6 Feb
2019
6 Feb
'19
3:43 p.m.
Jack Harper <harper at secureoutcomes-hq.com> wrote:
I got both drives into the rack this past weekend and
I am an old guy
(67) - I carefully stared at the thing before I started and finally
figured out that I could, in fact, lift the drive from a waist high
cart for a few seconds, but definitely could not lift it or lower it
vertically with my arms - no way - and I would have one shot at
getting the drives into the rack on the rails.
Harbor Freight sells a nice hydraulic lift table for under $200 that
I have found very useful for that sort of thing. It doesn't go up
very high (like for the top of a rack), but I used it with some wood
blocks to lift a DEC ES45 Alpha system into a rack by myself.
500 pound capacity, 28.5" lift height, $170
https://www.harborfreight.com/500-lbs-capacity-hydraulic-table-cart-61405.h…
1000 pound capacity, 34.5" lift height, $260
https://www.harborfreight.com/1000-lbs-capacity-hydraulic-table-cart-69148.…
Alan Frisbie