First milling machine

[Tecnico]

@PaulL sounds like Vancouver Island is like Nova Scotia, slim pickings and make up your mind fast! I think you did quite well if you hired someone else to ship it and got the machine on your door step for $5k.

D

 

[YotaBota]

Just like Christmas!

 

[DavidR8]

@PaulL sounds like Vancouver Island is like Nova Scotia, slim pickings and make up your mind fast! I think you did quite well if you hired someone else to ship it and got the machine on your door step for $5k.

D

Yes pretty much a machinery desert here.

 

[Susquatch]

@PaulL sounds like Vancouver Island is like Nova Scotia, slim pickings and make up your mind fast! I think you did quite well if you hired someone else to ship it and got the machine on your door step for $5k.

D

And then consider the machine he got for that.....

Can't wait for the inspection summary and then first chips!

 

[LenVW]

Yes pretty much a machinery desert here.

Hey, but David, you are on an island.
Until they build another Confederation Bridge on the West Coast . . .
Everything has to be shipped in !!
LOL

 

[DavidR8]

Hey, but David, you are on an island.
Until they build another Confederation Bridge on the West Coast . . .
Everything has to be shipped in !!
LOL

We definitely don't want a bridge!

 

[whydontu]

We’ve been waiting 10 years to replace an obsolete tunnel, and I’ve been listening to 40 years of discussions about fixing a woefully-under-designed bridge. Can’t even imagine how badly our provincial government would f#$& up building something as challenging as a bridge to the island.

 

[LenVW]

The bridge to PEI was designed by a firm from British Columbia.
It has been in use for 30 years.

@whydontu - will have to discuss it with your BC Premier.

 

[PaulL]

It's been loaded, and should be in my driveway tomorrow mid-day! Gantry is set up, shop is cleared, might have to pull off the top rail of the garden gate to get through, but I'm all sorts of excited.

So now sending out a batsignal to folks in Victoria.

Hauler got here, and his truck is 1" wider than my gantry. After checking with him to make sure it would fit. It didn't come off. My buddy Mark knows people, so we found a forklift and short-term storage --- big shout out to Danny at Westwind Hardwoods --- but now I need to get it from Sidney to home in Victoria.

Anyone have a lead on a full-sized truck (under 95" wide), or a trailer (rated 2200lbs)? I need to get the machine out of their space in pretty short order.

Paul

 

[PaulL]

So now sending out a batsignal to folks in Victoria.

And belay that. Home Depot has their F250 available tomorrow morning, so grabbing that and loading up.
Having all the fun!

 

[DavidR8]

@PaulL If that doesn't work call Adam Warner at South Island Lift 250-880-7546
He's moved tons (literally) of machines for me
Edit: are you going to try and put the mill in the back of an F250???

 

[PaulL]

Thanks David - your solution is infinitely better. Adam is picking it up for me tomorrow.
I was getting panicy there, and that's a terrible way to move heavy things.

[nominally the truck can handle 3000lbs, and I was getting ready with some significant dunnage to spread the base weight and decent straps to hold it upright, but ugh]

 

[DavidR8]

Thanks David - your solution is infinitely better. Adam is picking it up for me tomorrow.
I was getting panicy there, and that's a terrible way to move heavy things.

[nominally the truck can handle 3000lbs, and I was getting ready with some significant dunnage to spread the base weight and decent straps to hold it upright, but ugh]

Glad it worked out!
Say hi to Adam for me. He moved my surface grinder. Twice
He's a heck of a good guy to know.

 

[YYCHM]

Thanks David - your solution is infinitely better. Adam is picking it up for me tomorrow.

What's the ETA now?

 

[PaulL]

What's the ETA now?

Noon! 2 more hours. On the plus side my shop is getting tidier by the minute.

 

[DavidR8]

Noon! 2 more hours. On the plus side my shop is getting tidier by the minute.

We’ll need pics Paul!

 

[PaulL]

Pics or it didn't happen?
Adam at South Island Lift has a great little truck - Japanese import, and narrow. He was able to back right up to the shop door and place it right there.

From there it was just a matter of using my gantry to get some rollers under and get her into place:

And now I get to start the clean-up, fluids, and range of motion checks.

 

[DavidR8]

Looks great.
Adam is a really good guy. Glad that worked out for you!

 

[Tom O]

Is That snowshoes on the wall ? Hell growing up there as kids we got sleds for Xmas and had to wait 4 years to use them!

 

[YYCHM]

Noon! 2 more hours. On the plus side my shop is getting tidier by the minute.

What did delivery from Langley end up setting you back?