I've used a Genie Load Lifter to lift a PDP-11/40, a well-endowed PDP-8/E, an Origin 2000 module and many other heavy things in and out of racks. It will go right under most racks, and lift to a height of about 6 feet. Not very expensive, I think I paid UKP 300 or so. (I have very limited inet access ATM so I don't know how that compares to other things already mentioned). So useful my colleagues at work bought three more. And they fold up into a fairly small space when not in use.
BTW, thanks, Jay, for that suggestion several years ago! Pete Turnbull > On 5 Jul 2016, at 02:41, Adrian Graham <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 04/07/2016 23:57, "Noel Chiappa" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> So there was some discussion a while back about using lifts to put heavy gear >> in racks. I'm going to be doing some of that soon, and I was wondering how >> I'd >> go about acquiring something like that at a non-exorbitant price? (eBait was >> not useful, and Googling "user server lift" didn't produce anything either.) >> Any ideas? >> >> Noel > > At work we were given a Genie Lift a few years ago, for a manual lifting > device it's easily one of the best things I've used. Almost child's play to > get something like an AlphaServer ES45 off the workshop bench and back into > a rack single handedly. They'll even carry fully loaded HP Bladecenters. > Just :) > > http://www.genielift.co.uk/en/products/material-lifts/genie-lift/index.htm > > -- > Adrian/Witchy > Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator > Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer > collection? >
