[GreenKeys] M35 in Southern New Hampshire (Craigslist, $1)

[Ralph Irish]

Last month. with a lot of help, I moved a 28ASR out of my basement to the garage to be ready to be
picked up by the next owner.  The printer was a 'one handed operation', and it sat on a picnic table
until ready for packing in the vehicle.

The keyboard base was definitely a two hand operation, and it went up the stairs and onto the same
table, waiting for the next owner.

The cabinet went up the stairs on a refrigerator hand truck, the kind with heavy straps and a pair of
'helper wheels on belts' to run against the edges of the stair treads.  Without this item, it would
have been a terrible job to move it  UP  the stairs.  It would have been a 'one step at a time' thing,
with a short rest between steps.  I was very glad that my helper owned the refrigerator hand truck.

The 'next owner' arrived about an hour earlier than we had anticipated.  He made good time on his trip
from northern Kentucky.  We got it all in his vehicle.  I suggested that he bring a piece of plywood
on which the printer would be mounted for safety and stability on the several hundred mile trip south.
The four holes used to mount the printer to the base were used with some 1/4-20 hardware.  I bought
a printer one time and the sender used this method along with some stabilizing packing inside the 'very
sturdy' box.  The printer arrived in very good shape.

The new owner has the machine up and running and seems happy with it.

As for the 35, I will guess that every corresponding part between the two units is a bit heavier than
the 28.  The cabinet looks heavier, although I have never had an occasion to lift one or even give one
a simple 'push'.  

If I were going any distance, near or far, to pick up a Model 35 I would want to have a few sturdy
bodies with me.  Better yet, people who are familiar with TELETYPE gear in general.  Such people know
that the 'heavy duty' TELETYPE equipment meant for long, continuous service are very well built and
that this means weight!

Model 32s and 33s can usually be handled by two people, probably in one piece.  I did move a 32ASR
in the basement of a friend, but not far.  He could have done it by himself, but the extra pair of
hands made it easier.

I hope that the 35 ASR in New Hampshire ends up with a 'GreenKeyer' and not in a landfill.

Ralph - W8ROI

PS    Tony, did you move the 35KSR in one piece?

R.

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On Nov 7, 2017, at 10:51 AM, tony.podrasky wrote:

> *Yah, yah, - meh-bee if they are girly-men*
> 
> I carried my 35-KSR from the garage, to the patio
> to work on it - and then back into the garage until
> the next time I had time to work on it.
> 
> Then, I carried it from the patio into the living room.
> 
> Yeah, - I know: a 35-KSR doesn't weigh as much as a 35-ASR
> but, then again, I only weigh 152 pounds.
> 
> UE,
> K2EAA - TONY
> NNNN
> ZCZC
> 
> On 11/07/2017 07:28 AM, Wayne Durkee wrote:
>> It will also take 4 strong men to load and unload.
>> 
>> Wayne
>> 
> 
> -- 
>      Seen on a sweatshirt:
> 
>      I am a bomb technician.
> If you see me running, try to keep up.

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