I went over one weekend to visit my parents to find my dad had moved a milling machine and
a metal lathe
into the basement. I took one look at the stairs and asked how in hell did he get them
down there?
His response was a few friends along with the help of their good friend gravity!
He predicted would not be so helpful some day when we had to figure out how to get them
back out.
Needless to say he died unexpectedly and I spent a "weekend to remember"
involving block and tackle
along with some long 2x10's and braces, getting them back up and out, so mom could
sell the house.
The moral of this story is, someday your loved ones will have to deal with your dead
weight collections and
gravity is only your friend going down stairs, dragging heavy hardware back up requires a
lot more effort
and structural strength to the stairs.
So unless you want to hear your loved ones curse you in the grave, don't just pretend
they will know what
to do, leave with a valid exit strategy!
Back under my rock....
My back is flaring up just thinking about it again :)
Bob Bradlee
On Fri, 04 May 2007 21:09:03 -0400, Douglas Taylor wrote:
At 03:51 PM 5/4/2007, you wrote:
>> > 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 largest move in the smallest vehicle was 16 Sparcstations (4,5,10
>variety) + a couple boxes of cables creatively crammed, tetris-style,
>into the trunk of an '84 Mercedes 240D. It wasn't until I got home
>that I realized the frame was rubbing the tires when I drove :)
This topic is very important to 'hobbyist'
machinists. Take a look at some
of the moving experiences at
Doug