My Grizzly 14" bandsaw is on its way. Unfortunately, the "local" truck depot is about 75 minutes away (at best), so I'd like to have Grizzly's trucking company deliver to my home shop, since I paid for the mileage. I did ask Grizzly and they said that the saw in the box can safely be placed on its side, and 198 pounds is not much to lower from the truck. (I do have a hand truck to take it from the side of the truck to the shop.) Unfortunately, I cannot be sure I can get mid-day help to do this. I'm thinking some $$ inducement might inspire the driver -- it would be less than 60 seconds of help to slide it down the back of the truck to the ground. It's not as if I'm getting an 8" jointer. (Not yet.)
Any other ideas for doing this? Anyone know if the truck typically used for this has a slot in which I might hook a ramp -- like U-haul trucks have? Any homemade ramp designs? I figure that for anything