The Impossible Move Made Possible by Customer’s Will and BICO’s Skill

The question on Victoria Mason’s mind was what she should do with her land? She could build, but was that the right thing to do?

After lots and lots of thought, Victoria decided that living on the land full-time was not for her; however, she wanted to use it more for weekend getaways and breaks from the daily grind.

So she started her research…

What sort of dwelling would fit the land?

Teepee? Dome? Cabin?

Then she saw it…

In the beginning of the summer, Victoria saw a cabin listed on Craigslist, but she would need to move it herself; which seemed like an impossible task with no construction experience or the ability to budge it an inch.

But she wanted it…

She asked for time, but the homeowner stated that there had been lots of interest, and that the first person to move it can have it.

So Victoria Mason went to work and called everyone who could possibly move a small house.

All of the cabin movers said no.

All of the home movers wanted too much (those of who didn’t say no).

These no’s could have been considered a setback, but they weren’t because everyone else interested in the cabin were having the same troubles.

Then Victoria Mason’s luck changed…

She came across BICO Transportation, a small independent company that she never heard of.

She called, and within a few minutes Josh Fendell called her back.

Victoria told Josh of her need, the issues, and that no one would even attempt it due to what needed to be done.

Others had said that there was no way to move the cabin. The big house moving companies could possibly do it, but to the impossible nature of the move it would cost her well over $10,000 for the one day run.

An impossible move and a big stack of no’s didn’t scare Josh…it intrigued him, and he went out and summed up the job.

Josh’s first thoughts should have been to run, but he didn’t.

Josh did not want to take the job after he saw what everyone before him saw. The time, the work, and overwhelming issues weren’t worth the money. He would have said no, but Victoria’s positive enthusiasm and can do attitude was catchy, and so Josh said yes.

Of course…

That yes was just a yes with no physical means to move the cabin.

So what were the issues?

The cabin itself is beautiful. The 14’ x 20’ layout is perfect for small house living or for the romantic getaway. Cedar shingle siding adds that rustic and warming look, and while there is a question to the age (1920’s or 1930’s) of the cabin, there is no doubt that it was rolled in on logs decades ago.

Of course the cabin had steps and a covered porch (that was part of the roof line) that would have to be removed prior to moving it, which was the first noticeable issue.

The bigger issue was that there was no way to get under it without destroying the cabin…it could not be moved as-is.

Also…

Even if BICO could get the cabin free of the land that it has been sitting on for years, then there were the issues of where it was going.

Victoria Mason has a beautiful 5 acre lot. A perfect backdrop for this old house (cabin).

However…

• It is open farm land
• It’s on a flood plain
• Limited access
• Building anything takes permits…lots and lots of permits

Josh wanted to help, but didn’t know how to help.

Over the next couple of months the cabin sat. Nobody could or would move it. During this time, Victoria and Josh were talking and exchanging ideas.

Then Josh saw a workable solution in one of Victoria’s ideas.

Building on the land was a no-no, but a home on wheels was okay, and with that Victoria got the go ahead from the governmental powers that be to proceed.

They had the end result…

Although the situation hadn’t changed, they approached with a newly refreshed attitude.

They had a win…no matter how small it was…they had a win.

Victoria looked at tiny home trailers, but they cost way too much. RV trailers were the wrong fit as well.

Then came along a burnt down 52’ office trailer. The trailer itself was perfect (just missing the office that once sat on top of it).

Perfect trailer, just not perfect for this particular cabin.

Luckily Josh is one of those people that know people…“I’ll have it taken care of…I have a guy”.

That 52’ trailer was cut down and modified to accommodate the 20’ cabin.

The plan was coming together…

Then the timeframe was moved up…

The trailer wasn’t ready…no brakes, no lights, no wiring, not road ready…simply a rolling chassis.

Josh shook off despair and got it done.

Then came the cabin itself…

There was no way to lift onto the trailer, or even get underneath it.

And so they jacked up the house…4” at a time, placing cinder blocks as they went. From there, a completely new frame was built under the house. Then they continued to go up, until the cabin was high enough off of the ground to back the trailer underneath of it.

Then came the best part (up to that point)…

The trailer and the cabin became a single unit as they were secured together.

It has to be said (as it is important), that on the day of the move it was the re-telling of the “The Perfect Storm”. The rain was pouring down hard, and the wind could knock you off of your feet.

Perfect weather for a big move…

The team set off down the road.

The weather was unforgiving, but they made it unharmed.

Then came the biggest struggle of all of their issues…

How to get the cabin to its new location on the property?

The ground was soaked and saturated from all of the rain. There was no way to avoid being stuck.

Victoria, however, had access to the dike. If Josh could somehow get up onto the dike, keep a steady hand along the tight path, follow it, and then come back off of it; they might have a chance. If anything, getting stuck at that point would at least be in the general area of the final destination.

They mapped out the idea, and went forth with it.

BICO Transportation never got stuck once, and they placed the cabin in the perfect location.

After everything…

It worked out perfect. Not one shingle was out of place.

The truth is that this move never would have happened without both Josh and Victoria. Neither one gave up, and they fed off of each other’s positive energy. It would have easy to quit because it wasn’t worth it, but the truth is that it was worth it. Every piece of this move was worth it.

Afterwards Josh stated that, “I did it. No one else would do it, but I did it.”

That’s not Josh being egotistical. That’s a confirmation that BICO Transportation has a very important role to play in this world. BICO is a vital part to the moving and transportation industry. 

The big guys said no. The little guys said no.

BICO said yes.

BICO Transportation is here to stay. We thrive on the impossible. We like saying yes when others say no.

We are BICO!!!!!

The Wedding Shed

An unknown author wrote, “A daughter is the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present, and the hope and promise of the future”.

We believe in family, and as parents, we have a daughter who will one day find the love of her life (she’s still young though and has plenty of time ahead of her…lots and lots of time).

Whenever possible, we take on jobs that move us. Meaning, that yes we do this for the money (it’s a business and that’s how we put food on the table), but our reward comes from meeting people and getting to be a part of their story. That’s what moves us, and fills our hearts.

Like Gene and his wife. They too have a daughter. They also have a shed.

Sorry…all we have is pictures of the shed, but again that’s our small piece of this story.

Gene’s daughter got married, and they built a wood floor to hold the reception and that very important first dance.

What Gene did afterwards is what touched us. He built his shed out of the wedding floorboards.

That was a gift to his wife so that the memory of that night and the vision of their daughter would live on forever.

So where does BICO fit into this story?

Gene retired, and his wife took a new position that required them to move from their home in North Bend to Chehalis. The move seemed to be a standard move (if there is such a thing); however, the shed caused an issue.

Was the shed part of the deal? Would the new home owners get the shed as part of the package?

The answer was no, the shed was not part of the sale, and so it needed to be moved.

Moved to their new home in Chehalis, WA.

How could we say no? As a true family business, our answer was always yes. We would have done the same thing if that was our story.

One day in the far off future, our daughter will walk down the aisle, and we hope that there is something that we can use to preserve that moment in time for eternity.

Gene inspired us to do just that. His daughter’s moment in time lives on in their shed, outside of their new home; allowing the family to continue enjoying those thoughts, and its functionality (it is a shed after all).

So here’s to Gene…thank you sir for allowing us to be a part of your story.

BICO Transportation

BICO Drives and Why We Do It

Truck drivers in general (or so the story goes), get asked a lot on why they drive truck for a living. 

Different people have different answers, but the truth is that there are parts of the job that everyone loves and hates (like any other career).

Let’s look at some pros and cons of what a few drivers have thrown out over the years:

• You’re not stuck in an office all day, but you are stuck in a truck all day.
• You get to see the country, but you don’t get to enjoy it. Working…not vacation.
• Weather, but then there is weather. You take the good with the bad.
• You get to catch up on emails and beating that level of Candy Crush, but that’s because you are waiting for hours upon hours whenever you stop.

Look…

We can go on for days about the ups and downs of driving a semi…aka the big rig…but we already know all of this, or at least have an idea.

The question is…

Why did Josh leave his career as a truck driver with a great company to go it alone in a world that is over-saturated with transportation companies?

Talk about being a small fish in a big pond.

First of all Josh isn’t alone…

• He has Shannon (Josh’s wife and co-owner)
• He has his family (this is truly a family business)
• He has his faith and love for God
• He has his friends
• He has other businesses that he partners with

There are lots of reasons that Josh and Shannon started BICO Transportation. There are lots of reasons that Josh quit driving for another company and started driving for himself.

We’re not going to go into any of those reasons…EXCEPT for one.

The biggest reason…

The reason that BICO is successfully swimming with the big fish…

And that reason is…

BICO does what no other company will do.

Which is what?

Putting the customer first, and saying YES when everyone else says no.

As a driver for another company, Josh met people all of the time that had large and unique projects that had to be moved, but he couldn’t help them. He could give the people suggestions, but that was about it.

Josh knew that certain companies would move the unique…the one-offs…for a ridiculously high cost, but the trick was finding a company that would do it in the first place. There was a gap in service.

And…

From that gap in the industry…

BICO was created.

There are NO one-offs in BICO’s world, because “if there is a will there’s a way”, and every day BICO hauls loads that others shy away from.

And they do it for a fraction of the cost.

How?

Because BICO was built around that market gap, and will move anything within their legal limits.

Meaning…

That the company was started with a YES concept.

If there is a need…BICO will find a way.

Josh loves the challenge of moving something that no one else would dare to attempt… it must keep his mind sharp because he doesn’t give up.

So…

Whatever you have to move…

The “normal” or the “abnormal”…

Give BICO a call and we’ll beat the “other guys”…in customer service, cost, time, or in just saying yes…

…or sometimes in all of the above…

BICO is your company.

We do it because no one else will.

BICO Transportation…360-269-5322

We are the BICO Family…all of us are…everyone reading this.

Why?

Because we can’t run this company that we call BICO without all of your love, support, and opportunities. We’re successful because of you, and each interaction that we have makes us better in life and in business, because we take something good home with us…with each and every conversation and opportunity that we have.

Please help us grow the BICO Family by sharing our Facebook page with your friends and family.

Then…

Swing over and check out (and follow) our new and official Twitter feed @bicotransport

https://twitter.com/bicotransport

Rv’s RV’s…BICO Loves RV’s

By now you know we move RV’s.

But…

Did you know that we love them as well? Absolutely love everything about them.

The question remains though, on how BICO and the RV world come together?

The answer is easy…let’s show you…

First of all, we have RV’s that need to get from the vendor or manufacture to the buyer. Sometimes people are so excited that they go down and drive that bad boy home. Most of the time, it gets shipped to the buyer’s address, and BICO is one of those companies who love to haul RV’s.

Secondly, there are RV’s that break down. BICO doesn’t usually take business away from tow trucks, but we’d be happy to stop if we had an empty trailer while we passed you. Depending on the issue, the tow truck takes the RV into town, and then a lot of the time it needs to go to a specialist (aka dealership) for repairs. That is where BICO steps in and takes the RV to where it needs to go. Then, we also get the opportunity to pick the RV back up and take it home to the family that misses it.

Thirdly, are the short trips (usually) from the owner’s house to the RV holding area; a place off of the owner’s property where the RV lives when not in use. This is mostly winter storage for the non-snow birds, but it happens through the entire year, and BICO is moving them back and forth all year long.
 

Lastly, which happens to be our favorite, is the camping. Something like 13% of RV owners (which equals roughly 26% of owners that have the extremely large and luxurious motorhomes / RV’s) are afraid to drive their own rig. They are big, scary, and not traffic friendly. People want to own them and camp in them, but not drive them. People actually meet their RV at the campsite. Some people hire someone to drive it there, but after wear and tear and the price of fuel, BICO is a whole lot less expensive to move the RV from “Point A” to “Point B”.

And…

If you ever hear of anyone who needs an RV sitter, we’d be more than happy to stay in your 40’ motorhome, with the three slide outs and that 72” flat screen TV. Just throwing that out there.

The truth is that RV’s of all sizes have a spot in our hearts, and we have the want and the means to help with all of your moving and transportation needs.

Call BICO today…360-269-5322

With BICO…Think Both Inside and Outside of the Box

We established that we move sheds…it’s sort of our thing.

But remember…

We do a lot more!

In fact...let’s say it again (shouting this time)…

WE DO A LOT MORE!

The “inside of the box” ideas are easy…

• Sheds and small buildings
• RV’s
• Vehicles

And you should think about us for all of those things.

But…

What about “outside of the box”? The tricky stuff to move? The things that you should have probably hired a freight company to move because it would have saved time, money, and frustration?

Let’s throw out some examples…

(Just for the fun of it (and well...give you some ideas on how we could help you))

Churches – Most churches start off really small in a rented or borrowed space. As they grow, they hopefully move into their own building (years pending usually). Since all money is given or donated, churches have to think smartly.

Church pews for example are really expensive. Chairs are a cheaper option, but you know deep down that they want pews. There are well used to well preserved pews for sale all over the internet.

The question is how do you get the pews from the seller to the church? BICO Transportation.

Plus…don’t forget the piano that has to be moved too.

Demolition Derbies – Yes, the drivers haul their own cars on their own trailers, but what about the cars that they have staged on the course prior to the derby; the ones that are there for hiding behind and sneak attacks?

How do those wrecked non-running cars get to the fairgrounds? BICO Transportation.

Auctions – Speaking of wrecked cars, how do you get that vehicle home after it is bought at the auction? You can’t normally drive it home, and yes there are some big buyers that bring their own trailers.

In fact, we saw these two guys the other day driving down the freeway. Each guy was in his own truck. Behind each truck was another truck, which was smashed up, being towed with a tow rope. We were in the middle of nowhere, and so these guys had to have been driving for a while. There was this close situation that could have caused an accident; resulting in the guys pulling to the side of the freeway and trying to “fix” things. This could have been avoided if they did things right the first time.

How do you get your “new” wrecked auction vehicle home safe and sound? BICO Transportation.

Pipes – Big, long, and heavy pieces of pipe get moved across this country every day for cities, builders, farmers, etc. They are transported from the manufacture to the company that purchased them by barges, trucks, and trains.

But then it comes to you…the buyer (aka “the end user”). How do you get the piping to the job site? The answer usually comes down to three choices (we said usually).

Choice 1: Pick it up yourself in your pickup truck and make multiple trips. Waste of time, money, labor, and gas.

Choice 2: Pay freight by either paying the store to ship the piping, or hire a trucking outfit yourself; either way you’re still paying for a semi. Depending where you’re at (remote farm for example) trucking companies may only go out your way once a week, every two weeks, and in some cases once a month (people deal with this all of the time). Plus you have to pay for the high cost of shipping this way.

Choice 3: BICO Transportation. Lower shipping/freight costs, and you don’t have to wait weeks for your pipe; resulting in getting the job done on time.

These are just four examples of thinking outside of the box, and we’re sure that each of you can think of plenty more examples where BICO can step in and help.

Let’s throw in one more example for the fun of it…

Living on the Western side of the beautiful Pacific Northwest, we get a lot of rain, thus keeping everything green; which means that people need to mow their yards all year long (for the most part and depending your exact location).

There is a needed job market for lawn care services. Companies have trucks that pull trailers filled with a lawn mower, weed wacker, rake, and everything else that they need to get the job done. They drive the truck from the office to the job site.

We don’t help with that part. We help in another area.

We help get the new equipment to the lawn care company. Once a company starts really growing, they can’t keep up on the workload, and so they hire more people and buy more equipment.

Sure…

You can throw a push mower and a weed wacker in the back of a truck, but what about when the company buys (all at once) three new riding mowers, four push mowers, and four of everything else?

They either pull three or four trucks and crew off of their jobs, or they use BICO Transportation.

We are the best for the reason. We are honest. We love what we do. We are quick. We do as promised. We have lower rates for similar shipments.

And…

We do what other trucking companies can’t or won’t do.

We are BICO Transportation!!!!!

DID YOU ALL SEE THIS???? Thank you Linda Kaiser for the kind words. Great people like you is what makes this job rewarding.

Per Linda...

"Josh delivered our barn shed the other day ... I didn't like where I had him place it ..... so he came back today and moved it from our front yard to our backyard. He is a kind and amazing man for getting back to us so soon and making it happen.

 Could not be happier and highly recommend him to anyone buying a Old Hickory Shed or you just need something moved. Quality work at a fair price. you wont be sorry hiring him."