How to move a 700kg pallet down stairs and across grass
Discussion
Hi,
See this thread, http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
I had my Pizza oven delivered the other day, but I was hoping for a hiab van with a mini crane, however it turned up on a tail lift van with a hand pallet truck.
It weighs about 700kg, and it had 4 lifting points, one in each corner. Its currently on a pallet too. It's also a little fragile, so "bumping" it down the stairs wont help.
So it either has to go down a flight of about 8 steps and then across the lawn, or be lifted down the hill and across to the resting point.
It will also need to come to a rest ontop of the base, so moving it at ground level is out.
I looked into hiring a spider crane, HSS wanted £1650
Help
See this thread, http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
I had my Pizza oven delivered the other day, but I was hoping for a hiab van with a mini crane, however it turned up on a tail lift van with a hand pallet truck.
It weighs about 700kg, and it had 4 lifting points, one in each corner. Its currently on a pallet too. It's also a little fragile, so "bumping" it down the stairs wont help.
So it either has to go down a flight of about 8 steps and then across the lawn, or be lifted down the hill and across to the resting point.
It will also need to come to a rest ontop of the base, so moving it at ground level is out.
I looked into hiring a spider crane, HSS wanted £1650
Help
kiethton said:
Maybe some sheets of ply for the hill, plus an engine hoist and some chains? - should roll ok if on the ply with a few guys stopping it from rolling away from you?
Not such a bad idea, I had looked at engine hoists but didnt think of ply, I think it would need a chain hoist/winch to lower it down the hill though, wouldnt want it to roll away from me doing it by hand, its a very steep hill lolThanks!
BenWRXSEi said:
Or, find a mate with a towbar and rent a trailer with a long winch to lower it down the slope?
doesnt help me move it or lift it once at the bottom of the hill thoughV8A*ndy said:
Will one of these do the job?
If so local builders yard and drop the driver a few quid.
Issue is, aaccess is very tight, I had wicks delivery on the same day and their puny hiab lorry wouldnt fit around the corner on my drive. If so local builders yard and drop the driver a few quid.
V8RX7 said:
Would you get a 3T excavator through ?
My 1.7T machine can lift circa 600kg
Through where?My 1.7T machine can lift circa 600kg
I've had 1.5 ton down the stairs, but wouldnt lift 700kg
I've had a 3ton where the pizza oven is (up top), but the arm wouldnt reach down/over far enough
and I've had a full size 8 ton JCB up top too, but again dont think the reach/drop will be sufficiant?
Squishey said:
How about:
1. Board the steps and route to where the oven needs to go
2. Put the pallet on a pallet truck
3. Face the pallet truck down the hill (handle facing up the slope)
4. Put a couple of slings through the lifting eyes on the oven on the handle side of the pallet truck
5. Attach the slings to a winch
6. Attach the winch to the towing eye of a suitably heavy vehicle
7. Winch oven down the slope
8. Push the oven to where it needs to be?
A bit Heath Robinson but should work!
Thats pretty much my best "DIY" option at the moment, but with a engine hoist and not a pallet truck otherwise I've still no way to lift it onto the base at the bottom.1. Board the steps and route to where the oven needs to go
2. Put the pallet on a pallet truck
3. Face the pallet truck down the hill (handle facing up the slope)
4. Put a couple of slings through the lifting eyes on the oven on the handle side of the pallet truck
5. Attach the slings to a winch
6. Attach the winch to the towing eye of a suitably heavy vehicle
7. Winch oven down the slope
8. Push the oven to where it needs to be?
A bit Heath Robinson but should work!
would cost me £110 for the engine hoist
(https://www.amazon.co.uk/FoxHunter-Hydraulic-Folding-Engine-Wheels/dp/B00LEO3CMO/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1471376931&sr=8-4&keywords=engine+hoist)
£20 for the chain hoist/winch (attached to my landy)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Toolzone-2-Ton-Cable-Pull...
and probally £20 for some ply.
Top of the stairs, the pizza oven is behind where this photo was taken, on the gravel driveway
Bottom o de stairs
Around the corner into the lawn, over more gravel
Over the lawn into the far left corner (base yet to be finished)
That's the "ground" way, as you can see on the last pic the driveway runs above and to the side of its final resting place, so a crane/aerial lift would just go straight over the edge and down, but would need to reach and drop.
Bottom o de stairs
Around the corner into the lawn, over more gravel
Over the lawn into the far left corner (base yet to be finished)
That's the "ground" way, as you can see on the last pic the driveway runs above and to the side of its final resting place, so a crane/aerial lift would just go straight over the edge and down, but would need to reach and drop.
SpeckledJim said:
ETA: I LOVE that this is a question without an answer, yet the oven is already bought, paid for, and sitting in the way on your drive! Have you admitted to your good lady that as yet you haven't a clue about Phase II?
Absolutely 100% not hidetheelephants said:
Rosscow said:
Just hire a suitable crane and driver, it might cost a few quid but you won't kill anyone and you won's break anything!
A bit boring and the OP seems reluctant to splash out; if there's a hire firm locally he might get it done for £300-400.
Don't know what all the fuss was about 
We towed it behind the Landy down the drive
Pushed it along planks to the top of the stairs and then used the Landy to lower it down on planks
Then pushed it along planks the length of the garden
Next to its final resting place, now time for the hard bit
Rocked it side to side, placing a block under it each time
Then once at the same level as the base, shuffled it along onto its base
Easy
lets not mention the fact it took 4 hours, and broke 6 men to the point of giving up, and exploded 3 fingertips
We towed it behind the Landy down the drive
Pushed it along planks to the top of the stairs and then used the Landy to lower it down on planks
Then pushed it along planks the length of the garden
Next to its final resting place, now time for the hard bit
Rocked it side to side, placing a block under it each time
Then once at the same level as the base, shuffled it along onto its base
Easy
lets not mention the fact it took 4 hours, and broke 6 men to the point of giving up, and exploded 3 fingertips
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