Agreeing a price is half the deal. The other half is getting the machine out of a building, onto a truck, across half of Europe, and standing in position at the destination plant. That is where deals that looked closed come apart.
MAKINTER coordinates that move end to end with hauliers who specialise in industrial loads. We do not own a fleet and we do not pretend otherwise: what we add is someone making sure the pieces fit together and that nobody discovers a problem on loading day.
What it covers
- Dismantling and preparation: draining fluids, labelling wiring, electrical and pneumatic disconnection, protecting sensitive parts.
- Packing and palletising accessories, guards, conveyors and tooling.
- Lifting equipment at origin: crane, heavy-duty forklift, skates or rollers as required.
- Choosing the right vehicle: curtainsider, low-loader, extendable trailer or container.
- Abnormal load permits and escort vehicles when dimensions or weight require them.
- Cargo insurance for the journey.
- Unloading, positioning and levelling at destination.
- Export documentation and coordination with the customs agent outside the EU.
What really drives the cost up
Almost never the distance. What blows up a quotation is:
- Access. A unit with a loading dock and a turning yard does not cost the same as an old plant in a town centre with a narrow gate.
- Height and width. Once you exceed ordinary dimensions you are into abnormal load transport, with permits and sometimes an escort vehicle.
- Concentrated weight. Twenty tonnes spread over a wide footprint is not the same as fourteen bearing on a single point.
- The calendar. A dismantling job with a hard deadline because the building is handed over on the 30th costs more than one with two weeks of slack.
- Whatever nobody planned for. A line everyone assumed came out in one piece and has to be cut into three, a floor slab that will not take the forklift, a lift that does not reach.
Our guide to transport costs breaks down line by line what you actually pay, with reference figures so you can sanity-check a quotation.
How we organise it
- Real data before asking for a price. Dimensions, weight, lifting points, photos of the access at both ends, and a floor plan or sketch if one exists. A quotation built on assumptions is no basis for a decision.
- A site visit when it is warranted. On large equipment or awkward access, going to look beforehand is cheaper than improvising on loading day.
- Comparable quotations. We ask specialist hauliers to quote against the same specification, so the offers can genuinely be compared rather than judged on the final number.
- One point of contact. We coordinate between seller, haulier and destination, so you are not left acting as a switchboard between three companies.
Who pays for what
As a general rule in this sector the buyer pays for transport and the machine is sold as is, where is. But it is negotiable, and it should be put in writing before closing: who dismantles, who loads, where risk passes and who insures. A bad split of those four is behind most of the arguments that follow a sale.
Getting started
Tell us what has to move, from where and to where, and we will organise it: write to us. If you are still looking for the machine, browse the inventory or ask us to source it; if the machine you want to move is yours because you are selling it, start here.
MAKINTER acts as coordinator. The transport itself is carried out by independent specialist companies, under their own insurance and their own terms, which are set out in each quotation.
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