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Tyler H · 04-04-2005, 11:46 PM

Well, I finally got a call at 10am this morning stating my clip is here. I paid for residential delivery, so I inquired about how they were going to bring it out. Turns out that the smallest truck they have is 53' with a tractor, and they will not assist me, only dump it in the street, plus they can't deliver to my subdivision because it isn't a through street and the cul de sac isn't big enough to turn around. I fully expected this would happen. DO NOT pay for residential delivery. I borrowed my father-in-law's truck and rented a trailer overnight. The rate was $80, but I negotiated with the guy at the rental company to let me pick up one at closing and have it back before 8 tomorrow for $40.

I went to the freight depot downtown to pick it up. Completely stress-free. Clean, organized, easy to manuever (designed for semis) and everybody there was totally laid back. Had a blast talking to the forklift operator. Everybody there was keenly interested in what was under the plastic. I asked the fork driver how much he thought it weighed...he said about 1800lb. I'd say about 1000lb. The bill of laden read 780lb.

Here are few shots of me trying to trailer it up the driveway. I did ok, but I won't be driving trucks for a living.

We hooked up a come-along to my logging chain and drug the clip to the end of the trailer.

We had to jack the front up to get over where the angle changed.

Then we jacked the back up so that it was pointed downhill.

Once near the bottom of the skids, we jacked the front back up and put it on one of the engine dollys I build.

Then we pushed it on out, letting the rear fall onto the other dolly, and it was free and easy for one person to roll around.

04-04-2005, 11:46 PM	#31 (permalink)
Tyler H New 2 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Knoxville TN Posts: 909 Thanks: 7 Thanked 26 Times in 23 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (1/100% )	It's Here! Well, I finally got a call at 10am this morning stating my clip is here. I paid for residential delivery, so I inquired about how they were going to bring it out. Turns out that the smallest truck they have is 53' with a tractor, and they will not assist me, only dump it in the street, plus they can't deliver to my subdivision because it isn't a through street and the cul de sac isn't big enough to turn around. I fully expected this would happen. DO NOT pay for residential delivery. I borrowed my father-in-law's truck and rented a trailer overnight. The rate was $80, but I negotiated with the guy at the rental company to let me pick up one at closing and have it back before 8 tomorrow for $40. I went to the freight depot downtown to pick it up. Completely stress-free. Clean, organized, easy to manuever (designed for semis) and everybody there was totally laid back. Had a blast talking to the forklift operator. Everybody there was keenly interested in what was under the plastic. I asked the fork driver how much he thought it weighed...he said about 1800lb. I'd say about 1000lb. The bill of laden read 780lb. Here are few shots of me trying to trailer it up the driveway. I did ok, but I won't be driving trucks for a living. We hooked up a come-along to my logging chain and drug the clip to the end of the trailer. We had to jack the front up to get over where the angle changed. Then we jacked the back up so that it was pointed downhill. Once near the bottom of the skids, we jacked the front back up and put it on one of the engine dollys I build. Then we pushed it on out, letting the rear fall onto the other dolly, and it was free and easy for one person to roll around.