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Thread: Easy movement of heavy weights.
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13th May 2021, 09:38 PM #1Most Valued Member
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Easy movement of heavy weights.
I've been using this trick/ method . A lot lately
At my new job .we have to very accurately position cars while setting up for a crash. So we position the wheels on top of 2 steel plates with grease in between them. I can easily push a 2 t car side ways buy my self while some one checks the measurements.
The have plates are approx 200mm by 200mm 3mm thick.
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17th May 2021, 01:22 AM #2Most Valued Member
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Thanks for the tip. Bit hard to get my Horizontal mill up on the plates though.
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17th May 2021, 09:20 AM #3Golden Member
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I have used the same method when trying to rough align a cars front wheels. Maybe your boss needs to buy you 4 go-jacks?
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21st May 2021, 06:08 PM #4Most Valued Member
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Go jacks.,
We have several sets of Go jacks. There very handy. Most of the time there used after the crash. Before hand . The car or barrier have to be possioned very accurately. Today I was pushing a over 1 ton ridgid Frame with one hand. It just had a pair of greased plates under each tire.
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21st May 2021, 06:10 PM #5Most Valued Member
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21st May 2021, 08:46 PM #6Pink 10EE owner
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I seem to have no trouble crashing my lathe or mill where they currently are.
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21st May 2021, 09:30 PM #7Most Valued Member
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They must be in a good spot . RC.
I haven't been crashing many machine tools lately
Just $400000 hand built prototype cars.
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