Ok gang, I am way short on garage space and I am considering buying a 4-post storage/service lift to ease the congestion. My biggest concern is how to deal with getting the lift shipped to the house.
Rent or borrow a trailer and pick it up at the nearest terminal, where they will load it with a forklift for you. Most of the individual pieces are manageable after uncrating. Sent from my iPhone htt
Author: eric at megageek.com (eric at megageek.com)
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:39:38 -0400
Where are you located? Here is why... You could have the lift delivered to a local freight center, then you can pick it up there with a rental truck (or buddy's trailer.) Or, you can deliver it direc
You will kick yourself for not buying the lift sooner. I had a friend with a roll-back truck pick mine up from a local distributor. They loaded it with a fork lift then we skidded it off. If it hadn'
I had my guy meet me at a large parking lot. We took it off the truck and put it on my flatbed trailer. Then drove it home. Took a few guys to lift the pieces but it worked fine. Ok gang, I am way sh
Mine's a Bend-Pak HD-9ST and it was just under 2000lb crated, something like 2x3x17ft. I picked up mine at the freight dock, they put it on a flatbed trailer for me. It was bolted up to steel frames
Thanks for the advice everyone. I am near Cedar Rapids, Iowa, but I do have a 16' flatbed car trailer. I was not aware of the option to pick up at the freight terminal. That sounds like the way to go
It's really not that hard. I had the lift delivered to a freight depot in town. It was much cheaper and they were willing to sit on it for a few days until it was convenient for me to get there. I re
My almost "no-hassle" solution was to find a local installer and have the lift delivered to them. They took care of delivering it to my house via flatbed towtruck, and assembled it for me. I say almo
Adding an additional question to this thread, do you need to wait for some time after pouring a slab to drill into it and install things like a lift? I've heard 6 months. We'll be building a shop som
Author: eric at megageek.com (eric at megageek.com)
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:58:09 -0400
I'm sure they can, but are you willing to pay for it? Think about how much the shipping price would have to be to ensure that they could deliver it to every house in the US? Around here, there are ho
Sure. You get it to my house, and we're golden. :-) Actually, there's a guy selling one kinda near me for $1500. Ben Pearson brand. I've been meaning to ask if anyone has experience with that brand.