The recent discussion of new table saws made me wonder. Do you need a fork lift to unload the saws or do they come in smaller pieces that you assemble. Laguna shipped my band saw with a shipper that guarenteed a lift gate on the truck.
thanks for your time,
10fingers
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Rent or buy an engine hoist. I have used mine for my 700 lb Sawstop and my 1000 lb jointer. You cannot go wrong. You may be able to get a used one on Craigslist.org
Good luck!
10 fingers,
all of the items I've recieved via truck arrive in pieces small enough for me to roll inside with a simple two wheeler..(once I uncrated them) most delivery guys have them already on the truck. I've unloaded pieces in excess of 1000 pounds that way..
Table saw - 600 lbs. pieces -- carried them in by myself. Jointer - 744 lbs. -- four men carried it in. Band saw - 500 lbs. truck just happened to have a lift gate. Thickness planer - 850 lbs -- neighbor lifted it off with his tractor. (Left tracks in my newly paved driveway.
Well, I've done it several ways and it depends on the machine. My table saw arrived and I had lift gate service. The saw was in three parts. Two were banded to the crate that came off the truck with the pallet jack. The third box the 7' rails were seperate. I put the saw together on the shopfox mobile base. the 17" BS was one piece in a crate. I picked that up at the depot, and they loaded it in my pickup and I slid it off the back of the truck with some 2x10's. The 12" jointer I again used tailgate service and rented an engine hoist to move it (it was 1k pounds).
If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it.
And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Once I had my lathe (900#) inside the garage I rolled it into the shop on sections of 3/4" pipe from my clamp selection. By adjusting the angle of the pipes it is possible to steer the contraption. I have a small, 2 ton, hydraulic jack that, coupled with a length of 2 x 4, boosts items up to install moveable bases.Frosty"I sometimes think we consider the good fortune of the early bird and overlook the bad fortune of the early worm." FDR - 1922
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