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SG's tend to be particularly heavy and deceivingly top-heavy. Please be careful.
When I moved mine, the seller had a fork lift. The tailgate of the truck was removed, the unit lifted straight up and level to the bed and 4 guys tipped it over and laid it on it's back. We went this route because we had to travel 75 miles and we didn't feel it was safe to take the ride with it upright in the bed. Upon getting home, there was no forklift so, for 75 bucks, I called a towing wrecker and in 2 minutes, it was gently lifted out of the bed, onto the ground atop a piece of plywood and gently pushed into the garage. From there, I used pipes etc to roll it to it's current spot -where it shall remain for as long as gravity keeps it there (-a long time).
PS: I was non-descript about the things I use it for. Truth is, I use it on about 1/3 of my projects, many of which are documented here, too numerous to really enumerate... SG's are great. There's a real learning curve -moreso than you might think. Have a very, very healthy respect for that spinning wheel -it can hurt or kill you. Always clamp your work properly and never take off more than a thou or so at a time when using the proper wheel. They're really intended to take of 1-2 ten-thous at a time -a baby's breath.
Ray
When I moved mine, the seller had a fork lift. The tailgate of the truck was removed, the unit lifted straight up and level to the bed and 4 guys tipped it over and laid it on it's back. We went this route because we had to travel 75 miles and we didn't feel it was safe to take the ride with it upright in the bed. Upon getting home, there was no forklift so, for 75 bucks, I called a towing wrecker and in 2 minutes, it was gently lifted out of the bed, onto the ground atop a piece of plywood and gently pushed into the garage. From there, I used pipes etc to roll it to it's current spot -where it shall remain for as long as gravity keeps it there (-a long time).
PS: I was non-descript about the things I use it for. Truth is, I use it on about 1/3 of my projects, many of which are documented here, too numerous to really enumerate... SG's are great. There's a real learning curve -moreso than you might think. Have a very, very healthy respect for that spinning wheel -it can hurt or kill you. Always clamp your work properly and never take off more than a thou or so at a time when using the proper wheel. They're really intended to take of 1-2 ten-thous at a time -a baby's breath.
Ray
Cool thanks for the info lucky me if I get it it only has about 1mile to travel and my neighbor owns a forklift to get it outta the truck just not sure how to manuevure it once it's in the garage the FL don't fi though the door