My G0555 came via Yellow Freight/Fedex - I live on a hill and my garage/shop
is in the back of he house with an uphill driveway. I was not happy about
the prospect of moving that dead weight by myself but I met the truck with
my little hand truck in hand. I guess the driver felt sorry for me because
he said that dinky thing would handle the load. He had a hydraulic pallet
jack and he just picked up the pallet, moved it to the liftgate and then
proceeded to wheel it up my driveway into the garage. All this without
asking.

So, Grizz says be prepared to move it yourself but in every case, the driver
has helped on his own.

YMMV,

Vic

"igor" wrote in message
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My Grizzly 14" bandsaw is on its way. Unfortunately, the "local" truck
depot is about 75 minutes away (at best), so I'd like to have Grizzly's
trucking company deliver to my home shop, since I paid for the mileage. I
did ask Grizzly and they said that the saw in the box can safely be placed
on its side, and 198 pounds is not much to lower from the truck. (I do
have a hand truck to take it from the side of the truck to the shop.)
Unfortunately, I cannot be sure I can get mid-day help to do this. I'm
thinking some $$ inducement might inspire the driver -- it would be less
than 60 seconds of help to slide it down the back of the truck to the
ground. It's not as if I'm getting an 8" jointer. (Not yet.)

Any other ideas for doing this? Anyone know if the truck typically used
for this has a slot in which I might hook a ramp -- like U-haul trucks
have? Any homemade ramp designs? I figure that for anything 250 pounds
a
ramp would be an OK solution - even a steep ramp just for sliding the box.
-- Igor