Well adventures in unloading. I built my 2nd garage bay so I could go straight though (garage doors front & back) and connect with the driveway going to the shop. Right now I'm using the garage as storage for stuff from the shop while I'm rehabing the shop so going through was not an option. Plus I measured the height of the mill on the trailer & it would not go under the raised doors.
I decided to go around the opposite side of the house and back through the back yard. Well we've had plenty of rain so I ended up getting stuck. Thought it had dried out enough, but that was not the case. Offloaded the mill using 2" pipe onto 1/2" plywood then tried shoving wood under the drive wheels and rocking it back & forth. No go. At 6:30 my neighbor came over with his 4 wheel drive PU and pulled me out. Now I have more yard work to do come Spring.
Missed getting the trailer back by the end of business today so I figure I'll have to pony up another $64. Oh well sh!t happens.
The previous owner and I estimate the mill at 6K lbs. That's a lot given the size of the machine. In turn that should help dampen vibrations and help produce better finishes. He used a construction type loader to get it on the trailer and it was right on the edge of making the rear of the loader raise up off the ground. The vertical head weighs about 500lbs.
Tomorrow after I get back I'll need to turn the mill 90 degrees and start moving it toward the shop's overhead door. Kinda like eating an elephant. Once bite at a time.
Another itty bitty detail, it's a universal mill. The table swivels but I have yet to find a protractor on the table. Probably covered with multitude layers of paint. Haven't found anyplace to attach a gear train to operate a dividing head in order to cut helical gears, but then I'm still looking.
I decided to go around the opposite side of the house and back through the back yard. Well we've had plenty of rain so I ended up getting stuck. Thought it had dried out enough, but that was not the case. Offloaded the mill using 2" pipe onto 1/2" plywood then tried shoving wood under the drive wheels and rocking it back & forth. No go. At 6:30 my neighbor came over with his 4 wheel drive PU and pulled me out. Now I have more yard work to do come Spring.
Missed getting the trailer back by the end of business today so I figure I'll have to pony up another $64. Oh well sh!t happens.The previous owner and I estimate the mill at 6K lbs. That's a lot given the size of the machine. In turn that should help dampen vibrations and help produce better finishes. He used a construction type loader to get it on the trailer and it was right on the edge of making the rear of the loader raise up off the ground. The vertical head weighs about 500lbs.
Tomorrow after I get back I'll need to turn the mill 90 degrees and start moving it toward the shop's overhead door. Kinda like eating an elephant. Once bite at a time.
Another itty bitty detail, it's a universal mill. The table swivels but I have yet to find a protractor on the table. Probably covered with multitude layers of paint. Haven't found anyplace to attach a gear train to operate a dividing head in order to cut helical gears, but then I'm still looking.