I have a few questions, A few related to transportation of this mill and a few related to moving it around.
TRANSPORTATION.
- It will be loaded on my trailer by a certified rigger (Russian speaking). No problems here. I will load it without major disassembly.
Questions:
- How do I tie it down properly so it does not move if I brake.
- Just where exactly to place it, directly above axle or a little below?
- Do I need to put plywood underneath the mill?
Regarding unloading, my own thinking is that the easiest thing to do would be to just rent a forklift for a few hours on Saturday. Would you think that someone could use a forklift safely without prior experience.
SETTING UP THE MILL INSIDE THE GARAGE.
This is a 2,200 lsb mill. I know that I will need to move it from time to time. I want to put it on casters. I bought some casters (which I have not yet received) that are advertised as rated for 2,500 lbs each.
There are obviously good ways of putting it on casters and bad ways. The bad way would be to raise the mill by 8" inches and have a narrow caster base. That is not what I want to do.
Note that the mill's base has holes in it.
What I would like is buy steel 2x4s, longer than the base is wide, bolt them to the base above the base, so that they protrude outside the base, and attach casters to the bottom of those 2x4s. That would raise the mill by maybe 1" (here I am making some guesstimates). I will try to make sure that would not fall even if a caster fails.
I wanted to hear some practical experiences with moving mills around, esp. from people who had them fall, to know why they fell.~
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