Silvey grinders

[frans]

Cleaning out my shop when I came across this:
1 Silvey 510
1 Silvey depth grinder I think it is the hdg-6
3 or so grinder wheels
1 metal grinder wheel diamond tipped. I seem to remember paying north of 200$ for it

Everything barely used

I just don't do the work anymore and my shop is too cluttered

$1500.00 for all


Reluctant to ship but will if no one local grabs them

[email protected]

 

[vharrison]

Frans, can you snap a picture and post it?

 

[MasterBlaster]

Yes! Always pics!

 

[Cut4fun]

ttt

Any idea where OP would be shipping from or pick up?

 

[FJR]

Hey Frans,

I will take it if it is still available. I sent you an email as well.

 

[frans]

Hey Frans,

I will take it if it is still available. I sent you an email as well.

I got the email thx
Still pouring rain so will have time today to take pics.
Sonoma county ca. 95448 Shipping will be a bear. I guess I can build a box. Wood will raise shipping but maybe protect better than cardboard? Hell I dunno, never shipped anything like this before

The stands bases and poles make for awkward bulky shapes...

 

[Cut4fun]

Yep on the shipping being a bear. Need to find a local like I did.
I posted mine on FB and a local I knew came and got my grinder with stand.

 

[FJR]

Yeah, it's understandable. I bought a Silvey off of Willy a few years back and I can't remember how he had shipped it. Maybe he will see this and help out my foggy memory with some insight.

 

[frans]

 

[Burnham]

UPS stores will pack and ship nearly anything. I'm sure the cost will hurt, but the simplicity is worth a look.

 

[stig]

Didn't work for me, when I shipped my Hobbs to Pete.

UPS basically told me to take a flying frig at a rolling do-nut untill that thing was boxed in wood.

 

[frans]

Little bit of history.
My local saw shop grinds +\- 30 chains a week. They have two 510s been using them for about 15 years he said. Mine has ground maybe 200 chains max since I bought them from Baileys. Actually Nickoli (sp) Bailey himself sold them to me long ago.

The other day I trashed the chain on my 88 real bad making a low stump cut. One of my helpers grabbed it and feverishly sharpened it on the tailgate. That is when I decided to sell. Just don't use them anymore. Shame to have them sit idle.

These Silveys are good machines, too bad the company is no more. For fun I posted on Craigslist. 6 responses all seem serious, One guy from Canada! I guess they are popular.

 

[FJR]

Are you waiting to see if some one is going to take it locally first? Willie had used fed ex and just shipped the silvey in a box.

 

[frans]

No you got them. I just need to bring them down to the shipping place. Freaking pouring rain here, now today got an emergency job. I will call you when I get a chance. Thx

 

[Burnham]

Didn't work for me, when I shipped my Hobbs to Pete.

UPS basically told me to take a flying frig at a rolling do-nut untill that thing was boxed in wood.

Huh. When I shipped a Warn 8274 winch to Frans, I just carried it to the local UPS store, set it on the scale, got a price for packaging and shipping, paid it, and walked out. That thing was heavier and more awkward to deal with than a Hobbs, I would think.

Back when my mother died, my sister and I took 3 pieces of antique furniture to another UPS store...same deal. Not huge furniture, but a small desk with marble top, a matching end table, and a chair.

Dunno.

 

[stig]

Different countries, different rules, maybe.
Different attitudes, for sure.

I had put it on a small pallet and boxed it in cardboard.
Was told in a very impolite way to go home and box it in wood.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Probably the weight.

 

[Burnham]

A Hobbs cannot weigh more than a Warn 8274. Can it?

 

[flushcut]

I shipped my first stump grinder in a cardboard box on a wood pallet via UPS. A US Praxis little grinder kinda wish I still had it.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Dunno B. But I know most shipping Cos have a weight limit to cardboard boxes drivers would have to lift for fear of injury/WC.
So palletizing might be required anymore.

 

[Tree09]

Yup. When i ordered my welding lead, 250 feet of 2/0, it came on a reel. Very very heavy. So the asshat driver simply backed down my driveway, and rolled it out, crushing the reel, right in front of the wife's car. While i was gone for the week. Thank God i have great neighbours. So they will ship about anything.

 

[Dave Shepard]

Home video cameras are great for those situations. A local FedEx guy lost his job within hours when a friend posted a video of him kicking boxes out the back of the fedex truck on Facebook.

 

[frans]

Dropped off the grinders yesterday. My shipper lady, a client, seemed to think it was no big deal. We will know by Monday what the shipping costs are

 

[sotc]

Sorry Fred, I don't remember.... I do remember it was the same model..

 

[Merle Nelson]

No you got them. I just need to bring them down to the shipping place. Freaking pouring rain here, now today got an emergency job. I will call you when I get a chance. Thx

Spoken like an old school man of his word.