21 Sep
2007
21 Sep
'07
9:07 p.m.
JP,
I have three of these units which I have transported on a small
trailer I pull behind. The frame is very sturdy (built like a tank)
but if I was to tip it to transport it, I would take a picture and
label the boards and then remove them for travel. The skins
themselves are fairly heavy. The unit isn't really top or bottom
heavy (in my opinion only) it seems more center heavy (cards and
drives located more towards the center. I would probably leave the
supplies in it.
Only my two cents.
Rob
On Sep 21, 2007, at 11:34 AM, JP Hindin wrote:
Greetings;
I'm planning on moving an Onyx rack in the next two weeks and I'm
probably
going to have to be fairly agricultural with my tooling - pickup
truck and
flatbed trailer, no lift gate, no lovely enclosed box.
I'm thinking that to safely transport this I'll tip it on its back
and lay
it flat on some 2x4s onto the flatbed trailer, but I'd love any advice
from listers who have moved one, or better yet, who have one and
can tell
me things like - how solid is the frame (after removal of the plastic
skins)? Is it top heavy? Bottom heavy? (I'm guessing after removal of
PSUs, top heavy, but unsure)
Anything would be much appreciated.
I found the below:
http://www.futuretech.blinkenlights.nl/sgidepot/chalonyx.html
Which gives a nice picture of a unit with open doors, but it's hard to
tell how solid the frame rails are. The thing looks awfully deep to
be a
standard 19" rack, so I'm guessing it's custom, but... having never
seen
one...
Many thanks for your time,
JP Hindin
Rob Borsuk
email: rborsuk at colourfull.com
Colourfull Creations
Web: http://www.colourfull.com