This has been sitting on my trailer since Jan. Now that the mud has finally died off we were able to get it unloaded. It's a 15x80 Leblond. I'm guessing early '70s vintage?
I don't own anything that can unload this safely (approx 3k lb) so I called the local rental place and asked for a "forklift." They told me they have a 5000lb forklift, and I say great. With a standard warehouse forklift this woulda been a ridiculously easy affair. I didn't ask for a 4wd forklift, all terrain forklift, construction forklift, or Skytrak. My fault for not confirming. They show up with what I would call a mini-Skytrak. Hmm, well w the mezzanine running down the center of my shop this is gonna be interesting.
W 4wd and rear steer I shoulda just taken it 'wheeling around the property.....
Rather than picking the lathe off the trailer from inside the shop as originally planned, we opted to pick it outside. Here we just picked it and then pulled the trailer away.
Now to pull into the bay where I want it and somehow get the whole thing turned 90 degrees
VERY carefully backed under the mezzanine
At least it's in place. I still gotta level it and figure out what I wanna do for phase conversion
I don't own anything that can unload this safely (approx 3k lb) so I called the local rental place and asked for a "forklift." They told me they have a 5000lb forklift, and I say great. With a standard warehouse forklift this woulda been a ridiculously easy affair. I didn't ask for a 4wd forklift, all terrain forklift, construction forklift, or Skytrak. My fault for not confirming. They show up with what I would call a mini-Skytrak. Hmm, well w the mezzanine running down the center of my shop this is gonna be interesting.
W 4wd and rear steer I shoulda just taken it 'wheeling around the property.....
Rather than picking the lathe off the trailer from inside the shop as originally planned, we opted to pick it outside. Here we just picked it and then pulled the trailer away.
Now to pull into the bay where I want it and somehow get the whole thing turned 90 degrees
VERY carefully backed under the mezzanine
At least it's in place. I still gotta level it and figure out what I wanna do for phase conversion