Ship a mill from NE of Boston to central NJ?

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Ship a mill from NE of Boston to central NJ?

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As the title states...my local riggers don't want to do it, not even quote it. Anyone have a lead? Mill is full sized knee mill, Clausing Kondia. They would have to have a roll back to unload at my place. A forklift is available on the other end.

Thanks for any leads!
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Oil refineries and drilling outfits work with independent guys called ”Hot Shots” when they need equipment delivered pronto. Lots of them here in Texas. They make big bucks for the rapid stuff, but those jobs aren’t running every day .

You’ve got enough refineries there in NJ that there might be some Hot Shots too. If you’re not time sensitive, they might be interested in an off day job like that at a going rate.
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did you try action machinery (Bethlehem PA) to see who they use?

Or Cook Machinery in Sicklerville?
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I have a couple places I have used, both declined, which is too bad as both are very good. Here is one in action
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Sandiapaul wrote: Mon Jun 28, 2021 6:30 pm I have a couple places I have used, both declined, which is too bad as both are very good. Here is one in action

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Doesn't look all that secure.
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Secure it on a pallet and call around for quotes from reputable freight consolidators in your area. Shouldn’t be a problem to move as freight companies move vast quantities of pallatized goods every day, all over the place.

The key is to prepare it properly, pallatize it, it and wrap or box to what ever level of security you are comfortable with.

And always best to get 3 or 4 quotes, or more, until you get the price you like - as freight companies are all over the board with different network operating costs. I’ve seen as much as a 50% disparity in shipping costs. And got the best deal of my life when I didn’t like the freight quote and asked the local freight forwarder to call the trucking back and ask for a lower rate.

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Yep Glenn is 100% right, I used to work in the shipping business. My minimum number of freight company's to call is 6. And I use Google to search out less well known freight company names that are close or around the area of where the item is. The big one's like DHL, UPS, Fed Ex etc will for sure be the highest price, someone has to pay for all that advertising. And the big companies will almost always side shift a single pallet or even LTL off to one of those smaller freight company's anyway. So they get there cut just for doing a bit of paper work. You need the information of where it is, it's destination to a local shipping dock, what it is, approximate weight, and most important the shipments dimensions, height, length and width to get an accurate shipping quote. You might end up having to do a separate move from the closest shipping dock to you with your own independent hired roll back as that's not something most shipping company's have. It's a bit complex setting up the logistics, but taking a couple of hrs to do so can save quite a bit.
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Fastenal LTL is surprisingly inexpensive (the only thing at Fastenal that is). I bought some tractor tires and had them shipped there. But the deal is, you wait till it finds space needing filled. I think it took around 3 or 4 weeks for the tires from northern state to AZ.
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Thanks for the ideas...I tried some local places and none are interested in making the round trip. I tried Uship and got a few bites but none of them are experienced with machine tools so I am concerned about that. Maybe this is not the right one at the right time. Sadly the price is right!
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Can you rent a forklift at your location? That would open some possibilities including me transporting it for you.

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That's the key to the whole thing; loading and unloading.
I shipped a motor from home (where I'd rebuilt it) to Amsterdam, 1,500 miles away. I had it created up and on a pallet.
My trick was to send it to a friendly shop I buy material from, who has a forklift and was willing to help me out. He took it off the delivery truck, and later loaded onto a local transport my helper has there.
That reminds me, I have to call that guy, I owe him money.

Shipping my mill from Germany, the seller was able to load and I could unload, that was in every communication with various shippers I contacted.
Larger mills I saw were not more expensive, but at several tons too heavy for most machines to lift; hiring heavy machinery at each end would have quadrupled the total cost.
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FWIW I unloaded my mill with a rented bobcat and a set of lifting forks and straps
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