I've got a (new to me) Grizzly 1021 15 inch planer that I picked up on C.L. and it was loaded onto my F350 pickup by the previous owner. He had a truck with a tommy lift and we rolled it over into mine. It's now stranded there because I don't have anyone else to help me get the darned thing off of my truck! I took the motor off the top but it is still heavier than I can manage. My wife would help but there's no way she can lift one side of this thing. I'd remove the stand and mobile base but I still have to pick it up to do that!
Tomorrow I'm going to go rent an appliance dolly from Uhaul and see if that will enable me to lower it off the truck with the tail gate removed. I'm not sure my back will ever forgive me for what I'm about to do. I am a recent immigrant to my new state and I don't know anyone nearby, so I'm kind of on my own.
Any ideas before I kill my self? Block and Tackle from a tree limb? Pile up dirt then push it onto the pile? I'm at a loss for something this heavy. Sure do miss the Bobcat I had back in Virginia.