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Alan H.
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I received my new PM1340GT via Fedex Freight this week. I ordered it late Friday morning last week and picked it up at the terminal at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday! Many thanks to Matt and the good folks at QMT (Precision Matthews) for shipping it out the same day I ordered it. Yes, they seem to be focused on solid customer service.
I requested that I pick it up at the terminal and it was properly shipped and marked for that. Fedex loaded it into my trailer with ease. The crate was in good shape with only minor damage.
I got it home and moved my trailer into the garage. Recruited some help (my two sons who are big men) and away we went. We lifted it up off the trailer with a sling and set it on cribbing, jack stands, and a floor jack. We pulled the cover off the crate by removing all the lag bolts around the bottom and the top came off with ease. The lathe was stretch wrapped and my extras had been put into the crate made the trip very well and did no damage to the equipment. We unpacked the extras; removed the back splash, the tailstock and the motor reducing the weight somewhat; and did some preliminary cleanup in order to move the carriage.
We then moved the lathe on the engine hoist, still bolted to the pallet, and staged it to be pulled through the personnel door from the garage into shop. The shop floor is higher than the garage and of course the personnel door was not wide enough to accommodate the motor hoist. We got it started through the door, let it down on a floor jack and some 2x8 slides, and us three mules shoved and pulled it on through the door.
Once in the shop, we slid it across the shop to its resting spot until the stand comes. In the interim I will be working on the remainder of the clean up and the electrical. I did clean it up a bit before we moved it into the shop so I could move the carriage toward the headstock without plowing the cosmoline.
I thought I would share this in case someone might benefit from seeing what it looks like and how we moved it into the shop. I do have some french doors on the back of the shop but you have to travel the yard and grass quite a distance before you get to concrete. It is just not conducive to getting a trailer there without tearing the yard and landscaping up.
I requested that I pick it up at the terminal and it was properly shipped and marked for that. Fedex loaded it into my trailer with ease. The crate was in good shape with only minor damage.
I got it home and moved my trailer into the garage. Recruited some help (my two sons who are big men) and away we went. We lifted it up off the trailer with a sling and set it on cribbing, jack stands, and a floor jack. We pulled the cover off the crate by removing all the lag bolts around the bottom and the top came off with ease. The lathe was stretch wrapped and my extras had been put into the crate made the trip very well and did no damage to the equipment. We unpacked the extras; removed the back splash, the tailstock and the motor reducing the weight somewhat; and did some preliminary cleanup in order to move the carriage.
We then moved the lathe on the engine hoist, still bolted to the pallet, and staged it to be pulled through the personnel door from the garage into shop. The shop floor is higher than the garage and of course the personnel door was not wide enough to accommodate the motor hoist. We got it started through the door, let it down on a floor jack and some 2x8 slides, and us three mules shoved and pulled it on through the door.
Once in the shop, we slid it across the shop to its resting spot until the stand comes. In the interim I will be working on the remainder of the clean up and the electrical. I did clean it up a bit before we moved it into the shop so I could move the carriage toward the headstock without plowing the cosmoline.
I thought I would share this in case someone might benefit from seeing what it looks like and how we moved it into the shop. I do have some french doors on the back of the shop but you have to travel the yard and grass quite a distance before you get to concrete. It is just not conducive to getting a trailer there without tearing the yard and landscaping up.