Getting a milling machine off a trailer...

[jmarkwolf]

One piece of advice learned over the years. If the seller is tasked with loading the machine onto your trailer, payment and ownership should only be transferred after the machine is loaded safely onto the bed of the trailer.

Good advice.

I once sold a Bridgeport to a young mechanical engineer, he and his dad were tasked with the move. I loaned them my pallet jack but insisted on payment before they moved it out of my bldg and down my sloped driveway to their trailer.

Their borrowed trailer had a larger than typical Bobcat with forks. They drove the Bobcat to the edge of the trailer, slung the Bridgeport under the ram with slings, then hoisted and reversed the Bobcat back into the trailer and set the Bridgeport down. A Ford F-350 was at the other end of the trailer.

Kinda gave me the heebie jeebies, but it went uneventfully and hey, I already had payment in hand!

Pics below.

The kid had it disassembled and down his own basement steps later that day!

 

[traumadoc2b]

I like the way they bolted the mill to 2x4s and then stacked them onto 4x4s. I should have thought about that instead of the way I did it.