great container moving company

[hooligal]

Aloha everyone, If you need to move a container, definitely put Keaau Service Station on your list of companies to call for a quote!

Ben and his crew did a fantastic job with my full 20' container yesterday & were significantly less than my other quotes. I am thrilled with the job and very thrilled with the price. They picked up my container from Matson's yard in Hilo & placed it on my spot with a crane, gentle as can be.

Figured I'd pass this info along so others can benefit. Many thanks to KapohoCat for telling me about Ben & taking me up to Keaau Service to introduce me to him

Keaau Service Station (76)
808.966.9373
right next to J. Hara

[Kapohocat]

Glad it went well for you! Much better than the other end of shipping for you!

PS he would know me as Robert's girlfriend! ha ha

Catherine Dumond
Blue Water Project Management
808 217-7578
http://bluewaterpm.125mb.com/index.html
"We help make building your dream home a reality"


Edited by - kapohocat on 12/11/2007 11:35:35

[robguz]

Hooligal,
Was this ultimately cheaper than having Matson do the delivery? Thanks.
Rob

[hooligal]

Rob, I was under the impression that Matson didn't offer forklift service to put the container on the ground so I didn't ask them for a quote.

But I could be completely wrong! Be sure to call them & ask.

I know that on the mainland they didn't offer the forklift or crane service to get the container *off* their chassis & onto the ground. It was cheaper to hire a company that could drive and forklift/crane it off, than to hire Matson + a forklift company. It was also a lot less of a scheduling nightmare to use one company versus two.

One interesting thing I learned is that the 'rules' with Matson yards can differ! For instance, I was told I could leave my container in Matson's Oakland yard for 3 days free of charge, but in Hilo it's 10 days free. In the Oakland yard, only truckers with a specific union certification can *drive into* the Matson yard (aka, drop off or pick up your container) ...but in Hilo, anyone with a truck can pick up or drop off. It was a treat to find out I had 10 days (especially since it was all rain except yesterday!) & I wasn't limited to a specific union to get my little bundle o'steel. I defintely like receiving the container at Hilo more than sending it at Oakland

Rob, I'm a cantankerous fountion of info on the container dance if you want to hear about any of my mistakes Just ping me via email.

Erin

[lquade]

howdy matson has a super size forklift and do move containers around your property. scooby-doo is wonderful and can really manipulate the thing and place it... however i dont think you could beat the prices at keaau services out in puna