Brad Parker wrote:
  Guy Sotomayor wrote:
  I put all drives into racks fully assembled.  Of
course I use an
 "equipment lift" that makes the job easy.
      
 I've been look for one - can you share which one you've used?
 those 14" drives are damn heavy :-)
    
I'll have to look up who manufactured mine.  It has a 500# capacity and
can lift a load to about 12' or so.  It's counterweighted (400#
counterweight) so it doesn't need long stabilizing legs to keep it from
tipping over (so I can get it right up to a rack).
Places like Global (
globalindustries.com) has stuff similar, but new
they're $800-1000.  I picked mine up used for ~$350 and it's been worth
every $0.01 (I wish I had another one).
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TTFN - Guy