I ended up renting a gantry crane from AAA Rentals in Redwood City, CA when my PM935 mill arrived. My garage is getting to be space limited for new toys so I decided to rent versus buy. The crane is portable and is all aluminum which really surprised me. The rental yard's advertisement for the crane are a bit off. My concern was the maximum height so I went to the manufacturers website for the correct dimensions. Matt at Precision Matthews and I went through the height stack up ahead of time to verify the mill could be moved off the shipping pallet and on to a mobile base. The shipping company threw me a curve ball and double palleted the mill and it lifted at an angle since it was front end heavy. I used my HF engine lift the front end off the pallets.
The neat thing about the crane is it can be easily broken down and put in the back of my pickup. However, it is a few more bucks than the HF model.
-Joe
The neat thing about the crane is it can be easily broken down and put in the back of my pickup. However, it is a few more bucks than the HF model.
-Joe