Have you considered using an open top utility trailer?
I also think you could do it in a box truck as the only inside access
needed would be to position rollers. You could do that before the
machine enters the box and adjust them by pushing/pulling with poles to
put them into place if the machine is too big to walk around.
Charlie
On 1/30/2015 8:05 AM, james duprie wrote:
> That would work on an open bed truck, but not a box truck - the walls get in
> the way :)...
> -j
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> MA Newbold
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 9:35 PM
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> Subject: Re: [OldTools] Lifting heavy things
>
>
> On 1/28/2015 8:23 AM, james duprie wrote:
>> In the a couple of years, I am going to have to figure out how to move
>> a
>> 1500 pound machine into a closed truck. There are no anchor points in
>> the truck that can take the load, and it will be going up a ramp in
>> order to get into the truck.
>>
> Short answer: block it up and winch the truck under the machine.
>
> Details: In a previous life, my father and I used to move 27-40 ft boats on
> cradles by using jacks, wooden rollers and a come along or a power winch.
> The 27ft boat was on a wooden cradle on grass alongside our garage. We had
> to load it onto a trailer and haul it 75 miles to
> launch it. That was our first big boat move. We wound up moving
> several different boats up 40 ft long at the DIY boat yard where we stored
> the boat for the winter.
>
> We jacked and blocked the cradle up until it was higher than the trailer bed
> and backed the trailer under the front of the cradle. Then we hooked a
> come-a-long between the trailer and the far end of the cradle and tightened
> the cable. We put rollers/pipes on the trailer bed and lowered the front of
> the cradle onto the rollers. We then released the dump truck parking brake
> and took it out of gear (engine off). Then we slowly winched the trailer
> under the cradle. The truck followed the trailer. We added more rollers as
> more cradle was above the trailer bed. Once the cradle weight was fully on
> the trailer, we rolled it to the proper load position and blocked and
> secured it with chain binders so it would not roll.
>
> You could do a similar move if you can secure your come-a-long to the rear
> of the truck and run the cable to the back of your machine. You may have to
> rig something to keep the machine from tipping off the blocks if the truck
> is very heavy. You'll also need enough overhead clearance to lift the
> machine and you may have to build a cradle/platform to support the machine.
>
> I think lifting straight up is easier and safer than trying to push/pry the
> machine up a ramp.
>
> Charlie
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