Please call (401)-789-0190 for delivery pricing and scheduling.
Morningstar Nurseries delivers throughout Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.
Morningstar Nurseries is better able to serve your delivery needs with our fleet of delivery vehicles. We can provide lift gate service with large and small trucks for big deliveries in tight locations.
We have smaller 16 foot stake-bodies for smaller orders down narrow roads and driveways.
For those big orders we can arrange direct shipping to keep prices down.
Please request the appropriately sized delivery vehicle in advance if dealing with a tight location. Our primary delivery truck is our 24-foot bed International stake-body but it does not maneuver well in small areas.
We do offer trucks with a 2000 lb. lift-gate and a ball cart as requested but it is up to the customer to move material to and from the lift-gate. If this service is required, please inquire in advance as not all of our vehicles have this ability nor is a ball-cart always on the truck.
Please make sure someone is present for unloading for all deliveries. We will not drop off plant material with no one present to accept the delivery.
The driver is not responsible for unloading deliveries and does so at their discretion and has the right to refuse a delivery with improper equipment present for safe unloading.
We do offer trucks with a 2000 lb. lift-gate and a ball cart as requested but it is up to the customer to move material to and from the lift-gate. If this service is required, please inquire in advance as not all of our vehicles have this ability nor is a ball-cart always on the truck.
Please make sure someone is present for unloading for all deliveries. We will not drop off plant material with no one present to accept the delivery.
The driver is not responsible for unloading deliveries and does so at their discretion and has the right to refuse a delivery with improper equipment present for safe unloading.
Due to the fragile nature and heavy sizes of material delivered there must be adequately sized equipment present for unloading and handling larger sizes of plant-material. Improperly sized equipment puts equipment, operator, and plant-material at risk for serious damage or injury. If you are unsure of equipment size necessary for unloading and handling your order please request assistance when scheduling a delivery.
We recommend using pallet forks on a loader to lift plants by their root ball as the safest method for both the plant-material and people assisting with unloading. We can provide straps for handling with other types of equipment for unloading if requested in advance, straps are not present on the truck unless requested. Balled and burlapped material must always be handled with the weight of the root ball fully supported. Lifting these plants by their stems will result in vascular damage and subsequent injuries that impair future performance. We do not recommend using chains hooked onto a plant's wire basket to hoist plants. The basket of wires is meant to support and hold a root ball together, not provide a lifting point of the entire plant's weight from a single wire strand. We do offer handling and rigging consultation on-site if requested by the customer in advance. Morningstar Nurseries will not entertain any claims of damage for damage as a result of the customer unloading plant-material.
We recommend using pallet forks on a loader to lift plants by their root ball as the safest method for both the plant-material and people assisting with unloading. We can provide straps for handling with other types of equipment for unloading if requested in advance, straps are not present on the truck unless requested. Balled and burlapped material must always be handled with the weight of the root ball fully supported. Lifting these plants by their stems will result in vascular damage and subsequent injuries that impair future performance. We do not recommend using chains hooked onto a plant's wire basket to hoist plants. The basket of wires is meant to support and hold a root ball together, not provide a lifting point of the entire plant's weight from a single wire strand. We do offer handling and rigging consultation on-site if requested by the customer in advance. Morningstar Nurseries will not entertain any claims of damage for damage as a result of the customer unloading plant-material.
Below is an approximate chart of rootball weights published by the University of Tennessee Extension