开云体育??? ??? WHen I picked up my new to me mill & lathe a few years back I rented a tandem axle uhaul with the high sides . I rented a fork lift for 4 hours & had it delivered @ a hour after I arrived ??? ??? at the pickup location . I lifted the mill from the top
& put it on a pallet that was in the trailer . Then I strapped
the mill down to the pallet & secured them both to the trailer
. Then I removed ??? ??? the top of the mill? which was the motor , the whole head
assembly & the casting between the two . I had almost a 500
mile drive & wanted to lower the CG of the unit . I strapped
the top assembly to a pallet & strapped it in the trailer ,
& loaded the lathe . Made the 500 mile fine , though it was a
much slower drive than I usually drive . The next morning I
unloaded everything with my backhoe where it all has been sitting
for 2 years while I finished our new house? . I hope to have the
machine room all framed up & ready to move into hopefully? in
the next month . ??? ??? Not really much to moving one of these machines , just a TON of Common sense . ??? ??? good luck ??? ??? animal On 11/4/2022 5:27 PM, Tom Harrison
wrote:
Last time I bought a large piece (an Eagle 400 mill), the seller arranged for the truck to deliver it, and I arranged to rent a large forklift to remove it from the truck. I was surprised that the delivery of the forklift did not include OPERATING the forklift, but the driver WOULD explain best practices (like, DO NOT LIFT FROM THE BOTTOM, but instead use the mill top lift point). He explained the controls, because I had never driven a fork lift before, and this unit had to be carefully moved deep into my shop barn. End result? No problem, no damage, nothing knocked over, didn't fall into the 6' maintenance pit, etc. All went fine. Total moving cost, across town, less than $700, not counting my nervous sweat. |
