New subject: Moving heavy hardware - or why not to put big CDC drives into aChevyVenture

4 May 2007

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Subject: Moving heavy hardware - or why not to put big CDC drives into aChevyVenture
   From: Mr Ian Primus <ian_primus at yahoo.com>
   Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 03:55:02 -0700 (PDT)
     To: cctalk at classiccmp.org

I'm sure others have stories about loading hardware in
and out of vehicles... I'll post pictures later...

-Ian 
My favorite was moving 18 microVAX3100s, 10 storage boxes(BA42), 5 TLZ04s,
3 uVAX2000, 14 terminals (vt320), three printers(LA100ro) and three boxes 
of cables.  In one trip using my '72 Toyota pickup.  For laughs I had it 
weighed and it was 1204 pounds of hardware in a half ton pickup. It was
full and it took hours to load it and more hours to unload it plus the 
420 mile round trip.  Did it twice as that was only part of the haul.

However the best move I was part of was a bunch of DEC System20s fortunately
the people organizing that move had a 16ft truck and access to all the 
loading platforms and dollys needed.  Very heavy stuff and requires a bit
of foreknowledge to move.  Those little details like seperating cabinets 
and raising the feet so the casters roll and the like.

The last really big move I was involved with was helping Megan move a 
bunch of larger PDP11 and PDP8 systems from a home to her storage.
A liftgate truck made that possible.  

Allison