I just received my Grizzly 20" planer and after unpacking it I see its sitting on 2 pallets. It also says it weights about 900 lbs according to the grizzly site. The booklet says get my forklift to move it around... WTH!!
I was hoping some of you smart people had an idea of how to lift this thing off the pallet and onto the dolly I bought for it. I was thinking if someone had a cherry picker for engines that I could borrow that might work, but otherwise I have no real clue how to do this.
There are 4 metal bars that slide out from the machine specifically to lift with a hoist or forklift, but since its in my garage I dont think those would fit.
The dolly is due to get here on Tuesday, so if anyone has ideas and can come help I would appreciate it.
There are bars in the exact same place and height on the back.
UPDATE: I ended up buying 4 bottle jacks from HF and using that and some long pieces of wood to span and lift. Lower it down some, reset, span and lift. Then set it on the dolly. It took some effort but it did it with relative ease and stability.
I was hoping some of you smart people had an idea of how to lift this thing off the pallet and onto the dolly I bought for it. I was thinking if someone had a cherry picker for engines that I could borrow that might work, but otherwise I have no real clue how to do this.
There are 4 metal bars that slide out from the machine specifically to lift with a hoist or forklift, but since its in my garage I dont think those would fit.
The dolly is due to get here on Tuesday, so if anyone has ideas and can come help I would appreciate it.
There are bars in the exact same place and height on the back.
UPDATE: I ended up buying 4 bottle jacks from HF and using that and some long pieces of wood to span and lift. Lower it down some, reset, span and lift. Then set it on the dolly. It took some effort but it did it with relative ease and stability.
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