1100 Pounds Capacity

Wadda ya think?

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1100 lbs each or total for all 4?

I need to move something that weighs right at 4000 lbs. I can lift it with my ten ton mini ram, but I need to move it out of the way, do some work, and then move it back.

Reply to
Bob La Londe
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I believe that it is for all four together. These are light duty 2" casters, probably 100 lbs capacity each.

See if you can find a pallet jack somewhere, if you are in Chicagoland, you can borrow mine.

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Reply to
Ignoramus9936

I think 1100 lbs would be pushing it for the whole set. Take a look at the load rating on these similar castors:

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I couldn't find a 2 inch stem castor, but the 3 inch version is only rated at 100 lbs. That would be maybe 300 lbs per corner times four, ~1200 lbs total. Heaven forbid you hit a hole or something forcing more of the load onto the others...

Reply to
Leon Fisk

You would be low to the floor. If everything goes right, it will work. If it don't, you'll be trying to jack up 4,000# just to get the wreckage out. I'd say it's a coin toss.

I used to rig. Rule is to make it three times what you need. I don't think you'll need that much overkill, but I'd suggest at least 1.5x. Have a clean floor, use low rollers, anticipate cracks and obstructions, and tie it off if there is any slope AT ALL. Remember, once something gets going, it gains speed and aims for the most expensive item in the place.

Keep us posted.

Steve

Reply to
SteveB

I think all four.

Reply to
aasberry

I think I'll go with 4 of the smaller 1/2 ton furniture dollies then. They are only 9.99 each (if they have them in stock). Will take up more room, but I don't think it will be totally horrible. I can lift the unit with my mini ten ton ram, and just block it up until the dollies will fit under.

P.S. Even the furniture dollies are hard to move with max weight on them. I have a ton of drywall on two of them out in the shop now, and I have to wear good rubber soles and lean into it to get it to move.

Reply to
Bob La Londe

I agree with that assessment and recommendation. Most pallet jacks I've seen are rated at 2 to 3 tons and work well for heavy loads on flat concrete. Also see .

Reply to
James Waldby

What's the floor like? That'll make a big difference in how easy it is to push 4000# around.

If the floor is smooth and you have a good compressed air source, maybe you can rent some air casters.

Reply to
Paul Hovnanian P.E.

pipe rollers.

Dan

Reply to
dcaster

My ten ton mini ram (to lift the item) is about 1/6" too tall.

Reply to
Bob La Londe

Let some air out of its tires. d8-)

Reply to
Ed Huntress

Given a huge lack of detail, general advice follows.

Insert lever, place ram under lever, lift item 2/6 inch, shim/block, remove ram and lever, place ram under item, lift.

Reply to
Ecnerwal

I love those stories. My banker told me one the other day that made me think of it. He swears it's a true story, and an old one.

A truck got stuck going into the Holland Tunnel. Police came, a tow truck came...they couldn't pull it back, because the front of the trailer was crushed into the top of the tunnel and jammed pretty good.

A schoolbus passed by in the open lane, windows open. A schoolgirl leaned out and said, "Let some air out of the tires." Which they did, and extracted the truck.

I love it. I hope it's true.

Reply to
Ed Huntress

I don't know if that specific story is true, but I have seen over height semi's get stuck, and get out from under a bridge by that method personally.

Reply to
Bob La Londe

Yep pretty much what I planned to do. Would have been so much simpler if the slightly smaller 5 ton mini ram had been in stock locally. Oh, well.

Reply to
Bob La Londe

It's been making me chuckle since last Friday, when I heard it. That's what prompted me to spit it out when I saw your message. I knew it didn't make any sense, but it still made me chuckle to say it.

If this particular banker wasn't such a nice guy, I'd make him tell me where he got the story.

Reply to
Ed Huntress

I have seen this happen with a rental truck.

I had to do the same to get my truck, with some machine in the back, into my garage.

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Reply to
Ignoramus30647

yeah, the first thing i thought of was an old joke about two farmers sawing a slot in the top of a doorway for the ears of their too-tall mule.

i can't remember it exactly and i couldn't find it on line.

something about some guy maybe a traveling salesman comes upon two farmers sawing a slot in the top of the doorway of their barn so they can get their too-tall mule in. the salesman asks them why they don't just dig away some dirt below the door and the farmers reply indignantly "we didn't say his legs were too long, we said his ears were too tall!" or something like that. at the time that joke cracked me up.

Reply to
William Wixon

My old boss used to spend some time chasing firemen/calls. Was at an excavating accident one time where a big earthmover had rolled over crushing the operator. The operator was a goner, but they still needed to extract the body. He said they were trying to figure out how big of a wrecker/crane they were going to need to lift it off him. He went up to one of them and politely suggested someone could get a shovel and a few minutes digging would do the task. Which is what they eventually did :)

Reply to
Leon Fisk

really really long screwdriver.

Reply to
Bob La Londe

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