G0709 And G0730 Ordered And Expecting Delivery Friday

Here is a pic of the shop waiting for the machines. It measures 23' X 10'. It's going to be a little tight but it will do until I build a shop in a few years.

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UPS SUCKS!!!! Just found out my shipment is not scheduled to be delivered until Monday due to it being held in Dallas for about 30 hours. I have had numerous issues with them in the past and I wish companies would allow you the option of UPS or FED EX. The UPS rep stated that since I live in an area they consider rural the expected delivery date is to their hub and not my house. I was advised to contact Grizzly and they could expedite the delivery by paying for the service. My issue is why should Grizzly be required to pay extra when UPS let a shipment sit for 30 hours. Looks like I will have to take another day off work and waste my vacation time because of UPS again. Hopefully Grizzly will come through and make this happen, but I won't blame them for not pay for the expedited service. Did I say UPS SUCKS!!!
 
Awesome machines, spring. I lusted for the G0750 12 x 36 Gunsmith lathe for the last several years. That G0709 is awesome! (I like your choice of mill, too.)
 
UPS SUCKS!!!! Just found out my shipment is not scheduled to be delivered until Monday due to it being held in Dallas for about 30 hours. I have had numerous issues with them in the past and I wish companies would allow you the option of UPS or FED EX. The UPS rep stated that since I live in an area they consider rural the expected delivery date is to their hub and not my house. I was advised to contact Grizzly and they could expedite the delivery by paying for the service. My issue is why should Grizzly be required to pay extra when UPS let a shipment sit for 30 hours. Looks like I will have to take another day off work and waste my vacation time because of UPS again. Hopefully Grizzly will come through and make this happen, but I won't blame them for not pay for the expedited service. Did I say UPS SUCKS!!!

1 week and a day for a machine freight shipment is pretty fast, you can easily wait 2-3 weeks for an average freight delivery with the machines sitting at a hub for extended periods of time while a trailer fills up for its next leg and its passed from carrier to carrier. Just saying. Congrats on the new machines don't let this minor hiccup get to you.
 
1 week and a day for a machine freight shipment is pretty fast, you can easily wait 2-3 weeks for an average freight delivery with the machines sitting at a hub for extended periods of time while a trailer fills up for its next leg and its passed from carrier to carrier. Just saying. Congrats on the new machines don't let this minor hiccup get to you.
It's not so much the 6 business days it's that UPS said it would be turned over to the other company today and they said if they received it today it would be delivered on Friday. Due to being told all of this I took the day off work, which is no easy task, and now it all for nothing because it probably won't be delivered until Monday and I am not sure how I am going to be here for the delivery. Had they said Monday from the get go it would be an issue.
 
It's not so much the 6 business days it's that UPS said it would be turned over to the other company today and they said if they received it today it would be delivered on Friday. Due to being told all of this I took the day off work, which is no easy task, and now it all for nothing because it probably won't be delivered until Monday and I am not sure how I am going to be here for the delivery. Had they said Monday from the get go it would be an issue.

Frustrating a bit yes, worth getting worked up about not really. I probably spent 2/3 of my life getting worked up over small stuff like this, trust me its way more relaxing to roll with it. If your lathe arrives broke in half because it fell off the dock that's worth getting worked up about. Choose to enjoy and savor these machine purchases, regardless of the minor irritations. ;)
 
Here's the latest update:
RAC Transport has gone way above and beyond with my shipment and dealing with UPS. The shipment arrived in Albuquerque and RAC sent a truck over to the UPS docks and picked up my machines to get them on the truck to Roswell for delivery tomorrow.

While I was dealing with the machines I received several boxes from Grizzly and thought I would post the pics as a little foreplay for the big boxes.

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Thanks for the links, I think, as I just spent another couple hundred at lathe inserts.
 
Good gravy spring! Grizzly is going to have to restock that warehouse. :chunky:

Like opening a present on Christmas Eve...only increases the anticipation.
 
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