Moving big machinery - Moparts Forums

Register Log In Moparts Forums Stu Harmon General Forum Moving big machinery

Print Thread

Moving big machinery #3142139 05/02/23 10:10 PM 05/02/23 10:10 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 8,240 fredericksburg,va C cudaman1969 OP master
cudaman1969 OP master C Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 8,240 fredericksburg,va	Anyone have a company or sorce to go to in central Virginia? I’m exhausted moving the ‘smaller’ stuff and I have 8 big pieces to move.

Re: Moving big machinery [Re: cudaman1969] #3142167 05/03/23 06:55 AM 05/03/23 06:55 AM
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 6,561 Downtown Roebuck Ont Twostick Still wishing...
Twostick Still wishing... Joined: May 2003 Posts: 6,561 Downtown Roebuck Ont	Define big. Kevin

Re: Moving big machinery [Re: Twostick] #3142189 05/03/23 08:40 AM 05/03/23 08:40 AM
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 34,880 S.E. South Dakota ! bigdad Still Posting A Lot
bigdad Still Posting A Lot Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 34,880 S.E. South Dakota !	Local move ? My life today is on the other side of the phone, I have shipments don't look for them but, know lots of people although most of the smart ones are retired The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating.Proverbs 18:6

Re: Moving big machinery [Re: cudaman1969] #3142241 05/03/23 11:31 AM 05/03/23 11:31 AM
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,509 Tulsa, Oklahoma 340Cuda master
340Cuda master Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,509 Tulsa, Oklahoma	Originally Posted by cudaman1969 Anyone have a company or sorce to go to in central Virginia? I’m exhausted moving the ‘smaller’ stuff and I have 8 big pieces to move. If it was me I would look for "cartage companies", they are usually experienced in moving lathes, mills etc.

Re: Moving big machinery [Re: Twostick] #3142255 05/03/23 12:13 PM 05/03/23 12:13 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 8,240 fredericksburg,va C cudaman1969 OP master
cudaman1969 OP master C Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 8,240 fredericksburg,va	Originally Posted by Twostick Define big. Kevin

Re: Moving big machinery [Re: cudaman1969] #3142257 05/03/23 12:15 PM 05/03/23 12:15 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 8,240 fredericksburg,va C cudaman1969 OP master
cudaman1969 OP master C Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 8,240 fredericksburg,va	Originally Posted by cudaman1969 Originally Posted by Twostick Define big. Kevin

Re: Moving big machinery [Re: cudaman1969] #3142259 05/03/23 12:19 PM 05/03/23 12:19 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,638 PA 7 70Duster top fuel
70Duster top fuel 7 Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,638 PA	www.specialtyrigging.com is headquartered in PA but does work as far south as Maryland and Delaware. Not sure if they go into VA. Give them a call at 610-406-5188. If they don't work in VA, they'll probably be able to recommend someone who does.

Re: Moving big machinery [Re: 70Duster] #3142280 05/03/23 01:31 PM 05/03/23 01:31 PM
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 34,880 S.E. South Dakota ! bigdad Still Posting A Lot
bigdad Still Posting A Lot Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 34,880 S.E. South Dakota !	where are you shipping them too ? can you crate them ? do you have a forklift to load / unload ? The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating.Proverbs 18:6

Re: Moving big machinery [Re: bigdad] #3142335 05/03/23 04:58 PM 05/03/23 04:58 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 8,240 fredericksburg,va C cudaman1969 OP master
cudaman1969 OP master C Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 8,240 fredericksburg,va	Moving them 14 miles to my home shop. I rented a forklift $2500 in that already moving what I can load but not unload. Doing that with a cherry picker. Last edited by cudaman1969; 05/03/23 04:59 PM.

Re: Moving big machinery [Re: cudaman1969] #3142338 05/03/23 05:10 PM 05/03/23 05:10 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 12,422 Warren, MI 71TA I Live Here
71TA I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 12,422 Warren, MI	Should be a bunch of "machinery movers" just a Google away. They come with a hilo capable of picking up 50,000lbs and a flatbed. I've used them before by me. EXPENSIVE but no alternative. I moved 3 similar machines 1/2 a mile and paid $1000. www.DetroitMuscleTechnologies.com Mopar body and heater box restoration gaskets

Re: Moving big machinery [Re: 71TA] #3142403 05/03/23 11:22 PM 05/03/23 11:22 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 8,240 fredericksburg,va C cudaman1969 OP master
cudaman1969 OP master C Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 8,240 fredericksburg,va	I’ve decided to break em down to their lightest and move them myself. The forklift has no problem picking them up, with my 2 ton picker and JD tractor with bucket I can move them. I carry them in a big aluminum 2 horse slant trailer one or two at a time

Re: Moving big machinery [Re: cudaman1969] #3142407 05/04/23 12:10 AM 05/04/23 12:10 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 21,500 N.E. OHIO, USA A12 Too Many Posts
A12 Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 21,500 N.E. OHIO, USA	You might want to get a few 2" diameter steel pipe 3' or 4' long maybe about 4 or 5 of them so you can use them to "roll" a machine into a place the forklift can't go. When we had to move this old arbor/mandrel press into our old shop and then later get it out to move to another new shop the forklift wouldn't fit in the shop doorway. So we did like the Egyptian did and placed a couple of motorcycle chrome fork tubes under it and rolled it into the shop and then years later did the same to move it out. Two guys pushed it while one person kept taking the free tube from behind and moving it to the front. Worked great both times.

Re: Moving big machinery [Re: A12] #3142524 05/04/23 02:33 PM 05/04/23 02:33 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 8,240 fredericksburg,va C cudaman1969 OP master
cudaman1969 OP master C Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 8,240 fredericksburg,va	I ‘walked’ my big shaped in like that, done the same for years. I use either 1/4” rod or 1/4” black iron pipe, less tippy. I imagine that machine weights a lot! Last edited by cudaman1969; 05/04/23 02:34 PM.

Moderated by Al_Alguire, Hotwheelsjr, moparts, not_a_charger, RangerDan440, tboomer

Hop To

Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.1