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First job was to jack the Lathe up high enough to get the Pallet Jack under the skids. I used a automotive trolley jack to do this. |
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The lathe is on the pallet Jack and out onto the driveway. We always had a rope rigged up to catch a runaway as the drive slopes down away from the garage. |
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We used half sheets of Plywood to spread the weight and cover the gaps in the path. I was worried that the weight might crack the path. |
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Once we got it to the end of the path we rigged up a winch to a convenient tree and started pulling it across the backyard. |
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We changed trees to pull it across the yard. |
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Just as well we didn't have a good lawn! the pulling got tougher when the skids dug into the clay. |
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Almost to the workshop. |
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I bolted a pull point to the floor of the workshop to allow us to winch the machines right into place. |
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We used plywood to ease the trip over the bottom of the doorway. |
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The Lathe in the workshop. |
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Julie BBQ'd some hotdogs and burgers for lunch. The lathe move took two hours and we were pretty confident going into the Mill move. |
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Right from the start the mill proved to be much tougher to handle. It is 1200lb heavier than the Lathe. |
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Again Plywood smoothed the way. |
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Off the path and into the yard. |
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Attaching the winches. |
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The extra weight caused the mill to dig deeper into the clay despite the wider skids. It proved much harder to move and damaged both our 4000lb winches. |
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Billy Moon arrived to help. He went and got his 4000lb chainhoist and I went and bought a 8000lb winch fron Northern Tool. |
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The Chain hoist proved especially useful. Taking turns the mill inched closer. |
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The Sun was getting low in the sky by the time the mill reached its next turning point. |
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Rigging up for the last pull into the shop. The guys were concerned that the ring in the shop floor might pull out but it held up fine. |
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After about 6 hours actual work both machines are finally there. Thanks again to Mark, Robert and Billy as we could not have done it alone. We learned that a
2800lb Mill is much tougher to move than a 1600lb Lathe! |
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