New Driver... Need a lot of help, suggestions

Hey guys, I recently acquired my CDL class A with all endorsements... I'm in a rather weird situation in that I'm actually and Mechanical/Electrical engineer and I got my CDL because I'm one of the founders of a new tech start-up in which we have limited funds and would like to save as much money as possible in building out our company, machines, facility, etc... We've decided that since we will be purchasing a decent amount of CNC machines and other heavy equipment that we should purchase our own rig and trailer and have me (just got my CDL) go and pick up all this equipment from around the country and haul it all back to our facility.

So here is what I would like to ask you pros on how I should go about this... I was thinking the best option would be to get a moffett flatbed trailer with a forklift so when we purchase our used CNC machines I can go to where they are located, load them on my flatbed, and haul them back to the facility... They only problem, it seems most moffett forklifts only have about a 5k lbs max lifting capacity... However, a Haas Vf6 CNC weighs about 7.5kg (~15000lbs)... I need a forklift that will be able to lift these machines onto the trailer and the trailer must also be able to mount that forklift to the back so that it's not taking up valuable trailer space...

I come from a long line of truckers (both uncles, two cousins, and my grandfather were all teamsters)... So I've been around trucks... It's always been a goal of mine to get my CDL, however, I went the college route and got my engineering degree... But since I recently got my CDL, I'm very wet behind the ears (green) on the technicalities of trailers, loading them, and all the possible different configurations I may need to get the job done...

I would like to pick some of your guy's brains to help me out in figuring out what exactly I need in terms of rig, trailer and forklift to accomplish what I would like to accomplish for this new start-up.

Any help would be greatly appreciated... I would just like to figure out what the best method and ways I should go about doing this.

 

Thank you Razororange for the info.... Yes, I'm already well aware that insurance will be expensive... But it's always been a dream of mine to do this... Any way I could possibly figure out how to do this on my own would be amazing...

I guess then, holding aside the insurance and obvious insanity of trying to do this as a rookie driver, what would be the best setup to actually move these machines? That Haas that I listed was just off the top of my head, we won't be getting that exact machine... But we will be getting a few large CNCs... I'm just looking for guidance on what would be the appropriate rig and set-up to make it happen.

Again, I know this sounds insane, and quite frankly dumb, trying to do this fresh out of getting my CDL.

 

Side note.... That Haas VF6, abot 30" of its height is due to the ATC, which can be disconnected for transport... So I would be under 90-100" on machine height on the trailer. I have no problem taking the machines apart to transport them... Honestly, like I said, it's always been a dream of mine to acquire this skills and have no problem learning this via trial by fire... When I say low budget for the start-up, I'm talking about under $1,500,000... We have some very affluent investors. All I really want to gain out the the experience is solid trucking experience.... Believe me, I know this is a crazy/insane goal and proposition... I'm well aware how ridiculous this sounds.

 

Yeah, that makes 100% perfect sense... I'm starting to see the problems in this plan.

 

Definitely wasn't sperm lucky... Like I said, most of the men in my family were truckers... I was just fortunate enough to join the military, get the GI Bill, and somehow got into a top engineering and physics program. So Now I have a network of people willing to throw money at high tech startup companies I form... Other than that, I grew up syrup sandwich and dirt floor poor.

 

So let us hold aside the oversized load of large CNC machines, we're still going to need to obtain and haul a lot of materials and other machines... I'm already, given the advice of you guys, going to decide to have the much more cumbersome loads handled by pros. But what about stock materials, smaller machines and the like? As long as the individual things I am hauling are under 5k lbs, should I be alright with a flatbed with a moffett?