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Moving a Wheeling Machine
Gday all,
I have been lucky enough to purchase a wheeling machine. Just the basic John Heine cast iron with those legs that are bolted on. My question is how you all move them, I have never done it and im a little bit stressed having it on the back of a ute for a 3 hours trip.. Anyway tips would be greatly appreciated. Cheers
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Robbie |
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I've only moved a dozen or so big wheel machines so I am no expert ... but I do know from watching others fail that you don't want it to fall over. Using a Ute, I would gently lay it over into the back onto a pair of old tires (tyres?) and then nudge it forward enough to nap safely and comfortably during the journey.
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Kent http://www.tinmantech.com "All it takes is a little practical experience to blow the he!! out of a perfectly good theory." --- Lloyd Rosenquist, charter member AWS, 1919. |
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When I picked up my Tomassini cast iron wheel from RockHillWill I had about a 3-4 hour drive from Will's place to mine. I used several old tires, blankets and ratcheting tie down straps to all four corners of the bed. Tires and blanketsfor cushion and the the tie down straps held it in place. Laid it in there flat (on its side)
Like I said, 3-4 hours drive time, just tried to be smooth while driving. Had no issues.
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Chris (trying to be the best me I can be) |
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When I had the business, we moved hundreds of ewheels. Probably 100 or so big ones. We normally carried them on a wood floored enclosed trailer and simply put a screw through a hole in the foot into the floor. With one exception, they never moved. Once, we had the screw heads break off but the machine only moved about a foot.
We also carried them in pickup beds. What I'd prefer to do is bolt the legs to 2x4s of plywood to increase the width of the footprint...preferably the width of the bottom of the bed so it can't slide side to side. Then use a ratchet strap wrapped around the top arm and going down to a point on the side of the bed. Another strap goes from the top arm to the other side. What this does is create a triangle that can't move unless one of the straps break. If that concerns you, add more straps.
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Kerry Pinkerton |
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Pull the wheels off of it and remove the legs. Lay flat in the back of the ute with some plywood to support it. Tie it down securely.
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