My forklift is an old Towmotor with long forks that are great but not thin on the ends. To use it for lifting I would first have to move a bunch of machines which defeats the purpose of an easy task. I usually use an electric pallet jack but they have thick forks too. Everything that can handle weight needs 3.5" minimum. This mill is what I'd like to get closer to the floor. Dave
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Edit. Machine is higher when upright.
Time was, I was higher when upright meself. ..... time
was..
IF... you were to mount skates.. one @ center-mass, each side, like the paddlewheels on a side-wheel steam boat.. you wouldn't need to use either of a pallet jack or FL.
To make chips:
- Move the ram to where it tips forward.
- Place a cross timber under the rear lip.
- Elevate the front of the base on two jack-pad screws.
... The skate unloads, lifts off the deck by 20 thou to 200 thou.
The machine is stable.
Need to move it? Reverse the process:
- put the load off the jackpads, it transfes load back onto the skates
- pull the rear cross pad
- spin it on the sidewheeler skates in its own length to push-off in any direction.
- on-arrival, see part one.
For my mill (5205 Avoir USMT "Quartet" combo) I can also place the Vestil 10 kilo-lb swivel-top under the nose, adjust balance by moving the ram.
Vestil's OWN website is a disaster-weirding, but you can find images of those type of goods elsewhere.