[Hallicrafters] A SX-28 followed me home today

[Chris Kepus]

You can now buy a hydraulic lift cart for between $99 and $199 depending on
your preference.  Mine lifts to about 30" IIRC. It is very nice to have for
80% of the lifting and moving. You can lever the BA onto the cart when the
cart's in the lowered position fairly easily. I use pieces of plywood and
1/2" PVC tubing as rollers to facilitate long moves from/to the lift surface
to/from the table. Once at table height, you're good to go unless you need
to go much higher.  For the "higher" I haven't figured out how to bring the
engine hoist into the shack...yet :-)
My hat's off to those who lift these BA's up to the third shelf on top of
their table surfaces.  
73,
Chris
W7JPG

-----Original Message-----
From: hallicrafters-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:hallicrafters-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bob Krassa
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 2:19 PM
To: jeremy-ca; Julian Bunn
Cc: hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] A SX-28 followed me home today

They are heavy, and no real good way to get your hands under 
them.  Has anyone set their shack up to use a lifting hand 
truck.  They come with crank or electric winches.  To use 
them, you would need to build a little wood pallet for each 
boatanchor or full size scope, so the forks could get under 
it just like in a full size pallet.  Or, just install 
higher "feet" to give clearance for the forks.  Then, you 
could move the rig from the shelf to the bench to the scope 
cart. Haven't done it but am considering it.  The idea of 
using scope carts is good, but lifting a Tek* 585A onto one 
of the great old sloping carts is not that much fun.  I 
guess you'd still have to lift the scope from the forks onto 
the sloping scope cart...
73 Bob Krassa KC0TDS
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