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[Closed] Help on how to move a lathe

woody74 · 2017-05-23T09:52:51Z

Just had a new workshop built and need to move my lathe into it that is currently in storage. Lathe is on a pallet which will fit through the workshop door and weights around 500kg and is 1.5m long x 0.6m wide. I can get the lathe onto a truck with a pallet truck at the storage unit and using a tail lift. The problems start when I get it to my house. First off there is a 5m long driveway that is on quite a steep slope. Steep enough that people ask if we put bricks under the wheels of our car. Then I have to get the lathe along the side of the house which is wide enough just for a small mini digger (just over 1.5m wide) and then up a single step around 25cm high. As this thing is so heavy I can't work out how I am going to first get it up the steep drive and then how to get it up the step. I could build a ramp to get it up the step I guess. There isn't anywhere to mount a hoist and the area along the side of the house isn't wide enough to push it up using say a tractor. The distance from the road to the workshop door is around 12m all in. Any thoughts on what can be used? Thought about a powered pallet truck, but these are really expensive to hire. Forklift, would probably tip over on the sloped drive. As I write this I am thinking a truck with an massive extending crane. [img

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GrahamS

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If you need some inspiration once you finally have it in position:

Posted : 25/05/2017 6:40 pm

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