My new future shop in TN!

congrats on the move and the great new shop, TN is a beautiful place that's for sure. Sounds like you have the logistics down, though I wonder how much a decent 2nd hand forklift would cost + shipping, vs. hiring one at both ends? I guess at 6000lbs, you're getting into the pretty beefy forklift market though.

We moved from central PA to eastern WA this year and just shy of 9000lb cost us around $8600. The move went really well, quick and professional and nothing broke, although I took great pains to protect my tools. My largest was a 15in WT drill press, so nothing like what you'll be moving. Only downside is that we'll have to move again next year or the year after.
 
wnec65 said:
I moved my shop from Massachusetts to North Carolina in 2007. I was into RVing so already had a diesel pickup. I bought a 24 ft enclosed car trailer with a ramp door, pallatized my equipment and bought a new pallet jack from Harbor Freight. I installed floor hooks in the front of the trailer so I could winch the equipment up the ramp door. I made 2 trips to move machinery, and weighed what I put in the trailer or used machine specs so as not to go over the 10K gvw of the trailer. I had an upright band saw, B-port, 13 in. Clausing Colchester and Hardinge tool room lathe. Plus cut off saw, work benches , rollaways , garden equipment, antique tractor, and whatever. Still hired a moving company to move house hold belongings. I personally made 4 trips and figure I moved about 25000 lbs myself. In the end I sold the trailer for a few dollars less than I paid for it. Fuel alone for the 4 trips was probably $2200 and $2000 loss on the trailer not sure it was a good deal, but I could do, it at my pace. No deadlines to load and unload.
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I've been thinking about buying a trailer to move my heavy stuff. I have an express 3500 van which is rated to pull 10,000 lbs. I just put a class 5 hitch on it just in case. The more I think about it, the less economic sense it makes to me. Between lost time and gas and the price of the trailer, and the 12 hour drive, it seems like a losing proposition to me. I might rent a uhaul trailer one way for the final trip to put all my hazardous materials into since those materials are a no no for the abf truck.

I thought about buying a fork lift but moving it down to TN also makes no economic sense. If anything I might buy one in TN, if I can find a beater with at least an 8000 lb lifting capacity. I've been looking on Craig's list down in the area for one. At least I could resell it once I'm done with it, and probably break even. Renting a big enough fork lift in TN would cost roughly $1300 for one week with drop off and pick up charges, $800 for one day. The delivery kills it.
I have a rigger that'll load all my machines and heavies in CT onto the abf truck for $1000, but I still haven't figured out what I'm gonna do in TN yet.

I've been planning this move for over a year now. I've almost got it nailed down.

Marcel
 
What's the weight limit on the ABF 28' trailer?
I might be able to fit all my stuff in one trailer but might exceed the weight limit.
 
it's a tricky one for sure, although it sounds like you've been thinking about it for some time :) Still, this sounds like a final move, so it's a one off cost which will make it a little easier to bear. We had the issue of needing to move things twice, so we had to be a lot more brutal about what we left behind.

At the very least, this will be a great opportunity to find and organise everything!
 
rmack898 said:
What's the weight limit on the ABF 28' trailer?
I might be able to fit all my stuff in one trailer but might exceed the weight limit.
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I'm not sure. It's probably whatever the single axle trailer can practically handle. It's gotta be at least 30,000 lbs. Per trailer. They don't list a weight limit.
 
Congrats on the new shop Marcel. That will be nice, great size. To say I am a bit envious is an understatement.

Mike.
 
I could never afford a place like that where I'm currently living in CT. I kinda landed in it... I guess a little persistence and keeping the flame alive is what allowed this to happen. It's a 30 yr dream come true for me.
 
wnec65 said:
I moved my shop from Massachusetts to North Carolina in 2007. I was into RVing so already had a diesel pickup. I bought a 24 ft enclosed car trailer with a ramp door, pallatized my equipment and bought a new pallet jack from Harbor Freight. I installed floor hooks in the front of the trailer so I could winch the equipment up the ramp door. I made 2 trips to move machinery, and weighed what I put in the trailer or used machine specs so as not to go over the 10K gvw of the trailer. I had an upright band saw, B-port, 13 in. Clausing Colchester and Hardinge tool room lathe. Plus cut off saw, work benches , rollaways , garden equipment, antique tractor, and whatever. Still hired a moving company to move house hold belongings. I personally made 4 trips and figure I moved about 25000 lbs myself. In the end I sold the trailer for a few dollars less than I paid for it. Fuel alone for the 4 trips was probably $2200 and $2000 loss on the trailer not sure it was a good deal, but I could do, it at my pace. No deadlines to load and unload.
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I'm going to look at a used car/equipment tilt trailer tomorrow. I'm probably gonna buy it, if it all checks out. I can probably get all my machines and toolboxes out there in 2-3 trips. The trailer is gonna cost me about $4000, but I'll save $2000 in forklift charges alone. Plus, I'll probably have use for it later on.
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It's 13,500 gvw, 10,000lb weight carrying capacity. I gotta go down to Tennessee in a couple of weeks to take care of some business, so I figured I could take my first load down at the same time. Fingers crossed!

Marcel

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xalky said:
I'm not sure. It's probably whatever the single axle trailer can practically handle. It's gotta be at least 30,000 lbs. Per trailer. They don't list a weight limit.
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There's a "Have a question" function on the lower left hand corner of the ABF U-Pack site.

From the ABF U-Pack site; "As far as weight goes, a 28-foot trailer can legally haul 22,500 lbs., but only if the weight is evenly distributed. We estimate that a linear foot of household goods typically weighs around 450-500 lbs. That means a trailer full of household goods would weigh around 12,600 lbs. (a far cry from the 22,500 lbs. it's capable of holding.) "
 
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