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| DMIOM:
and whenever you're pulling it up the stairs, always make sure you're above it - never push from below! |
| John Hill:
--- Quote ---up the stairs :- short 2 legged A frame at the top, leaning towards the slope. --- End quote --- Not too short, they need to be high enough, and far enough back from the edge, that when the machine reaches the top it is past the point of balance so that relaxing the line will lower it onto the horizontal position. |
| NeoTech:
That A frame bushiness is it the same principle used when bridging gaps and such we are talking about (where in engineering troops when i did my mandatory military service). |
| steampunkpete:
"A-frame" is good, but how are you using it? I think the suggestions made so far assume that it will be in a static mode in order to get a straight pull up the stairs. The legs of the A-frame will have to be dug well in. What is the ground like? Is it suitable for the load transmitted by the A-frame legs? The anchor, a cable to the apex of the A-frame also needs thought. A one ton car on wet grass won't do the job, nor will anything with a dodgy handbrake. What would you make the A-frame out of? How will you make it? When moving 3/4 ton uphill, improvisation should only be done by people who know / are trained in what they are doing. It might be simpler to explain what you are doing at the local plant hire shop and see if they have something designed for the task. The old adage is "use the right tools for the job". Using the right tool for the job might well end up the cheaper option. Scaffolding planks on the stairs so that things slide up, rather than bump up. Never, ever stand below whatever you are moving. If you have help, brief your helper(s) to that effect and watch them to make sure they stick to the rule. Inspect the chains, cables, straps etc before use. Don't use anything that looks even a bit dodgy. What is more important, your safety and £100s / £1000s worth of equipment or a quick trip to the DIY shop for a few £s worth of new rope? |
| DMIOM:
--- Quote from: Joules on March 09, 2015, 12:35:07 PM ---Remove floor above. I actually made a trap door in the living room that would allow a Myford in and out, it was a mid terrace house. A frame in front room, all work done whilst family away on holiday. :thumbup: --- End quote --- OT - this reminds me of what was known as "the soft patch" at the fwd end of the sweep deck on some of the minesweepers I was on. Removal of the "soft patch" gave an opening big enough to allow a main engine to be changed as a complete unit. As one of what some of my marine engineering colleagues used to refer to as the "looking out of the windows dept." (navigator/warfare) we didn't get involved hands-on; but I do seem to recall one of the main challenges during an engine change by Plymouth dockyard/FSU was that the crane couldn't plumb directly over the engine and when the new engine was lowered into position, there was a lot of huffing and puffing to get it pushed outboard to land properly on its bed. Dave |
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