7 Mar
2012
7 Mar
'12
7:31 a.m.
On Tue, 6 Mar 2012, Ethan Dicks wrote:
In the end I did succeed, but had the rack slipped
(which it almost
did do!) I would probably have severely regretted the consequences.
Fortunately the lesson was learned without pain. I never again tried
to move up a flight a stairs a rack that's over 5% taller than me and
nearly as heavy as me by myself without straps/ramps/wheels/mechanical
and/or human assistance.
ObRackMisadventure...
In 1994 I became the proud owner of a VAX 8250. (I even got to remove it
form the machine room at Mannesmann Tally in Kent)
One of the three racks held a TU81+ tape drive and nothing else. Since my
friend and I were breaking the machine down and moving it to the upstairs
of my house, we removed the tape drive from the top of the cabinet and
proceeded to nearly kill ourselves squeezing this huge cabinet up a tiny,
residential staircase. Only after getting to the top of the stairs do we
discover the two 50+ lb steel balance plates that are bolted to the
insides of the frame. *facepalm*
The other two racks were shoved straight up the staircase after taping a
section of carpet to the top corner of the cabinet to act as a
"gliding surface". My back still twinges thinking about that day. The
four RA-81 drives were no picnic either. :)
g.
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