Mark,
I had a local machinery guy pick it up and get it to my house. It was on a pallet, in an open area, so loading was no problem (I wasn't even there for pick-up). He got to my place, took it off with his forklift, and I asked him to get it off the pallet and place it at the open spot at the garage door. Once on the concrete, we got some steel rods under it in a fan pattern and snuck it in around my workbench, no moments of terror or any physical exertion. His price was more than fair to save the time and heartache, plus he was willing to help even when I felt he had done his job.
In just under 1 1/2 hours, I got his text he was on his way, made my excuses and hauled butt out of work, beat him there, cleared a path, he showed up, unloaded, helped and left, I placed everything back in the garage, got gas and made it back to work before my supervisor even knew I was gone. All that without any foul language or casualties to personnel and equipment. Hands down the easiest move of any equipment I have ever done. It's not in its permanent home yet, that will wait until I finish maintenance and plot where it should live.
So far, this purchase has been almost spooky how it came together, price and the fact that I couldn't have asked for a better variant to have for my needs. I have to emphasize that I wasn't driven by the fact that many YouTube personalities seem to have similar machines, I was drawn to it's size and capabilities, then I found out how popular they are.
I tore into the vertical attachment last night after finally noticing that one of the bolts holding the spindle assembly was snapped off. It was heavily packed with grease and didn't have any "glitter" in it, so no cause for alarm. The exterior of the machine is cleaning up without too much fuss, between WD-40 and M-Pro 7 gun cleaner, it's removing most of the fossilized dinosaur juice and grime. I just have to get that Kerosene and put a plug on the end of the wiring to fire it up for a flush and test. Hopefully that will happen over the holiday weekend.
Mark