David / Mover & Lifter 🪝 SMB

Remotely operating a Florida based industrial rigging firm. A businessman pretending to be a gentleman.

[David / Mover & Lifter 🪝 SMB @mrDFT]

Third generation mover (family trade since 1948) that operates one of Florida’s largest industrial rigging companies with my brother.
Southeastern Rigging (https://t.co/j6ZoCSZWXl) has been around for over 25 years and was operated by our father. We took over in 2020.

[David / Mover & Lifter 🪝 SMB @mrDFT]

@live_free_603 Guess my town’s 56% isn’t that bad

[David / Mover & Lifter 🪝 SMB @mrDFT]

@scottastronaut Bet half that is travel time. THE WORST

[David / Mover & Lifter 🪝 SMB @mrDFT]

@CoxonMark Jealous you got there before me. Aiming for an October visit.

[David / Mover & Lifter 🪝 SMB @mrDFT]

@CalebChamberla6 How’s the MEI crew out there?

[David / Mover & Lifter 🪝 SMB @mrDFT]

@AlexForbesOps @zanehengsperger For us it’s crazy.
Getting pulled by customers to expand but tough when every semi + a trailer + a forklift costs $650k+

[David / Mover & Lifter 🪝 SMB @mrDFT]

@TacticHall @zanehengsperger $1-$2k rigging rates were the norm until recently. Insurance has forced our hand.
What company do you use?

[David / Mover & Lifter 🪝 SMB @mrDFT]

@AlexForbesOps @zanehengsperger You would cry over the insurance payments

[David / Mover & Lifter 🪝 SMB @mrDFT]

@zanehengsperger I try to get people estimates same day but we are the outliers.
These old rigging companies tend to operate the same way they’ve been doing it the last 60 years.

[David / Mover & Lifter 🪝 SMB @mrDFT]

@zanehengsperger Glad to see you guys have a shop raccoon too 🦝

[David / Mover & Lifter 🪝 SMB @mrDFT]

@gen3industrial I’ll only charge a dollar a pound

[David / Mover & Lifter 🪝 SMB @mrDFT]

@FreightAlley Since brokers as a backstop is removed, think it will get to actual shippers/businesses being held liable?

[David / Mover & Lifter 🪝 SMB @mrDFT]

@atutruckers @FreightAlley No more socks and sandal drivers 🧦 🩴

[David / Mover & Lifter 🪝 SMB @mrDFT]

@anatelorenzen My kids have them, it lags but over all very cool

[David / Mover & Lifter 🪝 SMB @mrDFT]

@jrhartman131 Making it look easy

[David / Mover & Lifter 🪝 SMB @mrDFT]

@JasonPremoMFG @jrhartman131 We see about one closure a month right now

[David / Mover & Lifter 🪝 SMB @mrDFT]

@SBA_Matthias Cash flow / growing pains

[David / Mover & Lifter 🪝 SMB @mrDFT]

@KennethCassel

[David / Mover & Lifter 🪝 SMB @mrDFT]

@KennethCassel What about the Alibaba version?

[David / Mover & Lifter 🪝 SMB @mrDFT]

@rack_jesse That’s a sweet set up. Assume you have a driver?

[David / Mover & Lifter 🪝 SMB @mrDFT]

This is an accurate depiction of the area in Mass.
My 45 year old grey beard and grey hair friend with 3 kids ran for a town seat and was considered too young and inexperienced vs. 80 year old retiree.
I live in the burbs 15 minutes West of Boston and every town meeting around us is 85% old folks.