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Could I get a bridgeport down here?
- Thread starter tigtorch
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I thinks what Steve is taking about is a Rough Terrain Forklift made to go over rough ground like the one at this site: http://www.ur.com/index.php/equipme...=Forklifts+&+Material+Handling&id=2120&page=2
Better yet is to find someone with one and that knows how to handle it to move your macine.
Benny
The Orphanage Never Closes
If you can store the mill in the garage while you disassamble it and load the pieces on pallets it should not be a problem.
With a pallet jack, you can lower it to slow the speed while you go down hill. You'll need a friend to help, but it should be
doable. I unloaded my Bridgeport from a tilt bed trailer by myself with just a hand wench. Then removed the upper ram/
motor with an engine hoist to lighten it for the roll into my shop. If you and a friend break it down, once the base is in
the shop the rest is a piece of cake. You said you had access to a pallet jack, so you just need an engine hoist for heavy
lifting, pry bars etc. You will not regret the Bridgeport. If something breaks, you can always find parts. With the chinese
mills it's a crap shoot on parts availiblilty.
With a pallet jack, you can lower it to slow the speed while you go down hill. You'll need a friend to help, but it should be
doable. I unloaded my Bridgeport from a tilt bed trailer by myself with just a hand wench. Then removed the upper ram/
motor with an engine hoist to lighten it for the roll into my shop. If you and a friend break it down, once the base is in
the shop the rest is a piece of cake. You said you had access to a pallet jack, so you just need an engine hoist for heavy
lifting, pry bars etc. You will not regret the Bridgeport. If something breaks, you can always find parts. With the chinese
mills it's a crap shoot on parts availiblilty.
Rough terrain reach forklift. All the construction rental houses have them. Typically they weigh about 30,000 lbs. Watch your sprinklers when driving over landscape areas.
First thing is how wide is your gate and path ???
Second, find out the weight of the heaviest machine part when disassembled and together.
Third, I'd look into an equipment rent-a-center or friend with a fork truck or tractor (4X4) with loader with the capacity to lift it safely. Keep the load low and back down to prevent tipping.
With the slope and curve, I don't see any other "SAFE" way to get it there unless you want to back a truck down the slope.
Second, find out the weight of the heaviest machine part when disassembled and together.
Third, I'd look into an equipment rent-a-center or friend with a fork truck or tractor (4X4) with loader with the capacity to lift it safely. Keep the load low and back down to prevent tipping.
With the slope and curve, I don't see any other "SAFE" way to get it there unless you want to back a truck down the slope.
Check out "Bridgeport in the basement". It may give you some ideas about moving a bridgeport. I would construct a doly out of 2x6's that would support the machine lying on its back(turn it up in the garage) You could devise a brake system. I winched a millrite into my shop using a hole in the wall, and a t post as an anchor. I backed the t post up by running a chain from the top(over the winch strap) to the bummper of my truck. I would do it just as a challenge if you didnt live so far!
I have gotten an ordinary tow truck to move a lathe and Bridgy a few times. BUT,Can you be sure the tow truck can get back up that hill o.k.? It could burgeon into paying another,perhaps larger tow truck to pull tow truck #1 back top the hill. Could be some messing up of your dirt and lawn,too,though that is reasonably easy to put back.