More musle power required!

[L Harding]

ok, turns out i was getting over worried. Its off the pallet and sitting nicely in its final position with all the extras attached. very happy.

in the end it just took three of us, walked it off a pallet down a makeshift ramp (just some blocks under some 18mm) then walked into place. went like a dream. so i was worrying about nothing.

thanks for the advice guys

luke

P.s. Jim - good video, but one thing bugged me - how did he get the lump of stone onto the pivot in the first place!

 

[Digit]

I was hoping somebody would ask that! :lol:

Roy.

 

[jimi43]

I'll have to look at the series again but somewhere I remember him walking a column up by rocking each end and putting blocks in the fulcrum gap each side so it progressively rises...

Is that what you meant?

Jim

 

[ondablade]

After the fact i know, but maybe of use to somebody.

The Hammer delivery guy had to take my K3 panel saw off the pallet while it was in the truck to get it out a couple of weeks ago - due to an oversize pallet that had been loaded from the side and couldn't be moved back.

He used a manual pallet truck, and a little wooden ramp up to pallet height of about 24 in length. No hassle whatsoever - he had it off and out to the tail lift on his own before i could even get in to help him.

I guess a lot depends on the weight, and on whether or not the machine has cut outs for pallet truck forks underneath.

Hammer have cut outs, and none of the machines weigh more than about 650kg.

Which brings up another point. If as i do you may need to move machines in the shop the wheel sets the likes of Hammer sell get very expensive if you buy the several needed. (they all have different axle lengths)

It's possibly more cost effective (and useful for other things too) to buy a manual hydraulic pallet truck - i got a nice new one for a bit over £200.

Check your dimensions though. Hammer machines need a low profile truck with narrow forks that drops down below below 75mm due to the relatively low height of the cut outs. ( a low profile actually drops to 51mm)

Low profile trucks are not that easy to find used, and are normally about a third more expensive new than the standard format - over here anyway. Some very good deals going these days though.....

ian

 

[L Harding]

hi Ian

Agreed, a pallet truck is a very useful thing to have around and i would like one of my own, but havig somewhere to keep it can be an issue (and i know its me being tight, but i just rather spend that £200 on something else)

At the moment i make do with borrowing one from a mate when needed, but ill have to get one eventually.

luke

 

[ondablade]

Guess i had to bite the bullet Luke as my fairly tight shop means i'll need to move stuff now and then....

 

[Benchwayze]

Roman Rollers...

Broom stale lengths move my Sedgwick around my shop. It's not a cinch, but it does get it moving. You just need another hand to keep transferring the broom stales to the front end as you go.

My planer is still on those broom stales, until I can get someone to weld me a castor-trolley!

To lift the planer, I wrap heavy chain around the bottom lugs and use a trolley jack, to avoid lifting it by the tables. That way I can 'steer' it as well as roll it.

HTH

John