Moving machinery

[Doug JordanParticipant @dougjordan50597]

[Doug JordanParticipant @dougjordan50597]

Help!!!

I’ve just acquired a Bridgeport milling machine and I am having major problems finding someone who can move it to my workshop. Is there anyone in the Nottingham area who can recommend a good machine movers.

Yours very frustrated.

Doug.

[William RobertsParticipant @williamroberts98085]

Hello Doug, I had this problem not long ago , I bought a 20 inch planer weight about 30 cwt wanted to move it 8 miles. I got one of the local skip lorries to come with a skip put the planer in the skip , skip on lorry, did not have to lift the machine very high off the ground with the slings job done without any damage .

          Regards Bill

[Dinosaur EngineerParticipant @dinosaurengineer]

If you can tie it down on a pallet , there lots of UK wide pallet movers who will move it as long as it will fit in their trucks and within the tailgate weight limit ( usually 1500Kgs) . The big difficulty is moving it from the lowered tailgate to where you want it !

I moved my smart & brown 1024 lathe ( about 1100Kgs) some years ago for about £70 for 150 mile trip but expect this would cost considerably more these days .

[John Stevenson 1Participant @johnstevenson1]

Posted by Doug Jordan on 05/07/2010 18:20:48:

Help!!!

I’ve just acquired a Bridgeport milling machine and I am having major problems finding someone who can move it to my workshop. Is there anyone in the Nottingham area who can recommend a good machine movers.

Yours very frustrated.

Doug.

 

 

Yup me.

 

I’m in Nottingham, have moved 8 or 9 Bridgies now, 7 of which was done on my own.

07966 376085

 

Have to give you the mobile as I’m at Shrewsbury tomorrow picking a Conquest lathe up.

 

John S.

[Doug JordanParticipant @dougjordan50597]

Many thanks to all who replied to my posting.

I have now secured a local firm to help me with the move.

Regards,

Doug.

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

 

Edited By JasonB on 06/07/2010 19:10:44

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