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    We purchased a 3bbl brewery with 3bbl conicals and brights and some 7bbl conicals. We're trying to figure out the best way to move it to our location in the fall, does anyone have any good tips or experience moving small equipment?

    It looks like all the tanks are small enough that we can bolt them to pallets, but we'll have to strap them to the sides of whatever truck we use since they'll be top heavy.

    Any help is greatly appreciated!
    Thanks

  • #2
    Use a flat-bed trailer. An enclosed trailer/box truck is much harder to load/unload, and limits options for both.

    You are definitely going to need a forklift at each end, and a boom lift is very handy for standing stuff up/laying stuff down, and inserting equipment into awkward places. Once the equipment is in the building, it's usually pretty easy to move around with a pallet jack or two.

    Have plenty of approved lifting slings and shackles on hand. Not ropes--slings made for heavy lifting.

    When in doubt, shop it out--look into hiring a contractor if you're anything less than fully confident. A contractor with experience in moving beverage equipment will have everything they need, and probably save you some $$ in the long run.
    Timm Turrentine

    Brewerywright,
    Terminal Gravity Brewing,
    Enterprise. Oregon.

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    • #3
      Freight services provided

      We can help organize flat bed or dry van - what ever makes sense to fit the job - specs of the tanks will be needed, etc. our firm specializes in providing freight to the Brewing Industry.

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      • #4
        You can bolt straight to wood decks of the trailers or containers, bolt everything down near a wall and strap it so it doesn't lurch around. 3bbl shouldnt be too hard to get done. The biggest thing is to label all of the process piping so you can put it back together.

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