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Hey guys !
Thought id post about my purchase and more interesting, transport of my new (old) mill.
I decided to purchase this English built, Cincinnati 2MI when it came across my notice at a fantastic price. Went to see it and I liked what I saw, everything works, no leaks, smooth operation with some good extras. Priced up a crane truck which was a seriously large amount of coin so gave it a shot myself.
Got to the business of purchase and first challenge was getting it on the car trailer I hired. A range of methods including floor jack and 40x40mm square steel, side by side getting the mill high enough to get a trolley jack underneath and move. First forklift came in but to no avail... to heavy! Second forklift came in and got her moving, yay!!
It was a very slow trip back down the freeway come peak hour but we got home just fine, thank God.
With no forklift or heavy equipment at home it was a very slow, painful process to slowly get her off a trailer that was no way built to handle such a weight with such a small footprint.
by the end of the day she now sits in her new home in my garage and I can’t wait to transfer the 3 phase motor to a 240v job and get working on some new projects.
Pics are from where it started to where it ended up.
Cheers
Adrian
Thought id post about my purchase and more interesting, transport of my new (old) mill.
I decided to purchase this English built, Cincinnati 2MI when it came across my notice at a fantastic price. Went to see it and I liked what I saw, everything works, no leaks, smooth operation with some good extras. Priced up a crane truck which was a seriously large amount of coin so gave it a shot myself.
Got to the business of purchase and first challenge was getting it on the car trailer I hired. A range of methods including floor jack and 40x40mm square steel, side by side getting the mill high enough to get a trolley jack underneath and move. First forklift came in but to no avail... to heavy! Second forklift came in and got her moving, yay!!
It was a very slow trip back down the freeway come peak hour but we got home just fine, thank God.
With no forklift or heavy equipment at home it was a very slow, painful process to slowly get her off a trailer that was no way built to handle such a weight with such a small footprint.
by the end of the day she now sits in her new home in my garage and I can’t wait to transfer the 3 phase motor to a 240v job and get working on some new projects.
Pics are from where it started to where it ended up.
Cheers
Adrian
and the the uneven concrete driveway...