Well...we use Vertiv battery shelves that hold 500 pounds of batteries. They attach to both sides of the C-channel post on both sides. 6 screws in each side for a total of 12.
If I am building something, I'd use at least that many screws to attach it to the rack, and I'd try to pick it from above the center of gravity.....which shouldn't be hard given the batteries are on the bottom. I could take out the batteries to reduce the weight, but then I'd also have to lift from a much higher point, and the rig gets bigger. I just need to get it high enough to slide a steel dolly under it. Like one of these: https://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/H-4819/Dollies/Heavy-Duty-Steel-Dolly-30-x-18?pricode=WA9765&gadtype=pla&id=H-4819&ad_group_id=149864060534&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=10688098217&gbraid=0AAAAAD_uetMl6Bj6SAg5UFRpde-cuVv5M&gclid=CjwKCAjwrbfWBhAeEiwAc2e6PuoW5OLjMrTXUrJqGLi_9dV1Ri8jzOPlp4kDH0pxnvImR9wEOmLdBRoCfBMQAvD_BwE. The flooring guys will remove flooring around our racks first, then I figure I'll roll them to a part where they've already done the removal and chock the wheels. They do the rest of the removal and install new flooring everywhere except my temporary position, and then I roll them back to their original positions and re-anchor them. ________________________________ From: AF <[email protected]> on behalf of Josh Luthman <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 12, 2026 4:07 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 2-post rack lifter Can't you just bolt something to the front/back of the rack and then raise them with a bottle jack (or big ass car jack)? Might be a little hard on those two screws would be my only concern. On Mon, Oct 12, 2026 at 3:50 PM Jan-GAMs <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I used to rent these when I needed to. It was a small hydraulic jack with a L-shaped bracket that fit between the top of the lift and bent to the floor. It took two, one for each side of the machine. You lift the machine off of the floor and then slide a pallet-jack mover under the machine and move it to where you need it. Then use the small jacks to get the machine off the pallet-jack. The bracket is all you need if you have the other three components handy. On 10/12/26 12:15, Adam Moffett wrote: Is there something that can lift up a 2-post rack with hundreds of pounds of equipment in it? I have to move a couple of racks for flooring work in a building. It'd be so easy if I could just lift them up 4 or 5 inches and slip a steel dolly under each one. -- AF mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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