...'zackly.....we send out anything that needs to be made or changed and it comes back by Fed-EX or truck shipping from the supplier....cheaper than buying our own equipment and the added expense of transporting-which is a deal killer now in many a situation......you also have an issue with damage to your equipment-which you brought up! I can only think of a electronics transport trailer for trade shows from a moving company like Mayflower or Global-and you are looking a maybe in the neighborhood of $2.75 a loaded mile and a fee for being parked[$1-2000.00]-coolant disposal-ventilation and heat/AC and chip disposal of some sort- a lot of problems have to be solved before you even start on customer base issues.....most machines that I know of have to be bolted to a thick concrete base very securely....the military machine shops are very small and transportable-we have junked them in the past and now they are no longer used IIRC....they eliminated the repair of parts by deepening their stock of parts at 4 times the cost-they also have shipping containers for specialty equipment that needs to be upgraded-but then they are using taxpayer money and not theirs...so the sky is the limit.....geofkaye
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