at last, I found a nice older mill that's reasonably local to me,
reasonably local being several hundred miles. the price is decent and the
thing works okay, so I'm getting it.
but--I'm stuck on how to move it. it weighs ~8 tons. that's right, about
16,000 pounds (so sayeth the owner). now, um, that's a little more than
I know what to do with. I'm not, in fact, even sure how to transport
it--I moved a lathe twice on the back of a flatbed tow truck then used
pipes and two engine hoists to get it in/around the garage, but I don't
see that happening here. I can't imagine what kind of truck short of a
semi transport could handle that kind of weight, and even if I had a
truck, I'm not sure how to get it on or off, nor how to manuever it to
its new spot.
I do seem to recall seeing flatbed tow trucks that were big enough for two
cars, and I was thinking that perhaps if the truck's designers had planned
to move two *really* big cars (like, um, hummers, or something), and
*then* had added some capacity on top of that, I might just be able to use
one of those. but so far I haven't turned up a company that has one, or
knows how much they can handle.
so, somebody please tell me they've done something like this before and
know just how to make it go down. until now, I'd been worrying about
having enough power to run it and considering whether it might crack the
slab in my garage. now I'm not sure how to get it there.
scott
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