We will have to find out the discount details, if any. Shipping from Reno for some of us may eat up any discount. Eager to see what a equipment vendor can do with the cost on a large order.
Direct lift has a dealer in California. I think it was called Quality Tools. This is where mine was shipped from. The packed lift is about 14'x2'x2' and weighs about 1400lbs. It cost me $700 to ship to Hawaii. If you need it delivered to your home, the cheapest option is to hire a flatbed tow truck, they can slide it off to your driveway. If a shipper delivers it, you'll pay for the flatbed plus the fork lift. Once unpacked, you can carry it into your garage piece by piece. One man can lift the pieces by himself but assembly requires 2. A friend and I put it together in about 4.5 hours with no experience. We could probably do it in half the time now that we've done it before.
Superlifts came in at $2400 with 3 drip trays, castors and jack tray inclusive of freight to Reno. What I like about their 7,000lb model is its extra width for the GT5 (equivalent to everyone elses 9,000 lb model)
Direct Lifts came back with a quote of $1600 FOB Quality Tool Temecula, CA for the Pro-Park 7LL model. We are working on combined freight to Reno and it will certainly be less than if you did this alone. Alternatively I'm betting you could take advantage of the $1600 price and arrange your own freight to the location of your choice.
Direct Lifts came back with a quote of $1600 FOB Quality Tool Temecula, CA for the Pro-Park 7LL model. We are working on combined freight to Reno and it will certainly be less than if you did this alone. Alternatively I'm betting you could take advantage of the $1600 price and arrange your own freight to the location of your choice.
Hi guys.
Just wondering if anyone has heard of this company in Canada that is selling lifts:
http://www.carlift.ca/carlift_fortress.php#specifications
They have some good deals in market (including a price matching guarantee of being 10% lower cost) and are expecially attractive to me since their warehouse is located in Calgary (where I live).
I checked out their King and Fortress lifts in person today and then came home to compare their lifts to the Direct Lift Pro Park 8 (http://www.adgforward.com/directlift/pro-park-8.htm) and the Kwiklift Revolution (http://www.kwiklift.com/FourPostLift/index.htm). Their spec is very comparible in all areas.
I guess the only thing that is bugging me is I don't know who the manufacturer is ... at least not yet. I am going to make a trip back with an engineer who works for me to ensure I am not getting hosed.
Any feedback is appreciated.
ps. Thanks to Dave Londry and Mark Charlton for their feedback.
Just wondering if anyone has heard of this company in Canada that is selling lifts:
http://www.carlift.ca/carlift_fortress.php#specifications
They have some good deals in market (including a price matching guarantee of being 10% lower cost) and are expecially attractive to me since their warehouse is located in Calgary (where I live).
I checked out their King and Fortress lifts in person today and then came home to compare their lifts to the Direct Lift Pro Park 8 (http://www.adgforward.com/directlift/pro-park-8.htm) and the Kwiklift Revolution (http://www.kwiklift.com/FourPostLift/index.htm). Their spec is very comparible in all areas.
I guess the only thing that is bugging me is I don't know who the manufacturer is ... at least not yet. I am going to make a trip back with an engineer who works for me to ensure I am not getting hosed.
Any feedback is appreciated.
ps. Thanks to Dave Londry and Mark Charlton for their feedback.
Julian, I am still in....let me know what the consensus is and when.
DL&DT,
Send me a PM with your contact details and we'll try and figure it out. We are picking up in Temecula CA and trucking to Reno, so we would have to figure out onward shipping to NYC. Using my company's account and 70% discount I got a rate of $1,200, so you may actually be better at least checking delivered prices with one of the suppliers closer to home. www.gregsmithequipment.com are advertising the Pro-Park 8 for $1695 (Call for better price) and they have a warehouse in Delaware to ship from. We are only getting a $100 discount on the lifts, the saving is in supplier proximity and combined truck freight.
Send me a PM with your contact details and we'll try and figure it out. We are picking up in Temecula CA and trucking to Reno, so we would have to figure out onward shipping to NYC. Using my company's account and 70% discount I got a rate of $1,200, so you may actually be better at least checking delivered prices with one of the suppliers closer to home. www.gregsmithequipment.com are advertising the Pro-Park 8 for $1695 (Call for better price) and they have a warehouse in Delaware to ship from. We are only getting a $100 discount on the lifts, the saving is in supplier proximity and combined truck freight.
quote:Originally posted by Joules5:
DL&DT,
using my company's account and 70% discount I got a rate of $1,200, so you may actually be better at least checking delivered prices with one of the suppliers closer to home. www.gregsmithequipment.com are advertising the Pro-Park 8 for $1695 (Call for better price) and they have a warehouse in Delaware to ship from..
I used Greg Smith (I think I still have a testimonial on their site somewhere)and couldn't have been happier.
Additionally, $1,200 seems 4 times higher than I recall...but I DID have to have a loading dock and forklift to get my lift off the semi.
quote:Additionally, $1,200 seems 4 times higher than I recall
Very likely, my $1,200 quote was based on shipping one of our group purchase lifts from Reno on to NYC. Your comment reinforces the point I was trying to make as it is likely a lot cheaper for DL&DT to order direct from a more local source. Greg Smith has warehouses in Indiana, Georgia and Delaware.
Point well taken, I will do some research here on my end. Thank you for looking out for me nonetheless.
quote:Originally posted by DeLoreans and DeTomasos:
Point well taken, I will do some research here on my end. Thank you for looking out for me nonetheless.
The type of truck/transportation is HUGELY important.
Using an LTL (less than truckload) carrier...meaning using a "commercial" 40' or larger truck that just pulls up to a loading dock...where you/someone drives a forklift onto the truck and gets your product is 5-10 times cheaper than FedEx/UPS delivering something this industrial to your home.
quote:Using an LTL (less than truckload) carrier...meaning using a "commercial" 40' or larger truck that just pulls up to a loading dock...where you/someone drives a forklift onto the truck and gets your product is 5-10 times cheaper than FedEx/UPS delivering something this industrial to your home.
When I bought my lift, I just had it shipped to the local freight terminal. I used Yellow freight because we had a corporate discount but so do most of the lift manufacturers. The Yellow terminal gave me a call when it arrived and I had one of the local tow service Co's with a roll-back truck pick it up and deposit it on my driveway. He use his winch, tipped the bed, and let it slide down the bed, and then with the bed still inclined, just inched away until it slid gently down the ramp onto the ground. For me, it was $350 for the freight (about 500 miles) and $69 for the roll back service. Of course, freight will vary base on distance.
High lifting the door was another story.
Kelly
quote:High lifting the door was another story.
I'm looking at installing one of the screw drive garage door openers that sits on the wall above the door, supossedly only needs 4" clearance. Then I need to figure out how to raise it by adding some track in the runner to get it to open closer to the ceiling!
quote:I'm looking at installing one of the screw drive garage door openers that sits on the wall above the door, supossedly only needs 4" clearance. Then I need to figure out how to raise it by adding some track in the runner to get it to open closer to the ceiling!
Just be advised, there are some limitations to high lifting a door with a conventional spring balanced opener. Depends upon how high the door is lifted before it starts to feed horizontally, the weight of the door, and the power rating of the opener.
Conventional openers count on the effective weight of the door being lessened by the spring winding up and reducing the effective weight of the door as is closes. The higher you lift before the door goes horizontal, the more the spring unwinds and the heavier the door gets.
-Kelly
quote:Originally posted by Panterror:quote:Using an LTL (less than truckload) carrier...meaning using a "commercial" 40' or larger truck that just pulls up to a loading dock...where you/someone drives a forklift onto the truck and gets your product is 5-10 times cheaper than FedEx/UPS delivering something this industrial to your home.
Great ideas...and the $s seem right to my memory
When I bought my lift, I just had it shipped to the local freight terminal. I used Yellow freight because we had a corporate discount but so do most of the lift manufacturers. The Yellow terminal gave me a call when it arrived and I had one of the local tow service Co's with a roll-back truck pick it up and deposit it on my driveway. He use his winch, tipped the bed, and let it slide down the bed, and then with the bed still inclined, just inched away until it slid gently down the ramp onto the ground. For me, it was $350 for the freight (about 500 miles) and $69 for the roll back service. Of course, freight will vary base on distance.
High lifting the door was another story.
Kelly