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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: dmonroe814 on April 18, 2016, 01:34:45 PM
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Has anyone moved a full size drill press across country? To move it locally, I used a heavy trailer and a safe dolly. Anyone had luck with any thing else?
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I would use a covered trailer for cross country to keep it out of the elements.
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I would use a covered trailer for cross country to keep it out of the elements.
Yea, but how do you pick the bitch up. Weighs about 700 pounds.
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the last time I moved one we used a furniture dolly and 4 guys.
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trailer with a ramp will make this exponentially easier as well.
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Contact one of the LTL(Yellow, Roadway, Old Dominion etc) companies, it will probably cost less for you to have them do it than to do it yourself.
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Contact one of the LTL(Yellow, Roadway, Old Dominion etc) companies, it will probably cost less for you to have them do it than to do it yourself.
This would be the easiest way to do it. Just make sure you tell them they need a trailer with a drop gate on it or you will need a forklift at both ends of the move.
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the last time I moved one we used a furniture dolly and 4 guys.
That's what I was afraid of. I moved it with a safe dolly and two guys. I was hoping for a solution that could be done by one person.
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Thanks for all your info guys.
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If it could be attached to a pallet then one person and a forklift could do the job. Once arrived, one person and a pallet jack...
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Use a pallet and 2x4's to secure it to the pallet with screws also use metal or plastic strapping then bubble wrap and shrink wrap it the other way is to do all that I said but put it In a crate which can double as a pallet also use do not double stack stickers and cones when using LTL they pack trailers high and tight.
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Cherry picker and plenty of straps worked for me.
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Cherry picker and plenty of straps worked for me.
+1....I have an Innovative vacu-jig and have moved mine twice. That is exactly how I got mine in position after getting it off the pallet it was on. Just take your time and work methodically.
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Always collapse the top before lifting, that's the other thing I forgot.
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By cherry picker, do you mean and engine puller/lift?
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Yes exactly.
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Sell it before you move.
Move across country.
Buy a new drill press.
But keep all of your bits and tools.
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Build a frame with large, heavy duty locking casters. The challenge then would be laying it on the frame and setting it back up, but if you had ramps would make one person moving it possible.