4 Jul
2016
4 Jul
'16
11:40 p.m.
I've used a Genie Load Lifter to lift a PDP-11/40, a well-endowed PDP-8/E, an Origin
2000 module and many other heavy things in and out of racks. It will go right under most
racks, and lift to a height of about 6 feet. Not very expensive, I think I paid UKP 300 or
so. (I have very limited inet access ATM so I don't know how that compares to other
things already mentioned). So useful my colleagues at work bought three more. And they
fold up into a fairly small space when not in use.
BTW, thanks, Jay, for that suggestion several years ago!
Pete Turnbull
On 5 Jul 2016, at 02:41, Adrian Graham <witchy at
binarydinosaurs.co.uk> wrote:
On 04/07/2016 23:57, "Noel Chiappa"
<jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu> wrote:
So there was some discussion a while back about using lifts to put heavy gear
in racks. I'm going to be doing some of that soon, and I was wondering how I'd
go about acquiring something like that at a non-exorbitant price? (eBait was
not useful, and Googling "user server lift" didn't produce anything
either.)
Any ideas?
Noel
At work we were given a Genie Lift a few years ago, for a manual lifting
device it's easily one of the best things I've used. Almost child's play to
get something like an AlphaServer ES45 off the workshop bench and back into
a rack single handedly. They'll even carry fully loaded HP Bladecenters.
Just :)
http://www.genielift.co.uk/en/products/material-lifts/genie-lift/index.htm
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