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QUESTION:.. I've also had him bring over a boom truck for lifting things off my trucks
that were either too tall or too heavy for my shop crane. He charges $45 to do
that with the "medium" wrecker, and $75 for the one that can lift a semi
(haven't needed that one) ...
Given:
1) a 3,500 pound lathe (three-point mounting, don't you know) which is
presently complete and on a pallet in my carport (which has about 16 feet of
vertical clearance),
2) a pair of custom-made machinery dollies (designed for mills, but clearly
suitable for lathes as well) onto which the lathe could be set for its short
journey into my shop, and
3) a set of three machinery leveling jacks (Reed, e.g.),
what kind of wrecker (boom truck, etcetera) would one ask for, and on what
basis (service call, per hour, etcetera) would one select, in order to:
4) lift the lathe from the pallet, using lifting slings under the lathe's bed,
raising the entire machine to a height sufficient to allow the installation of
the leveling jacks into the holes provided in the lathe's base, say, about
inches, and then
5) placing the lathe with its jacks squarely on the machinery dollies.
After this had been accomplished, the lathe would be rolled into place, the
leveling jacks would be raised sufficiently for the machinery dollies to be
extracted, say, about an inch, and then the lathe would be leveled in the
conventional way.
The truck could depart the location as soon as the machine was placed on the
dollies.
ANSWER: not sure if this is "precisely on point" or not, but the simplest and
fastest way _I've_ ever found to 'hire' a lathe
lifted/moved/transported was to hire a _rollback_ type wrecker.
(rollback) type wreckers have a few benefits over the 'boom' type
wreckers for moving heavy stuff:
they can easily "load from" dock or ground level, or any height in
between, and
they can 'drop off' at dock or ground level, or any height in between,
and..
more importantly, the lathe would 'sit flat' on the bed, supported on
its 'feet' or base during transport, saving much 'rigging up' and the
associated 'load shifting' type risks involved with supporting the
lathe from 'slings' chains, chokers, etc. with a rollback, the load is
usually 'chained down with binders' during transport...
rollback wreckers come in various sizes; I've had 10,000 lb
glassworking machines (and, right, lathes ;-) moved with rollback
wreckers in the past. when I called the bigger towtruck companies in
town, I always asked them to show up with "the _big_ rollback"...of
course, my 'moves' of the bigger machines were usually 'in town', but
they're also handy for off-loading your lathe, off a flatbed open (or
closed) semi trailer, to ground level (if it's made a journey from out
of state to reach you). they're 'more handy than' and usually 'far
more available than' a large forklift, when unloading from, say, an
enclosed semi-trailer
just my two cents...
I'm also selling some "roller skid dollies" or 'tank tracks' or 'heavy
equipment movers' at my site (8000 lb capacity each, have three of
'em)
davesitems.netfirms.com (follow links @ site to 'other tools and
hardwares')
-however- the roller skid dollies I'm offering won't 'really' for be
for sale until after I've sold all, or nearly all, my other heavy
machines (because I need them -myself- to move my -own- stuff till
then). so I guess I'm premature posting them for sale...'now'...my
'electric forklift' falls into this same 'delayed sale' category...
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