OH yeah the semi full of Blue showed up today wooooooooop!!

[screenprintguy]

Shaved some  years off my life trying to unload all this stuff without a loading dock, but with a forklift, 5 guys and a flatbed tow truck we got it all in here. M&R builds some serious crates and skids. I think we can build a few more houses with all this wood. Sooooooooooooooooo excited!!!!!!!!!!!!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fj5fzpzsovy8l0k/20150710_115113.mp4?dl=0

[whitewater]

Congratulations!

Wait until you use it!

Its hard to not hump it when you get it unwrapped..LOL

[Homer]

Its hard to not hump it when you get it unwrapped..LOL

it is for me rob..... ..you sick-o.

Congrats Mike, that's one hell of a truck load.

[bimmridder]

Don't forget about all of those packing peanuts!!!

[screenprintguy]

Thanks guys, a little overwhelming too lol. 3,000 square feet of skids and pallets right now out there and tables crammed up into the other 3,000 square feet where we are currently operating out of, gonna be along weekend of sorting and making pathways  hahahahah

[dirkdiggler]

so worth it in the end, wait till you see how the quality of life is once its all running.  I bet you don't stay past 5 anymore.  It eats jobs so fast.

[jvanick]

oh, I remember that day for us well..

invite all your friends over next week for a serious bonfire..

and yes, have fun with the packing peanuts...

Rich: if you're listening... PLEASE consider using that expanding foam stuff or some other packing method than the peanuts...  they get EVERYWHERE... 10 months later and we're still finding packing peanuts around the shop.

-J

[stitches4815]

You suck, I am jealous.  Congrats on your new toys.

[Doug S]

A big Congrats Mike!

[Homer]

so what's in it? what'ya get?  I missed that part I guess...

[dirkdiggler]

not to still his thunder, but a 14 color GT3, Sprint 2000, 2 Red Chile, I think that's right.

[GKitson]

Shaved some  years off my life trying to unload all this stuff without a loading dock, but with a forklift, 5 guys and a flatbed tow truck we got it all in here. M&R builds some serious crates and skids. I think we can build a few more houses with all this wood. Sooooooooooooooooo excited!!!!!!!!!!!!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fj5fzpzsovy8l0k/20150710_115113.mp4?dl=0

Had 5 guys hanging on the back of a bobcat, acting as counterweights, with extended forks for our first auto, almost dropped a $70K piece of equipment because I was too cheap to rent a proper sized forklift.  Live and learn....

~Kitson

[farmboygraphics]

Shaved some  years off my life trying to unload all this stuff without a loading dock, but with a forklift, 5 guys and a flatbed tow truck we got it all in here. M&R builds some serious crates and skids. I think we can build a few more houses with all this wood. Sooooooooooooooooo excited!!!!!!!!!!!!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fj5fzpzsovy8l0k/20150710_115113.mp4?dl=0

Had 5 guys hanging on the back of a bobcat, acting as counterweights, with extended forks for our first auto, almost dropped a $70K piece of equipment because I was too cheap to rent a proper sized forklift.  Live and learn....

~Kitson

Had a big skid loader here for ours too, it didn't even think about lifting it off the back of the truck. All I could picture in my head was this press laying on it's side in the middle of the road. Had to call in a tow wrecker that they use for big rigs. He was able to cradle it off the truck. Stress level 10 that day. :-)

[mk162]

i hired a rigging company to move our embroidery machine.  $800 to deliver, drop and put it in the building...we don't have a dock.

[screenprintguy]

Thankfully we are surrounded by neighbors that all have forklifts. We expected to use one neighbor's big boy, but I didn't realize they had modified the forks for lifting transmissions for big rigs. I think I'm going to buy a set of 8' extensions to keep around lol. When the neighbors need them, I'll have them. Not a bad trade off to use their lift. Especially on install day, I'm sure it will help to have a forklift handy that week. I'm still pinching myself to know it's not a dream and this awesome stuff is here. My only hold up now is the dam electrical contractor. I just can't get over how huge everything is. It's awesome and as usual the M&R team has been on it. Rich even reached out to make sure we got everything ok. We know more than ever that we made the right choice. Clients are all getting excited seeing pics of the crates on Facebook and sparking up sales. Pretty nice when you have a supportive clientele, we are blessed for sure!!

Here's a video clip of the flatbed easing the turret section of the Gauntlet 3 down in the shop. I should have panned right to show that the front end of the truck was about 2 feet off the ground from the weight lol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXotvxljJd4