Jon Anderson fired this volley in
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I've used a sign crane company to move several machines. A mill just
needs to be offset on the bed a bit to clear the crane boom when it's
lowered. Last time I talked to him, it was $75/hr with a 2 hour min,
which includes travel time. $150 for a short haul move seems right
reasonable to me. But if you live in a residential area, such a rig is
certain to attract a fair bit of attention, which you may or may not
care about.

I've also seen machines moved with tow trucks, a surface grinder I sold
some years ago was picked up with one.



Similarly, I have twice hired a local wrecker company with a _BIG_ boom
machine to unload machines from a flatbed, and sling them into my shop in
one move.

When I bought my first mill, I hired a wrecker on both ends of the trip
-- one to put it in the box truck (couldn't get a flatbed that day), and
one to off-load and "insert" it. With the R2E4, the seller fork lifted
it onto my trailer, and I only needed the wrecker on my end. The first
time, it was about $60 per "lift". On the last (about five years later)
it was $125.00. Best money I ever spent. The guy had all the correct
soft slings, etc...

I built my shop so the main entry door is in the middle of an 8' wide
removable wall panel. With 30 minutes of work, I can pull all the lags
fastening it to the rest of the structure, and just slide it aside. Then
I have a nice wide gate into which to push such things as 4000lb+ mills.

I have them set it down on rollers for the first delivery, until I'm sure
of the exact placement. Then I Johnson Bar it up off the rollers and
onto the slab.

LLoyd