Well, one does have to have the facilities to handle what you order,
yes. That goes w/o saying, but it's no different if you order something
heavy from any place online that doesn't have local brick and mortar
facilities.
The 12K manlift was delivered from Chicago as part of the deal for a
"not to exceed" $800 charge and I arranged with the local rental
equipment yard for them to offload there and then I roaded it home.
(That was a bad idea, I didn't realize how slow the highest travel speed
for one of those bad boys was and it took me almost six hours to cover
the four miles. Do it again and I'd pay them their trailer fee or talk
the JD dealer to do so. But, the actual shipping because the broker
arrange partial load pricing ended up at only $600.
I could have offloaded here except the heavy ramp was occupied by the
combine at the time and harvest-related operations far exceeded this in
importance so it wasn't convenient to have it out of the way when needed.
But, you'll pay for transportation however you go, some of it may be
hidden with some vendors but even the new car at the dealearship in town
will have a transportation surcharge--just how much they'll "eat" is
dependent upon how hungry they are at the time.
The local JD dealership sells used equipment trade ins on internet all
over the US and even to Mexico and Canada. He has three full-time
drivers delivering stuff. It's still cost-effective to the purchaser
because large, low-hour used equipment is still markedly cheaper than
new and such is not nearly as common in those areas.
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