Got a problem that’s “big and heavy?” The University of Texas at Austin did and they called Chick.

When the University agreed to donate (and move) an enormous generator set to a utility in China, they turned to a national freight forwarder to get the job done. The forwarder turned to Chick, based on past experience working together on projects involving “big and heavy” stuff. They knew we were one of the few companies that could do this kind of job from beginning to end. True.

We brought our team of “big and heavy” specialists from New England together with our local division in Austin to combine the know-how and the manpower that the job needed. Engineers and designers at our New Hampshire operation guided the Austin-based Chick team through analyzing and measuring the rotor and stator. Combining the Chick analysis with some of the original technical drawings, Chick was able to design the appropriate heavy-duty skid to hold the pieces during ocean transit. Our New Hampshire team built the skids in kit form and shipped them to Austin, where Chick’s local team assembled them. The completed skids – together with top boxes designed and built in Austin – were trucked to the local job site on the UT campus.

At the job site, Chick worked with a local rigging company to get the rotor and stator out of their original positions, mounted into the skids, and loaded onto special heavy-haul trucks.The local Chick team preserved the equipment in a vapor barrier then constructed wooden top boxes over the rotor and stator, providing the final layer of protection for export shipping.