seeking advice on moving PDP 11 and related gear

On 7/3/15 9:39 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote: My recommendation is to (once all of the cables, drive heads, etc are properly secured) is to have a lift gate truck (my preference is for a "rail lift" as opposed to a "tuck under") and just load the entire rack that way. It relieves the stress of trying to disassemble the rack on site. Of course lots of cardboard, shrink wrap and straps are required. The other trick that I've done (of course I do have a large pickup truck...but only works for 2 H960 style racks at a time) is to have *lots* of helpers and lift/lay the rack in the bed of the truck (ie lift it so that you can use the tail gate as the fulcrum so the rack lays on it's back/side in the bed of the truck). Now that I have an equipment lift that is capable of lifting ~500lbs, I don't try to de/re-rack anything by hand. Typically any of the items in that go in racks are at least 100lbs and except for items higher than about mid-point in the rack, there isn't sufficient leverage (unless you have 2 or 3 people) to remove or replace any of these without chance of injury. TTFN - Guy