Lifting stuff into racks - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

12 Nov 2001

On Nov 12,  8:30, Ethan Dicks wrote:

...
  If you've ever seen a rack with three RA81 drives
in it, you wouldn't
 suggest that method - they are well over 100lbs each, IIRC. 
Yes, well over.

...
  Unfortunately, most of the big stuff I load into racks
(BA-11s, RL02s,
 RA-81s) does involve using a couple of muscular friends.  Little stuff
 like BA-23s, RX02s, PDP-8/a boxes, etc., I do myself. 
Me too...

...
  I think the heaviest thing I put in a rack by myself
was a PDP-8/i I'd
 removed to get the rack up to my bedroom when I was in high school.  Since
...
  it's so low in the rack and the rails are so
large, I remember balancing
 it on my foot to lift it up the few inches it needed.  Still took several
 tries to line it all up. 
That's what I've done for my RL02s, a few times.  I can *just* manage one
on my own.  The heavier drives need at least two people, as does a BA11-K.

...
  Moving the rack by myself was a treat - nearly
 killed me... I stood *in* the H-960, with my feet sticking out the square
 hole for cable access, then hopped it up the stairs one-at-a-time. 
That must have been quite a sight!  I've just moved one myself, but on the
flat (which is probably cheating ;-) even though it is rather full).
 They're heavy strong racks -- mine has an 11/40 right in the top, and the
rest is so heavy that it doesn't topple or sway, even with the 11/40 fully
extended out the front, and no extra extension legs.

...
  I do *not* recommend anyone else try it. 
Indeed not!

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