Open trailer isn't an option (not do I already have the trailer, but it is
going from NH to Tx, and I don't want to expose it to road grit, weather,
and other unpleasant things...

It still seems like lifting it and sliding it directly onto the bed would be
more effort and risk. Given that it is already on a pallet I WILL have to
lift it a few inches to get the rollers under it (lift one end, put a roller
under each skid rail, use the lever to slide it along until the rollers have
moved about 1/4 - 1/3 of the way towards the middle, add rollers under the
elevated end, walk a bit further until it tilts onto the new set of rollers
(6 under it now - 2 under each skid rail), then roll along adding rollers in
front as they fall out the back.

Lifting the extra distance to get to the truck bed involved a lot of adding
blocks, tilting, adding more blocks etc until it is the right height, then
sliding it into the truck (probably need rollers to move it forward to the
nose anyway). In order to keep it stable, I'd need a lot of good sized
blocking (or custom made supports), and still end up having to roll it to
the truck (about 80 feet). It just seems like the whole thing will be easier
of its done with rollers all the way...
(the object is about 65" wide by 50" long by about 48" tall)

Of course, I guess I could just rent a power pallet jack, but that wouldn't
be any fun....

-J


-----Original Message-----
From: C and MA Newbold [mailto:cgnewbold@c...]">mailto:cgnewbold@c...]
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 9:06 AM
To: james duprie; oldtools@s...
Subject: Re: [OldTools] Lifting heavy things

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.