It won't take that long to put the quilt on the frame. It goes really quickly once you know. I suggest you bend the Red Snappers quite a bit before you need to use them. Maybe it is due to my arthritis, but I find it easier to put on the RS if I bend the free end toward the ceiling and then the end on the quilt goes on much easier. I have trouble just snapping them on.
I cannot use the RS end pieces but use 2 paint sticks in a ticking cover with a leader for each side and then use the side clamps on those. My side clamps are from the hardware store as the ones that came with my machine are too hard for me to use.
Also, out here some LQS will rent their machine by the 1/2 day or day for less than the hourly rate. Quite a few LAers use them to do the quilting on quilts that the are paid to finish.