SHIPPING

Reliable Transport for Machinery

From single machines to complete plant relocations, we provide safe, efficient, and cost effective shipping solutions. Whether it’s local heavy duty trucking, nationwide freight, or international container shipping, Generation Machine Tools ensures your equipment arrives securely and on time.

Trucking

Heavy Equipment — Flat Bed Service

For LTL or Dedicated trucking loads we bid out your job to multiple carriers for best price and forward quotations for your approval. We load by forklift onto flat bed air ride trucks. Your machine is shipped tarped and insured with a 24 hour notification of delivery stated on the bill of lading. This is a free service provided to our customers to assure you competitive shipping prices from trucking companies which we trust.

Carrier Transport

Common Carrier Service

This service is designed for the transportation of items around 1000 Lbs. which can be shipped safely in a closed air ride truck. We skid or crate according to customers’ requirements and the discretion of our shipping manager. This service is extra. The cost is determined by size and weight distribution of the machine to be crated or skidded. We bid out your trucking job to multiple carriers for best price and forward quotations for your approval.

International

Overseas Crating & Containerizing

We crate or containerize your machine according to your forwarding agent's requirements, as stated by international law. This service is extra. The cost determined by size of custom crafted crate or the number of machines loaded into the container. We do not include trucking to dock or ocean transport cost on our invoice. The forwarding agent will contact you directly to arrange for payment and delivery. Less than 150 Lbs UPS Ground — packaged and insured for full value as per www.ups.com

Package Delivery

Less than 150 Lbs – Domestic & International

UPS Ground — packaged securely at no additional cost and shipped insured for full value as per www.ups.com. We ship on our account (Prepaid) or on yours (Collect).

USPS – Flat Rate Priority Mail – packaged securely at no additional cost and shipped insured for full value as per www.usps.com. We ship on Prepaid on our account.

DHL – International - packaged securely at no additional cost and shipped insured for full value as per www.dhl.com. We ship Prepaid on our account.