Trucking a cabin?

[Big Dog]

Does anyone know how / who to call to get a cabin picked up from West Auckland and delivered to Tuakau?
Must be on the 6th Jan.

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[Moi]

Is there a trucking company in your area with a truck with a hiab on it?

[Grumph]

Hire a car trailer with a winch. I've moved two quite big cabins like this....

[Big Dog]

We're they on skids?

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[boman]

Does anyone know how / who to call to get a cabin picked up from West Auckland and delivered to Tuakau?
Must be on the 6th Jan.

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Knight and Dickey Ltd?

They are based in Waiuku. They may be able to help.

[Grumph]

We're they on skids?

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Just a couple of bearers underneath. If you can jack it up enough to get a couple of rollers under it, you can move it around to where you can get it to the winch. You'd be surprised how far you can move something with rollers and a mofo big crowbar...
Rollers don't have to be anything fancy either. On concrete, pipe around 1in dia upwards works. On rough ground, a couple or three round posts works.

[Waihou Thumper]

Just a couple of bearers underneath. If you can jack it up enough to get a couple of rollers under it, you can move it around to where you can get it to the winch. You'd be surprised how far you can move something with rollers and a mofo big crowbar...
Rollers don't have to be anything fancy either. On concrete, pipe around 1in dia upwards works. On rough ground, a couple or three round posts works.

Worked for the Egyptians didn't it :) ' cept the crow bar bit....:facepalm:

[BMWST?]

if it is a small cabin that is meant to be moved a decent hiab truck will do it as above.If its something bigger try a proper building relocator.You may have some trouble getting anything done on the 6th.All the trucks will probably be flat stick moving stuff for the first couple of days of the new business year.

[Reckless]

Hiab Transport they have 4x4 trucks for this shitty weather to :) Have used them a but in the building industry.

http://www.hiabtransport.co.nz/

[Big Dog]

Some good leads there. I'll try ringing around as soon as the public holidays burn out. Not holding my breath but an opportunity exists that only exists if I can collect on the 6th.

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[Grubber]

Hate to be the bearer of slightly, might be, bad news.
Being in the industry i can tell you without a word of a lie you will probably have more luck ordering a helicopter drop of lollipops on the day than getting a hiab. That date wont be very conducive to your needs as far as a truck being spare goes.
Sorry but it is what it is!:rolleyes:

[Tazz]

Rollers and trailer it is ;)

Took 4 builders around the corner here to fuck about moving a 100-150kg safe. Jeweller here moved 3.5t one into the shop, by himself :laugh:

Where there's a will there's a way. You can do eeet!

[Grumph]

Rollers and trailer it is ;)

Took 4 builders around the corner here to fuck about moving a 100-150kg safe. Jeweller here moved 3.5t one into the shop, by himself :laugh:

Where there's a will there's a way. You can do eeet!

Funny you should mention jewellers...friend's dad was a jeweller whose hobby was machine tools - BIG machine tools.
We cleared out his storage space and workshop which was down a tight drive by moving the stuff out to where a hiab could reach it.
Included a pretty big lathe and an enormous russian pantograph copying mill weighing at a guess at least 1 1/2 ton.
Rollers and a couple of crowbars, and who says the egyptians didn't have the crowbars ? probably rusted away in the intervening millennia - or as usually happens, a mate "borrowed" them....

[Big Dog]

I am certainly not expecting miracles this time of year.

Our should that be I am counting on one?

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[Tazz]

Funny you should mention jewellers...friend's dad was a jeweller whose hobby was machine tools - BIG machine tools.
We cleared out his storage space and workshop which was down a tight drive by moving the stuff out to where a hiab could reach it.
Included a pretty big lathe and an enormous russian pantograph copying mill weighing at a guess at least 1 1/2 ton.
Rollers and a couple of crowbars, and who says the egyptians didn't have the crowbars ? probably rusted away in the intervening millennia - or as usually happens, a mate "borrowed" them....

Must be a jeweller thing. Murray has a bit of a lathe fetish too and built a room in the current shop specifically for a decent sized one. Again, moved it in by himself after the truck dumped it on the footpath outside :laugh: When we were moving off the wharf in Akaroa we managed to have a 2t one drop through the wooden ramp, otherwise for the size and 'danger' he's had a good run.

[Big Dog]

Starting to look a little bit like we are in the too hard basket for the specified day. Thanks for the feedback though.

I'm guessing 2.7 wide is too wide to tow on a rental trailer?

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[caspernz]

Yeah mate, only us "essential services fellas" make them wheels turn over the festive season...or as we say, the petrol must get thru!

Tom Ryan, Swanson Trans, CV Compton or Crane & Cartage come to mind, but the time of year is against you.

[Akzle]

Starting to look a little bit like we are in the too hard basket for the specified day. Thanks for the feedback though.

I'm guessing 2.7 wide is too wide to tow on a rental trailer?

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nope. Oversize is 3.1 or 3.2, as long as you have flags out, your sweet.

[Gremlin]

I'm guessing 2.7 wide is too wide to tow on a rental trailer?
Essentially, correct

NZTA Towing Guide: https://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/glovebox-guide-safe-loading-towing/guide-safe-loading-towing.html#overhanging
Light trailer factsheet: https://www.nzta.govt.nz/assets/resources/factsheets/13d/docs/13d-trailers-light-simple.pdf

There are other details in overdimension loads, vehicles etc.

[Big Dog]

Yeah mate, only us "essential services fellas" make them wheels turn over the festive season...or as we say, the petrol must get thru!

Tom Ryan, Swanson Trans, CV Compton or Crane & Cartage come to mind, but the time of year is against you.
Il give them a bell but a bit of a hail Mary I think.

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[Big Dog]

nope. Oversize is 3.1 or 3.2, as long as you have flags out, your sweet.
I am a bit more worried about strapping 2 ton? And rowing it behind a bighornthat is only 1.8 ish wide

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[Big Dog]

Essentially, correct

NZTA Towing Guide: https://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/glovebox-guide-safe-loading-towing/guide-safe-loading-towing.html#overhanging
Light trailer factsheet: https://www.nzta.govt.nz/assets/resources/factsheets/13d/docs/13d-trailers-light-simple.pdf

There are other details in overdimension loads, vehicles etc.

I'll try and digest that in the morning.

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[Akzle]

I am a bit more worried about strapping 2 ton? And rowing it behind a bighornthat is only 1.8 ish wide

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the 3.1? She'll do it


...slowly.

[R650R]

Sorry to busy to post earlier.... But another option is to just get it uplifted and stored/held at a depot. Eg an operator might be doing a job out that way and have time to pick it up but not go all way to Tuakau but they could haul it back to their yard etc....

[Big Dog]

Thanks for all tye suggestions.
Couldn't quite get all the pieces to line up in time. Someone else got the bargain instead.

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