Bill . by jove you've got an idea there with the standard roller
converyer. say put a kids plastic sled on it and pull up with a rope
each of those 80 pound bags of concrete. I think Dan planned on
staying fit as long as the owns this house and as long as Theresa can
say" told you so'Nahhh"
L
On Wed, Aug 13,
2008 at 10:13:52AM -0500,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> Lee: We used to lease conveyers that were specifically intended for
> concrete. Most of the ones we had were 28 feet long, and were intended for
> mixed, as in wet concrete.
>
> But it sounds like Dan's got some turns he has to deal with if I remember
> right. If he wanted to spend less and still have some kind of conveyer, he
> might be able to rent the type of roller wheel conveyers you'd use for moving
> boxes say off a truck where there was no loading dock. Again though, if he's
> got turns to deal with, this could be mighty complicated.
>
>
> Bill Stephan
> Kansas Citty MO
> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Phone: (816)803-2469
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lee A. Stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 7:01 am
> Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Stair climbing handtrucks.
> >
> > Dan , ever consider maybe a farm supply rental place that might
> > rent
> > you a very long conveyor belt system? something similar to a
> > belt
> > which would move feed or grain or with some sort of covering
> > the same
> > link one which moves bales of hay. . now those have a long do
> > hinghis which goes into the bale of hay but must be something you
> > can
> > cover that with? just a f y I.Lee
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 12,
> > 2008 at 12:44:14PM -0400, Dan Rossi wrote:
> > > Does anyone know of a really good stair climbing dolly /
> > handtruck? I
> > > don't want one with crappy plastic skids on the back. I saw one
> > that had
> > > two half inch wide rubber belts on the back that looped over a
> > > non-rotating pulley thing. That looked pretty useless as well.
> > >
> > > I mean, a stair climber with treads on the back. Possibly
> > treads that
> > > maybe fold out a bit so that you don't have to lay the whole
> > thing flat
> > > down on the stairs and then double yourself in half to try and
> > grab the
> > > handle which is now on the steps. I am looking at
> > www.handtrucks.com but
> > > the descriptions don't seem to be helping me.
> > >
> > > Just wondering if anyone knows something.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Blue skies.
> > > Dan Rossi
> > > Carnegie Mellon University.
> > > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Tel: (412) 268-9081
> >
> > --
> > Bank error in your favor. Collect $200.
> > Come and chat with me at #quietzone on irc.newnet.net
> >
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