the other side of the driveway...

Btw, sorry again for the massive fubar on directions to my place. Trying
to cover too many bases at one time right lately, just a bit more
scattered than usual. Enjoyed chatting. And thank you for the shirt,
hope I offloaded enough stuff to make the shirt and side trip
worthwhile. I plan to wear that shirt next time I get called for jury
duty... BG


Jon

First thing I would do is set down with a chunk of paper and pencil.
Then figure out what space you will actually need. Also don't use cheap
pallets if you want your tools to stay put. Make those out of 4X4s and
planking. Plan out the load so it's close to balanced as well. Once you
have a workable floor plan call for your container.

Rent an off road fork lift with enough capacity to lift the largest
item. Use it to lift the items out of the basement and position them on
the skids/pallets using slings/rigging. If you plan it and have the
equipment ready to move all of this can be done in a day easily.

Now have them bring you a container and leave it on the chassis. Load
everything up and secure it VERY WELL. Tie straps and chain is cheaper
than parts for many machines.

Once loaded they can take it to a terminal OR place it into storage on a
will call (get this all in writing and verified before they bring the
container) basis. IF you have someone on the other end already you
could even ship it out now.

Great advice, thanks. Thanks to everybody for their input. Regarding
getting a trailer capable of hauling the lot, I won't do that due to
distance, expense, and limitations of my 13 yr old 1/2 ton Suburban. I
just don't want to contemplate dragging a load that heavy 1500 miles.

I have quote requests in to gauge the cost of a container move. I
probably have time to plan. Our current home must sell first, and
that may take a while. Meanwhile, I'll be getting ready. This week I
intend to get the tool cabinets and start organizing my stuff into the
Vidmars.

I'll post progress and results when things get under way.

Pete Keillor