Keybass Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 But the Organ is in no. Cal and I am in Seattle. Any advice on a reputable and reasonable shipper? Thanks Peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlito Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 Check this site: web page Have you thought about renting or borrowing a van, or even a mini-van? You'll save $$. Just take someone with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Heins Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 Yup, Ryder or U-Haul Darkon the Incandescent http://www.billheins.com/ Hail Vibrania! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmieWannaB Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 Originally posted by Carlito Have you thought about renting or borrowing a van, or even a mini-van? You'll save $$. Just take someone with you. If you have something with a hitch, a U-Haul trailer is the way to go. $33 for One Way, four days use. I'm picking up Linwood's B3/Leslie next Thursday in Vegas and driving it back to the Bay Area. My big problem is finding help getting the 400 lb beast up a flight of stairs. Once they find out what I'm trying to move, friends start uhming and erring about bad backs and being busy. Question for B3 owners - can they be turned up on end for the short trip up the stairs? I'm concerned about the oil in the "bathtub" next to the tonewheels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linwood Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 JimmiewannaB - Maybe see if you can get someone to lend you some hammond dollies to move it. When I was a kid and before I bought my own set, I would rent them from a rent-all place. It makes going up stairs a little easier and on flat surfaces it rolls. Man, I gonna hate to see this go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksoper Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 To Jimmie & Keybass: Welcome to the club. It's as cool as owning a Harley but even more exclusive. And hopefully your housemates will understand the necessity of having a 4 square- foot cube in the middle of the house. ("Where are we going to put it?," says the wife. "I don't know," says I, " but we'll find a place.") Enjoy your new toys. k. 9 Moog things, 3 Roland things, 2 Hammond things and a computer with stuff on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmieWannaB Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 Originally posted by ksoper And hopefully your housemates will understand the necessity of having a 4 square- foot cube in the middle of the house. One of the few benefits of being tossed out after 30 years is I can put the cube anywhere I damn well please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmieWannaB Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 Origianlly posted by Linwood Maybe see if you can get someone to lend you some hammond dollies to move it. How do Hammond dollies differ from furniture dollies? I was going to rent a hand truck with oversized wheels to get it up the steps and then roll it on a pair of furniture dollies. The hand truck would require setting it up on end. Is that a problem? Beauty in B has been helpful in most respects but that one. Man, I gonna hate to see this go. A little seller's remorse setting in? I know I would have a hard time giving it up. I promise to show due respect as you shed a few tears when we load it. I also promise to give it a good home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowly Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 Originally posted by Carlito: Check this site: web page Have you thought about renting or borrowing a van, or even a mini-van? You'll save $$. Just take someone with you.Depending on when you go, I'll run with you. Gotta be in the smoking section . Me You PM me. Kcbass "Let It Be!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linwood Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 Yo Ken: http://www.b3sforsale.com/Hammond%20parts.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byrdman Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 Originally posted by JimmieWannaB: Origianlly posted by Linwood Maybe see if you can get someone to lend you some hammond dollies to move it. How do Hammond dollies differ from furniture dollies? They attach either end of the instrument so you hae a wheel on each corner. Some allow you to raise and lower the wheels. Not much help on stairs though. For that you want one of those dollies with three wheels in a triangle around a central axis that will walk up stairs. (Did you hear the story of the people who decided to move a piano? The floor was not quite level and it got away from then, ran into a wall, shorted out some wiring and burned the house down! Not sure if this actually happened or if it is a FOAF) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Pierce Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 I once shipped a couple of Sun E-3000's from the Bay Area to Manhattan. They arrived in good order. It wasn't cheap though. My brain doesn't seem to want to cough up the shipper's name right this second, but I think it will come to me. I'll email my buddy who worked with me then too, maybe he has more brain cells left... --Dave Make my funk the P-funk. I wants to get funked up. My Funk/Jam originals project: http://www.thefunkery.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Zeger Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 For getting up stairs, isn't there a type of hand truck that has treads instead of wheels, sort of like treads on a military tank? The treads "roll" across the edges of the steps. I think I've seen these used by guys who deliver refrigerators and other big appliances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmieWannaB Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 Originally posted by Linwood Yo Ken: http://www.b3sforsale.com/Hammond%20parts.html Clever concept but, like Byrdman mentioned, it wouldn't help me much on the stairs. Once the beast is in my apartment, it's staying put until I move. I talked to a friend who used to refurbish B3s in San Diego in the '80s about tipping it up on its end. He said that standard Hammond oil is thick enough the short trip up the stairs shouldn't be a problem. Oversized wheels on the hand truck should make it up the open stairs. By the way, no need to send me the dimensions. The site you posted had them. A 4x6 trailer is plenty big especially if I lay the Leslie down in the 4Runner. See you next Thursday. Posted by mark For getting up stairs, isn't there a type of hand truck that has treads instead of wheels, sort of like treads on a military tank? The treads "roll" across the edges of the steps. I think I've seen these used by guys who deliver refrigerators and other big appliances. That's not a bad idea. There's a large U-Haul Center in town that may have them for rent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_3guy Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 The best way to move the Hammond is with the Hammond dollies, they are really piano dollies. You can rent them as well as moving quilts. Buy sheet of plywood, 1/2" is OK, 3/4" is better. Cut the plywood so that Put the Hammond on the plywood. Slip the lip of each dollie under the plywood/Hammond. Take your moving straps (come with the dollies) & strap around the wrapped in moving quilts Hammond as tight as they will go. Away you go. To move up stairs you need 4 people, one on each dolly handle. One hand on the moving dolly, one hand on the railing. You lift the Hammond one step at a time. The plywood helps keep it from catching on things. I hope I made myself clear. Make sure the tone generator is bolted down. If the screws don't come with it, you can buy them at any hardware store. I think they are 5/32, but I'm not sure. Spend the time to get the screws so it can be bolted down, prevents a lot of damage. There are 4 holes in the bottom of the console. Put the screws in there. Standing a Hammond does not hurt it, but Dave for Goff Professional said to put the Vibrato scanner end up. If any oil drips, it won't land in the scanner. Steve www.seagullphotodesign.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coyote Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 Two things about moving the Hammond: a) Yes, you can tilt the thing for s trip up a flight of stairs. Just make sure to open the back afterward and sop up what little bit of oil might leak (probaly none, but a useful precaution anyway). b) Lock down the generator! Don't move it from the seller's house til you've made sure it's locked down. Once you get it to its final destination you can unlock it (I move mine frequently so I leave it locked-down. It's a litle noisier but much safer.) I used to think I was Libertarian. Until I saw their platform; now I know I'm no more Libertarian than I am RepubliCrat or neoCON or Liberal or Socialist. This ain't no track meet; this is football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmieWannaB Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 Thanks b_3guy and coyete. I didn't know about the need to lock down the scanner. You've probabaly saved me from trashing something I've waited 35 years for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip OKeefe Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 When I sold my C3 (yeah, stupid - I know...) we needed four guys and a fridge dolly / heavy duty hand truck to move it up the stairs and out of the studio. A B3 is a bit lighter, but not much. Bring help - you'll need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jode Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 You could drop it off to be chopped on your way home... "I had to have something, and it wasn't there. I couldn't go down the street and buy it, so I built it." Les Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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