I have put a few thing together for if we decide to relocate
and have managed to reduce my stock of excess electrical appliances, to be sure the profit & loss column is going to be heavily weighted to the side of loss but that will be the nature of the beast there is still a pretty large quantity sitting in our show room to I could just about break even eventually
I do however pretty much figure that we will be shipping 2 40 ft high cube containers anyway so this is an approximation of how they will wind up
First off the destination will be nearly 400 miles from the nearest port, secondly the nearest crane services is 80 miles from the destination.
this leaves me with at least 3 or 4 options
#1 hire a shipper capable of handling from port to placement on the ground then later spot them where I want them and deal with them accordingly.
#2 hire a transport company and a crane company same end result except I could pre arrange the final placement in advance thus have the concrete foundation pedestals cast and waiting. this could become a logistical & a timing issue.
#3 arrange to purchase 2 chassis then hire the transporter to simply hook & drop this will mean having to deal with all of the TX DOT paperwork registration insurances and all the rest of the paperwork to own a couple of trailers and still later have to deal with placement. plus have to trailer chassis that I may not have further need for
#4 manufacture 8 corner jack devices ship 4 in the rear of each container along with enough cribbage or Jack stands to support the containers. that way any flat bed or low-bed or chassis trailer could haul them to the destination I could have a crew on site to spot in place then use the devices to lift the containers from their transport later the foundations and pedestals could be cast in place
This boils down to: logistics, time ,costs / Time, costs, logistics / Costs, logistics, time / Logistics, costs, time/ Costs, time, logistics / Time logistics, costs each have the same things but different meanings.
one way to handle the containers
what I want to end up with