Tis the season to buy a new tool for your workshop, but beware of the
delivery system. This is my story on buying the 14" Grizzly Bandsaw from
Grizzly . As most of you know they are up front and tell you that anything
over 100lbs it's yours to get off the truck. No problem, but the problem
started when the trucking company called me and told me that they would
deliver the saw last monday, no problem took the day off and waited and
waited and waited, called them asked where is my saw? oops be there tuesday
at noon , no problem took the afternoon off and waited and waited and
waited, called them again, where is my saw? oops wednesday the man says
before 2pm.Wednesday went by no saw called raised all kinds of hell got all
kinds of names finally shift boss comes in and says he deliver it himself on
Thursday at 12 noon, Thursday noon turns to 1pm I left for work with my wife
at home in case the saw gets delivered. I called from work to my wife and
asked if the saw came, funny you asked Dan the driver is sitting in his CAR
with the saw in his TRUNK waiting for me to help unload the saw that weighs
204lbs. Mind you the driver never came to the door only honked and when my
wife looked out the door he waived her to his car and says," here is your
saw, am I parked close enough for you to the shop doors" wife says depends
on how far you want to carry it and she went back inside, (was raining,
snowing and cold that day). The driver got pissed backed out of the driveway
went to the curb got out and dumped the saw on the ground leaving without
getting my wife to sign anything. Long story shortened called grizzly ,they
took note the situation said anything damaged call we'll send it no
questions. I told them to come and get the saw cause I dont want it, if you
cant find a more professional trucking company I'll find a new company to by
my tools from. They offered free shipping and they are going to send a rep
out to investigate . Still waiting on rep.
On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 14:31:46 GMT, "Frank Ketchum"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Well, I had the same saw delivered to my house. The truck driver showed up
>on time and unloaded it all by himself without a lift gate. He wheeled the
>thing up the driveway and placed it in my shop exactly where I wanted it.
>He was very nice and complemented me on my workshop.
Did you tip him? I certainly would have. If he wouldn't take money,
I would have hooked him up with a cold drink and a snack. <G>
Barry
DAN & CINDY wrote:
> This is my story on buying the 14" Grizzly Bandsaw
> from Grizzly
Bummer!
I had no problems when my G1022 table saw was delivered. 18 wheeler pulled
up to the curb, the driver pushed the boxes to the back of the truck, and my
teen age son & I put the box on my heavy duty wheelbarrow.
I hope Grizzly makes it right for you. Waiting to make sawdust is a bummer.
:-)
-- Mark
On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 06:19:51 GMT, "DAN & CINDY"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Dan the driver is sitting in his CAR
>with the saw in his TRUNK waiting for me to help unload the saw that weighs
>204lbs. Mind you the driver never came to the door only honked and when my
>wife looked out the door he waived her to his car and says," here is your
>saw, am I parked close enough for you to the shop doors" wife says depends
>on how far you want to carry it and she went back inside, (was raining,
>snowing and cold that day). The driver got pissed backed out of the driveway
>went to the curb got out and dumped the saw on the ground leaving without
>getting my wife to sign anything. Long story shortened called grizzly ,they
>took note the situation said anything damaged call we'll send it no
>questions. I told them to come and get the saw cause I dont want it, if you
>cant find a more professional trucking company I'll find a new company to by
>my tools from. They offered free shipping and they are going to send a rep
>out to investigate . Still waiting on rep.
Who was the trucking company? Was it a national firm?
In my parts, most local truck deliveries seem to be made via Yellow,
GOD, or FedEx Ground.
I was actually looking at one of those saws, but planned on having it
delivered to my buddy's bike shop dock, which is fork lift equipped,
if necessary.
Please keep ups up to date, and I'm especially interested in your
thoughts on the saw, once you get a good example.
Thanks,
Barry
DAN & CINDY wrote:
<snip>
> Long story shortened called grizzly ,they
> took note the situation said anything damaged call we'll send it no
> questions. I told them to come and get the saw cause I dont want it, if you
> cant find a more professional trucking company I'll find a new company to by
> my tools from. They offered free shipping and they are going to send a rep
> out to investigate . Still waiting on rep.
Grizzly states their large items are shipped "F.O.B."
( http://www.grizzly.com/qa_questions.cfm?#02 .). Here's part of what is stated
on their web site:
" What is F.O.B.?
F.O.B. stands for "Free On Board" and
is usually applied to items that are too
heavy to ship via UPS. "Free On Board"
means that we are responsible for putting
the freight on the truck... "
Grizzly's responsibility ends at the truck's tailgate while at their dock.
Shipping problems have to be worked out with the shipper by the receiver. If
Grizzly gets involved with the dispute they are going beyond what is necessary
to meet their obligations.
--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
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B a r r y B u r k e J r . <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 06:19:51 GMT, "DAN & CINDY"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Dan the driver is sitting in his CAR
> >with the saw in his TRUNK waiting for me to help unload the saw that weighs
> >204lbs. Mind you the driver never came to the door only honked and when my
> >wife looked out the door he waived her to his car and says," here is your
> >saw, am I parked close enough for you to the shop doors" wife says depends
> >on how far you want to carry it and she went back inside, (was raining,
> >snowing and cold that day). The driver got pissed backed out of the driveway
> >went to the curb got out and dumped the saw on the ground leaving without
> >getting my wife to sign anything. Long story shortened called grizzly ,they
> >took note the situation said anything damaged call we'll send it no
> >questions. I told them to come and get the saw cause I dont want it, if you
> >cant find a more professional trucking company I'll find a new company to by
> >my tools from. They offered free shipping and they are going to send a rep
> >out to investigate . Still waiting on rep.
>
>
> Who was the trucking company? Was it a national firm?
>
> In my parts, most local truck deliveries seem to be made via Yellow,
> GOD, or FedEx Ground.
>
> I was actually looking at one of those saws, but planned on having it
> delivered to my buddy's bike shop dock, which is fork lift equipped,
> if necessary.
>
> Please keep ups up to date, and I'm especially interested in your
> thoughts on the saw, once you get a good example.
>
> Thanks,
> Barry
Jon
I also live in W. MT (Ronan) and can say that the service I've gotten
from Grizzly has been amazing in this day and age. Any email problems
are very quickly cleared up with a call to their toll-free number.
Grizzly's operators and Customer Service Reps are the most courteous
and helpful I've experienced in 40-odd years.
Roger
Silvan <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
>
>
> Most carriers won't touch a residential delivery with a 10' pole. Taking
> tractor-trailers into residential neighborhoods is a hellish experience.
> That's probably why they gave you the run-around for so long. Nobody would
> take it.
>
Actually most carriers will do residential delivery. The pole isn't
10', however, it has a $35 to $80 price tag. My parents run a
business that ships an average of 6 500-700# skids a day. The volume
is sufficient that their main carrier has waved the res delivery
charge.
The big problem with freight lines is not that the occasionally fail,
but that when the do fail it is spectacular -- e.g. freight sitting on
a dock at the destination terminal for 8 days. I would guess the
problem rate runs about one in 40.
> Usually they will require you to drive to the terminal and pick the item up
> for yourself if you require a residential delivery. Grizzly told me as
> much when I ordered, but that was a few years ago. I had it shipped to
> work to avoid these problems.
>
Shipment to a business is almost always a good idea. Even if that
business is in your garage. If you have a farm, have it shipped to
"asdf farms".
> Anyway, be that as it may, if they promised to deliver it to you, they
> should have delivered it to you plain and simple. You got shafted, and you
> have every right to be extremely pissed off.
>
> Please let us know what they end up doing.
To the OP, good luck.
hex
-30-
This isn't really a Grizzly problem, but the freight company. They
recommended I go to the depot and pick mine up. A friend and I took
his pickup there and picked up my Grizzly "Ultimate" 14 inch bandsaw.
I read the bill of lading later and it would have cost $60 to use the
power tailgate on the big truck.
Nowadays, I just figure anything bought is going to be a PITA, then on
the odd occasion it goes right, it's a big surprise.
On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 06:19:51 GMT, "DAN & CINDY"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Tis the season to buy a new tool for your workshop, but beware of the
>delivery system. This is my story on buying the 14" Grizzly Bandsaw from
>Grizzly . As most of you know they are up front and tell you that anything
>over 100lbs it's yours to get off the truck. No problem, but the problem
>started when the trucking company
snipped
Sounds like a strange situation by the delivery company. Perhaps everyone
called in sick that day due to snow. I have purchased several Grizzly
tools, the largest a 15" planer, G1021Z...weighing 540 lbs. Roadway Express
called the delivery day, had a truck without a lift gate and asked me to
meet him at our local car dealership....at the loading dock. I did and they
put it in my truck with a forklift....no extra charges. Then I had 4 strong
friends place it in my garage.
Sorry to hear you had a bad experience....I would hope Griz makes it up
somehow to your benefit.
"DAN & CINDY" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Tis the season to buy a new tool for your workshop, but beware of the
> delivery system. This is my story on buying the 14" Grizzly Bandsaw from
> Grizzly . As most of you know they are up front and tell you that anything
> over 100lbs it's yours to get off the truck. No problem, but the problem
> started when the trucking company called me and told me that they would
> deliver the saw last monday, no problem took the day off and waited and
> waited and waited, called them asked where is my saw? oops be there
tuesday
> at noon , no problem took the afternoon off and waited and waited and
> waited, called them again, where is my saw? oops wednesday the man says
> before 2pm.Wednesday went by no saw called raised all kinds of hell got
all
> kinds of names finally shift boss comes in and says he deliver it himself
on
> Thursday at 12 noon, Thursday noon turns to 1pm I left for work with my
wife
> at home in case the saw gets delivered. I called from work to my wife and
> asked if the saw came, funny you asked Dan the driver is sitting in his
CAR
> with the saw in his TRUNK waiting for me to help unload the saw that
weighs
> 204lbs. Mind you the driver never came to the door only honked and when my
> wife looked out the door he waived her to his car and says," here is your
> saw, am I parked close enough for you to the shop doors" wife says depends
> on how far you want to carry it and she went back inside, (was raining,
> snowing and cold that day). The driver got pissed backed out of the
driveway
> went to the curb got out and dumped the saw on the ground leaving without
> getting my wife to sign anything. Long story shortened called grizzly
,they
> took note the situation said anything damaged call we'll send it no
> questions. I told them to come and get the saw cause I dont want it, if
you
> cant find a more professional trucking company I'll find a new company to
by
> my tools from. They offered free shipping and they are going to send a rep
> out to investigate . Still waiting on rep.
>
>
In article <[email protected]>, dcopeland2
@woh.rr.com says...
... snip
> saw, am I parked close enough for you to the shop doors" wife says depends
> on how far you want to carry it and she went back inside, (was raining,
> snowing and cold that day). The driver got pissed backed out of the driveway
> went to the curb got out and dumped the saw on the ground leaving without
> getting my wife to sign anything. Long story shortened called grizzly ,they
> took note the situation said anything damaged call we'll send it no
> questions. I told them to come and get the saw cause I dont want it, if you
> cant find a more professional trucking company I'll find a new company to by
> my tools from. They offered free shipping and they are going to send a rep
> out to investigate . Still waiting on rep.
>
Not sure why you are angry with Grizzly -- it is your local trucking
company toward whom you should be directing your anger.
Had a similar problem when I moved to Tucson and ordered some material
to be delivered by trucking company. It was a national name company --
local instantiation of that company sucked.
I had the exact opposite experience. Ordered my G0555 and it came out via
Viking ( Fedex Trucking) . I live on a hill but a semi *can* get up the
street. I was waiting there with my little hand truck and the driver just
laughed. He had the 200+ lb package on one of those small manual fork lift
pallets. He moved it to the lift gate and actually pushed the whole pallet
into my garage - that's up hill and then up the driveway to a garage that's
in back of the house. Put in right inside the garage!
I guess it's up to the individual driver and how he feels? Grizz had made no
bones about telling me that I was responsible for getting it off the truck
but this guy went above and beyond.
So FEDEX/Viking is on my A list.
Vic
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"DAN & CINDY" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
<snip>
>
>
Well, I had the same saw delivered to my house. The truck driver showed up
on time and unloaded it all by himself without a lift gate. He wheeled the
thing up the driveway and placed it in my shop exactly where I wanted it.
He was very nice and complemented me on my workshop.
The saw itself runs great.
Frank
I just got a Grizzly floor drill press delivered the other day. The delivery
guy unloaded it and put it exactly where I asked him to in the garage. The box
was badly damaged, but upon inspection it appears that everything inside is
fine because it was packed well in form-fitting styrofoam. It was delivered
just five days after I ordered it, so I was pretty impressed.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not disputing your story, but people should know that
others have had good experiences buying from Grizzly. Maybe the local shipping
company they used in your town is just bad, in which case I hope they find a
new company to deliver for them there.
"DAN & CINDY" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I told them to come and get the saw cause I dont want it, if you
> cant find a more professional trucking company I'll find a new company to
by
> my tools from. They offered free shipping and they are going to send a rep
> out to investigate . Still waiting on rep.
I knew I was glad I bought Jet from a local dealer.
Bob
B a r r y B u r k e J r . wrote:
> Did you tip him? I certainly would have. If he wouldn't take money,
> I would have hooked him up with a cold drink and a snack. <G>
200 pound saw? I wouldn't have unloaded it and carried it into the shop
unless the customer was really beautiful and preferably dressed in a very
revealing fashion. ;)
Different companies have different rules though. My company's rule is that
I drag the freight to the ass end of the trailer, and after that, it's not
my problem. YMMV.
If you offer the driver a cold drink, don't make it a beer.
--
Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[email protected]>
Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/
Silvan writes:
>
>Different companies have different rules though. My company's rule is that
>I drag the freight to the ass end of the trailer, and after that, it's not
>my problem. YMMV.
>
I keep hearing this, but over the years I wrote a lot of tool reviews and
manuals, I had every trucking company in the Roanoke Valley deliver to the
driveway above my house---it's possible to get a semi down into my shop area,
but it's damned near impossible to turn it and get it out because of trees,
banks, etc. Off-loading onto an old Dodge pick-up, after which I loaded it into
my shop (shop door floor is level with the truck tailgate). But EVERY driver
helped me, including a couple who moaned of bad backs.
Same here, though I've gotten far fewer tools.
But the easiest way I ever found to move tools was to go to the loading dock.
They'd drop it down (slowly) into the pick-up bed, and I could horse it into my
shop, usually alone (when tools got over 450 pounds, I liked to have a buddya
round, but it wasn't always necessary). Hell, I had no idea that Grizzly's 24"
bandsaw weighed in at something like 750 pounds until after I agreed to write
the manual! Some fun with that 7+ foot tall (on its pallet) sucker coming off
the truck.
We lowered it, gently, onto one side, on a furniture dolly and zipped it right
to where I needed it for photos, tipped it up and had a Coke.
My buddy bought that saw and still has it. Runs great.
Charlie Self
"Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal."
Alexander Hamilton
http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/myhomepage/business.html
In article <[email protected]>,
Silvan <[email protected]> wrote:
>Charlie Self wrote:
>
>> loaded it into my shop (shop door floor is level with the truck tailgate).
>> But EVERY driver helped me, including a couple who moaned of bad backs.
>
>Like I said, YMMV. That's between the driver and the company he works for.
>Mine is quite adamant that they do not want me working anywhere but on the
>inside of that trailer. When I help someone out, I'm actually risking a
>butt chewing.
>
>We don't deal with random people off the street though, and everyone we
>deliver to knows the rules. I don't mean to suggest that your average
>common carrier like Yellow or Overnite has this same sort of policy,
>because I have no idea whether they do or not. I merely point out that
>it's something that should be established before the driver shows up at
>your doorstep.
The 'major' common carriers have _three_ classes of 'delivery'.
For 'commercial' locations. the 'basic service' is "tailgate" or "dock".
i.e., they back up to your *dock*, get the crate/pallet/whatever to the back
of the truck and it's your responsibility from there. (or maybe they off-load
just past the back bumper, _onto_ the dock (but *no*further*).
"Inside delivery" -- _past_ the dock, to where you actually want it -- *may*
be available at extra charge.
For 'residential delivery', there are, typically, two options:
1) "to the door" -- i.e. they offload it from the truck and bring it
_to_ the building.
2) "inside delivery" -- this usually, make that "almost always", costs
something additional (over and above the 'base surcharge' for residential
delivery, if applicable). This gets it "inside the door" and to where
you specify.
The real trick is to _ask_ before-hand, exactly what is included. e.g. "does
it include getting it off the truck, onto the ground?" (if you don't have
a dock available), and "will they bring it _inside_?" And, of course, you
better aske "how much extra to get it delivered _the_way_*I*_need?"
It doesn't hurt to ask, *before* placing the order, "who will it ship by?",
and "who is the local delivery agent, if different from the main shipper?"
Next, you contact the delivery service _direclty_, and find out what -their-
policy is.
Yeah, I've been down this route before. <grin>
Placed 'conditional' purchases -- as in "I'll buy it, but only if you ship
via thus-and-such motor freight." (They carried "direct" from the source
location to me, vs. having it trans-shipped via multiple carriers. -- 'direct'
is *significantly* faster, and there's no problem of finger-pointing between
multiple carriers if there's a damage (or other) problem.)
Charlie Self wrote:
> loaded it into my shop (shop door floor is level with the truck tailgate).
> But EVERY driver helped me, including a couple who moaned of bad backs.
Like I said, YMMV. That's between the driver and the company he works for.
Mine is quite adamant that they do not want me working anywhere but on the
inside of that trailer. When I help someone out, I'm actually risking a
butt chewing.
We don't deal with random people off the street though, and everyone we
deliver to knows the rules. I don't mean to suggest that your average
common carrier like Yellow or Overnite has this same sort of policy,
because I have no idea whether they do or not. I merely point out that
it's something that should be established before the driver shows up at
your doorstep.
> that Grizzly's 24" bandsaw weighed in at something like 750 pounds until
> after I agreed to write the manual! Some fun with that 7+ foot tall (on
> its pallet) sucker coming off the truck.
Gack. I'm glad we don't handle those. :)
> My buddy bought that saw and still has it. Runs great.
At 750 pounds, it had better run great and last forever too. :)
--
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Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/
DAN & CINDY wrote:
> the driveway went to the curb got out and dumped the saw on the ground
> leaving without
> getting my wife to sign anything. Long story shortened called grizzly
If your wife didn't sign the bill of lading, you have a free saw. Without
the bill of lading, you didn't receive it, plain and simple. The fact that
it's sitting in your living room is inconsequential. The trucking company
has to eat it.
If anybody gives you any more grief, make sure to let them know you know
that.
> ,they took note the situation said anything damaged call we'll send it no
> questions. I told them to come and get the saw cause I dont want it, if
> you cant find a more professional trucking company I'll find a new company
> to by my tools from. They offered free shipping and they are going to send
> a rep out to investigate . Still waiting on rep.
Most carriers won't touch a residential delivery with a 10' pole. Taking
tractor-trailers into residential neighborhoods is a hellish experience.
That's probably why they gave you the run-around for so long. Nobody would
take it.
Usually they will require you to drive to the terminal and pick the item up
for yourself if you require a residential delivery. Grizzly told me as
much when I ordered, but that was a few years ago. I had it shipped to
work to avoid these problems.
Anyway, be that as it may, if they promised to deliver it to you, they
should have delivered it to you plain and simple. You got shafted, and you
have every right to be extremely pissed off.
Please let us know what they end up doing.
--
Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[email protected]>
Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/
Your assuming that is the norm - fortunately, I had the opposite experience.
Within the past three years, I have purchased seven Grizzly machines and in
the worst case scenerio, the delivery was delayed one day. All others were
on time within a half hour, the packaging was fine, the driver courteous and
they brought a straight truck with an end lift at no extra charge. That end
gate came in especically handy for the 1023SL. He just lowered it enough to
slide it from the ramp to my pickup - done deal. Out of the seven, two
boxes had holes in them but no internal damage. I'm curious as to how the
original poster comes out - it would have pissed me off too.
Don
Bob Davis <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "DAN & CINDY" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I told them to come and get the saw cause I dont want it, if you
> > cant find a more professional trucking company I'll find a new company
to
> by
> > my tools from. They offered free shipping and they are going to send a
rep
> > out to investigate . Still waiting on rep.
>
> I knew I was glad I bought Jet from a local dealer.
>
> Bob
>
>
Worst case I had was when they showed up in a 52 ft 18 wheeler. Drill went
from shippers truck to my pickup to my shop, driver helped all the way. On
one shipment where saw was damaged on two shipments Grizzly sent by another
shipper, service has always been great.
"DAN & CINDY" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Tis the season to buy a new tool for your workshop, but beware of the
> delivery system. This is my story on buying the 14" Grizzly Bandsaw from
> Grizzly . As most of you know they are up front and tell you that anything
> over 100lbs it's yours to get off the truck. No problem, but the problem
> started when the trucking company called me and told me that they would
> deliver the saw last monday, no problem took the day off and waited and
> waited and waited, called them asked where is my saw? oops be there
tuesday
> at noon , no problem took the afternoon off and waited and waited and
> waited, called them again, where is my saw? oops wednesday the man says
> before 2pm.Wednesday went by no saw called raised all kinds of hell got
all
> kinds of names finally shift boss comes in and says he deliver it himself
on
> Thursday at 12 noon, Thursday noon turns to 1pm I left for work with my
wife
> at home in case the saw gets delivered. I called from work to my wife and
> asked if the saw came, funny you asked Dan the driver is sitting in his
CAR
> with the saw in his TRUNK waiting for me to help unload the saw that
weighs
> 204lbs. Mind you the driver never came to the door only honked and when my
> wife looked out the door he waived her to his car and says," here is your
> saw, am I parked close enough for you to the shop doors" wife says depends
> on how far you want to carry it and she went back inside, (was raining,
> snowing and cold that day). The driver got pissed backed out of the
driveway
> went to the curb got out and dumped the saw on the ground leaving without
> getting my wife to sign anything. Long story shortened called grizzly
,they
> took note the situation said anything damaged call we'll send it no
> questions. I told them to come and get the saw cause I dont want it, if
you
> cant find a more professional trucking company I'll find a new company to
by
> my tools from. They offered free shipping and they are going to send a rep
> out to investigate . Still waiting on rep.
>
>
I *know* that the big trucks just can't get up our driveway (enough of
them got stuck during construction that I just don't let them try any
more). When I order something big, I tell Grizzly to "hold at depot".
Then the shipping company calls me when it's at their depot, and I
take the pickup truck down to get it. They use their equipment to
load it onto my pickup, I drive it home and unload it (somehow ;).
Although slightly inconvenient, this has been very reliable for me.