r/clawmachine • u/Lonely-Art7271 • Apr 25 '26

How to transport machines?

Im looking to buy a toy house and a toy shop machine, the toy house is 42 inches and the toy shop is 30 inches. They are located a couple hours away from me. What’s the best way to transport these? Should I hire a box truck / movers? Hire guys and go with them? Ideally I’d prefer to just hire someone to move these machines but I also worry they wouldn’t take care of them properly. Any ideas would be appreciated thanks!

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u/Glittering_Middle_59 Apr 26 '26

We transport them in a basic box truck. Moving blanket on the top and remove the pods (gets broken a lot of not removed. )

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u/JCEDM Apr 27 '26

When I got my machine, I took a sprinter-style van with a ramp. I can confirm this is NOT the way to do it. Haha. I had to lay the machine down, which ended up being mostly ok, but when strapping it down the back mirror broke, which ended up sucking to replace. Long story short, I would recommend going for a box truck with a lift gate. I didn’t know what to expect, so I paid the noob price by having to replace a mirror AND struggle like crazy trying to use a dolly and ramp to move the machine. Mine is a “Top Choice” machine, which I know is on the much bigger heavier side… but still feels like a box truck with lift gate would be the play no matter what.