Hi folks - I have just acquired a KF700S saw that needs to be transported about 100 miles, and was after some guidance on which parts are better off removed, and which left well alone or braced to prevent damage. I have had a good look through the messages here, and think I have most of it, but would welcome some additional advice. Direction right now is to remove the overhead guard, rip fence extension table, outrigger and feeder mount, but I'm not clear on the best way to deal with the slider. Looking through the parts that came with the saw when I went up to view it, I'm not seeing any of the wedges that Imran mentioned in his earlier post, although all of the pallet mtg brackets and other materials seem to be there. It's a 9ft slider (smaller than the one I wanted, but 9' longer that what I have now.....) ; I do have a spare set of hands and 2 HF lift tables, so my inclination would be to remove it to make sure nothing can get damaged; am I storing a whole lot of downstream pain by going this route? There is limited resource for fabricating anything once I arrive, and a pretty narrow time window to get everything loaded; I can make (wood) or 3d print some wedges if that is preferable to removing the slider, but need to have them ready to go before I leave.?
for the actual transportation part, based on the advice of the group I was originally going to rent a drop deck trailer;? the only trailer I found locally was $95 / day, and had been ridden hard and put away wet one too many times for me to want to trust it. As the weather is going to be variable, plan B is to rent a 17 ft? Uhaul truck and drag my wheel loader on its trailer behind it to lift the saw it into the truck - it's a bit of a road train but would get the job done efficiently. Plan B would be a 2 ton engine lift to get stuff up to the deck height, but it's likely to be a pretty messy undertaking? If anyone had any suggestions or better ideas, I would appreciate some insight from folks who have actually had to live through it
Thanks for all of the great conversations to date - I had originally reached out to the group a couple of years ago when I was looking for Felder shaper and J-P; eventually ended up with a T130, SAC 20: planer and SCM l'invincible jointer that are waiting for power from a PP in my basement - I have been absorbing since then, and learned a great deal by following the decades of experience and knowledge from the group here, as well as meeting a few of you in person Alpine workshops.
Thanks in advance for any assistance you cqan offer ofn the slider - it is greatly appreciated, and it will be nice to become a Felder owner :)
Best regards
David Barnes
