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peter nap

peter nap

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There's no better place to get 40 ideas to cure one problem so here is the problem.....

I need to get a 2200 pound mill on a trailer. It is in a building that's made from an old cargo container. There is a set of double doors next to the mill so access isn't a problem.
I can back the trailer to within 7 feet of the mill. What kind of dolly can I use that will hold that kind of weight?


Ideas please
 
Whenever we move a Bridgeport around at work we just get 4 or 5 pieces of heavy pipe and roll the mill over them. As it rolls off a piece, you just pick that piece up and put it under the leading edge and keep going. If you're on a fairly flat surface, it works slick.

If you've got to go on less flat terrain, the pipes can still help if you've got a nice heavy pry bar of some sort. It's a lot easier to slide big hunks of machinery on pipes than it is on whatever other surface you're on.

Not sure about getting it on the trailer, though.
 
If the ground is realtively smoooth - How about a winch and a wooden skid something like the old stone boats: 3 - 6" x 6"'s running lengthwise with the ends angled/rounded and covered with 2" x 8"'s
 
Actually, what my buddy suggested is hire a roll off tow truck. They'll winch it up and then deliver to your site. It cost me $60 to have my surface grinder picked up off my truck, delivered and dropped onto my garage floor.
 
hey good Ideas

and/or if you have any independent logging truckers
( with truck mounted loaders as in wheelers) in the aria they may not charge much to do it.
I've done that more than once.. :)



or it would only take 10 guys to move it :eek: :D
 
I think Chuck has the right idea: a winch (or block & tackle) to yard the mill onto the trailer. Since you can get the trailer within 7 ft of the mill, you can use standard 8-feet-long dimension lumber (6-by's minimum IMHO) to fabricate a ramp to slide the mill on.

If you couple a winch and ramp with Mr Kahrl's pipe rollers, the amount of effort & energy needed to get the mill onto the trailer goes down even more.
 
Peter - You could get the motor up on the back end of the truck and drive it to my house :D

These are all goo ideas. I would just hate for you to get it halfway and then be stuck paying some sort of mover when you could have just done that the first time. If anything I have learned from this forum...YOU are a thinker and you'll be able to get the job done.


I like the pipe senerio. Be sure you have enough prybars before you start. Remember the longer the ramp the less force it takes to push it. Go slow and make sure your not under it if that sucker shifts!!!!!
 
Dan Gray said:
......or it would only take 10 guys to move it !!!!:eek: :D
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Yeah, you'll also need at least 5 cases of beer!!!:eek: :D If they're all like IG, you'll be able to get away with the cheap stuff.....Bud !!:eek:

Larry T

Member of NECKA & NCCA
 
Hey Don, is it in fact, a Bridgeport? If so, it can be completely disassembled for transport. I've done this many times, transporting the pieces in a pickup.
 
I like the ramp idea using a couple of come-alongs to pull it up the ramp. That is if the whole thing doesn't just disasemble.

WS
 
I haven't done it yet Mark. I think we are shooting for the middle of October. I'm kind of glad. I've been swamped at work and found a bunch of mail that didn't get mailed because of the flood. I'm sorting that tomorrow to get it out.

I also have to forge a mainspring for my new deer rifle and get that sighted in. It would be a shame to have to use the same rifle two years in a row. :footinmou

This evening, I'm rebuilding that giant vise I got. What a bear but it's going right next to the anvil!
 
in this weather? jack up the mill and flood the container. drink coffe while the water sets up, then winch it out :D :D :D
 
Forklift with long forks ? When i saw relatively big CNC lathe moved around it was rolled around on solid 3 cm (a tad more than 1") round bars, about 10 of them. It was lisfted from the lorry that delivered it with a big forklift.

A very very big CNC mill/machining center was unloaded using crane truck (that truck thing with big hydraulic arm on top) when delivered.
 
I have used the method that Mr. Kahrl described to move heavy machinery before. One thing I would caution about is trying to use the pipe rollers on an incline. That can get dangerous. Things can start to shift a whole lot more easily and a piece that large would be hard to out run coming back down an incline. Had this happen one time, we got lucky, all 4 of us were far enough to the sides that it just bumped a couple of us when it shifted and came back towards us at an angle.
 
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