Douglasco
I wish you luck in your venture. I have had several of these type machines. They are nothing but expensive to move, but worth it when they arrive for the work they will do.
Just for reference, I had an EX 700 shipped from Huston TX to SoCal 10 years ago, and it cost $8,000 then, and came on 2 loads, counterweight and bucket on one, rest of the machine on the other. The seller had already slid the tracks in, so that was not in the cost. I would expect the same move to be over 10K now.
If you are doing the work yourself, and have your own truck to haul the pieces, you may save some $$ taking it apart like you said, but if you are hiring the trucks anyway, just move it in the biggest pieces you can.
In your area, Energy Transportation in WY has usually had the best pricing for stuff that size.
Hope that this works out for you.
I wish you luck in your venture. I have had several of these type machines. They are nothing but expensive to move, but worth it when they arrive for the work they will do.
Just for reference, I had an EX 700 shipped from Huston TX to SoCal 10 years ago, and it cost $8,000 then, and came on 2 loads, counterweight and bucket on one, rest of the machine on the other. The seller had already slid the tracks in, so that was not in the cost. I would expect the same move to be over 10K now.
If you are doing the work yourself, and have your own truck to haul the pieces, you may save some $$ taking it apart like you said, but if you are hiring the trucks anyway, just move it in the biggest pieces you can.
In your area, Energy Transportation in WY has usually had the best pricing for stuff that size.
Hope that this works out for you.