20 Oct
2003
20 Oct
'03
11:30 a.m.
On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, JP Hindin wrote:
> If you were to move this IBM, how would you have done it?
Is there a forklift anywhere near where you are
picking up the machine?
They can at least load it that way, but off-loading it will be an issue.
I've
already looked into it, and unfortunately not.
There is, however, a forklift HERE - so unloading it isn't an issue. It's
just working out how to get the sucker loaded all the way down in Arkansas
:P
Perhaps you can rent a car towing trailer? Those are
very low to the
ground generally and you may be able to push it onto the tracks. Renting
one may well be much cheaper than a truck with a lift gate.
Tempted. For reasons I
won't go into, I've been told that I cannot use a
trailor by the person who actually owns the vehicle - I only drive it.
Transmissions and various reasons like that. Asides from whether or not I
agree or believe this - I'm just trying to make do with what I have.
I believe I'll probably put together a pair of sturdy oak ramps, maybe
12" wide, that hook to the bumper of the truck. Then I'll use a winch to
pull the IBM up the incline - although I'm not sure yet what to use under
the lower end to stop it grating on the ground once its picked up off its
casters... Perhaps a skateboard? :)
JP