Ugghhh..
How do I move this thing?
I am going to have to go pick it up, position it on a 5x8 trailer (wood floor) and then unload it and move it across the shop floor.
What would be the best method to stay out of the hospital?
Ugghhh..
How do I move this thing?
I am going to have to go pick it up, position it on a 5x8 trailer (wood floor) and then unload it and move it across the shop floor.
What would be the best method to stay out of the hospital?
Well darn!! If ya had stayed with the lunchbox model.....
Enjoy!
Bill
On the other hand, I still have five fingers.
Call Two Men and a Truck perhaps. Hope you solve it....will have the same problem shortly with a planer but have the exact issue now with a BS. Its stuck in the garage. Cannot get off pallet onto the mobile base.
Super heavy duty Shop Fox mobile base is rated at 1200 lb, which I plan to use.
Last edited by Chris Barnett; 12-07-2007 at 3:15 PM.
Rent a dollie with the big knobby tires to put it on to move it around. To get the dollie under the tool you just have to tilt it up on one side slide it under the tool and you are good to go. I used to work for a moving comapny and this is how they moved big heavy things with out trying to pick up the whole tool. It is still a two person job where one person does the tilting the other holds the dollie to the bottom of the tool before tipping it back up to move. I hope this helps
Rent a pallet jack
I like to use the foldable 2 ton engine lifts.
Several lengths of 3/4-1" pipe and a come along can go a long way toward moving it around. Be careful, go slow, and get a few guys to help keep it upright. Good luck.
Doesn't exist w/o pics so it must be light as a feather.
What you listen to is your business....what you hear is ours.
Buy beer and call friends. Thats what I did for moving my planer and cabinet saw. Each was 600-700 lbs. Make sure you call the friend that has an appliance dolly.
My 20" planer weighs 1200#. I bit the bullet and bought a narrow spread pallet jack. Of course, it's designed to be moved with a pallet jack.
I would not use a chain hoist around the tables, unless you want to screw it up.
Todd
So Terry are you selling your old planer?
War Eagle!
My Delta 20" DC580 had lifting points. Deere loader lifted it just fine. It promptly was installed into a HTC mobile base just for it.
It was liftgated from the semi to the shop floor.
I had the same problem with a huge 42" x 70" tool chest and also a SawStop. Due to a rotator cuff injury, I cannot lift anything heavy. I used my engine hoist (cherry picker) and a rope sling. Piece of cake.
A tow truck to get it home. I did that with a couple tool boxes before. Have them unload it on to some sort of rolling cart. Then a hydrolic jack ot 2 to get the cart out. Pics would help
What you listen to is your business....what you hear is ours.