j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu (Noel Chiappa) wrote: > > From: Alan Frisbie > > > Harbor Freight sells a nice hydraulic lift table for under $200 that I > > have found very useful for that sort of thing. It doesn't go up very > high > > (like for the top of a rack), but I used it with some wood blocks > > Thanks for the tip! I got one on sale for about US$140; it's _very_ sturdy. > And the top is just large enough to hold two milk crates (available at > Home Depot, BTW), so it's guite easy to build up a stack as high as one > needs to reach the top of a 6' rack.
Thank you very much for the feedback -- it makes me happy when I know that someone finds my suggestions useful. I've used the milk crate technique myself, with a piece of sheet metal on top to make it easier to slide the load off. I hope you secure such a stack tightly. :-) I used some of the inexpensive 1" wide Harbor Freight cargo straps. Alan "You can't have too many clamps or straps" Frisbie