So a thing happened today.
I bought the Long Chang LC-30A mill
Here's some pics of the event.
The seller, Larry had a Toro walk-behind bobcat type loader. When I arrived he was in the middle of fabricating a platform to stand on behind the machine because it was a leeetle precarious.
We bolted the mill to a pair of 2x6s so that it couldn't tip forward.
I don't have a lift but I did have a plan
In an attempt to lighten the load, I removed the motor and the countershaft assembly. I could then pick it up off the base and sit it on the box.
Shims under the column
And the column and head are on the ground. Honestly this was a bit terrifying. I lifted the column off the base and onto the truck bed. I positioned 2x6s so I could walk it down the ramp but it was really unbalanced toward the spindle end. I almost lost it at one point. Thankfully the column gave me lots of leverage.
I pulled my truck forward and wedged the 2x6s between the box and the edge of my garage floor pad. I had to raise the base high enough to clear the bolts that were coming up from the bottom of the 2x6s. Then I levered the base slowly onto the ramp.
And voila! On the floor of my garage.
I left the seller's house at 1:30, drove home about 25 mins, ate lunch, and had the mill all in my garage by 5:30. All in all it went far better than I expected. Maybe because I had thought about the unloading for about 24 hrs straight!
I bought the Long Chang LC-30A mill
Here's some pics of the event.
The seller, Larry had a Toro walk-behind bobcat type loader. When I arrived he was in the middle of fabricating a platform to stand on behind the machine because it was a leeetle precarious.
We bolted the mill to a pair of 2x6s so that it couldn't tip forward.
I don't have a lift but I did have a plan
In an attempt to lighten the load, I removed the motor and the countershaft assembly. I could then pick it up off the base and sit it on the box.
Shims under the column
And the column and head are on the ground. Honestly this was a bit terrifying. I lifted the column off the base and onto the truck bed. I positioned 2x6s so I could walk it down the ramp but it was really unbalanced toward the spindle end. I almost lost it at one point. Thankfully the column gave me lots of leverage.
I pulled my truck forward and wedged the 2x6s between the box and the edge of my garage floor pad. I had to raise the base high enough to clear the bolts that were coming up from the bottom of the 2x6s. Then I levered the base slowly onto the ramp.
And voila! On the floor of my garage.
I left the seller's house at 1:30, drove home about 25 mins, ate lunch, and had the mill all in my garage by 5:30. All in all it went far better than I expected. Maybe because I had thought about the unloading for about 24 hrs straight!
