Re: Moving a 40ft High Cube

On 5/4/2025 4:19 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:

"Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:vv8qd8$2e9h9$1@dont-email.me...
 I thought I might be able to push the container onto the slab with my
little tractor, but that just wasn't working.  I'd push one end in and
the other would swing out.  I kind of expected that.  At about 8500 lbs
it far exceeds the 750 rated load of the tractor bucket, so lifting one
end and carrying it into place was definitely out.
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Sorry, can't help, that's twice the weight I can lift and move by myself with home made equipment.
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Its done.  Come-a-long by hand at one end, and battering ram with the tractor at the other.  The last few inches to bump off the timber at the come-along end were brutal.  I found an old 8 foot metal fence post for a cheater bar, and walked back and forth to give my arms a rest.
There are a couple things I could have done to make the job a little easier, but they would have required a lot more cleanup, and my primary goal was to get the container up on the slab half hidden behind a will tree before any of my neighbors complained.  My neighbors aren't like that anyway, but I prefer not to test my limits.  For the most part they leave me alone and I leave them alone.  If somebody asks for help I help.
With the shop on the west and the container on the east side of the apron it leaves me about 12 feet in between.  Now I'll have an area to work outside that will give me some shade except for a couple hours in the middle of the day.  I've been debating putting a "portable" shade in between.  Just paint the roof the same color as the concrete.
I think I'll put all my bigger wood working tools in the container, and roll them out to work outside when I need them.  I don't do all that much wood working these days, and it will clear a little bit of shop space pretty quick.
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Bob La Londe
CNC Molds N Stuff
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