Thread: Bridgeport Help Please

Yes, that was my plan. I will have a flatbed truck. I will not have the mill on a skid, but I will put 2x or 4x4 boards around the base and screw those down to prevent movement of the base. I can also run some screws through the base to the bed of the truck.

Anything that could possibly interfere with the straps is easily removed by just taking out a few bolts. Regards, Ray L.

What kind of rigging equipment do you have? If you have a forklift and a trailer with a wooden bed, consider lag screwing the machine to a skid and screwing the skid into the trailer bed.

Hello the best and safest way to transport a series 1 is move the turret slightly forward drop the knee low down and rotate the head 180 degrees put a block of wood in between the top of the motor and bed and strap down around the knee and one throught the lifting eye bolt, this way it keeps all of the top heavy weight low down. This is the way that bridgeports used to deliver new machines. cheers Colin.

If you tilt the head over support it off the table with some wood The eye-bolt is 5/8unc this is your best place to tie down from as you thought, Bring 2 tie downs from the eye bolt down to the front at a angle & use the back shaper hole to tie down from the back the same way 2 tie-downs going out at a angle, I even made a bracket for the hole in the back with a big eye in it just for moving these machines it the easiest way &...