Jon Elson wrote:
Rob Morden wrote:
I just bought a Monarch EE10 - an old one with the drive out of it so
I can afford it. Unfortunately this is the first machine I've bought
that is over 1 ton and I need to unload it when they deliver it.

I recall Iggy that you said some time ago that you had a place that
you rented a forklift from for a day at a pretty reasonable price.
Could you recommend somebody.

I'm in Aurora IL USA and have a slightly sloped asphault driveway to
work on. The guy delivering will have it on a Ford Superduty flat bed
and I need to get it into the garage so it at least clears the door.
I have wheels for it at that point.

I need more space, and more time.

I'll post pictures of it somewhere when I get it next month.
I rented a Lull 644B reach forklift for my lathe move. That is the kind
that can deliver a ton of drywall through a 3rd floor window while a
dozen feet from the house. At 21,000 Lbs, though, it did a NUMBER on my
back yard. And, the DAMN thing got stuck MANY times, anyway, despite
"4WD" and tires a foot wide and 5' diameter. If it had lockable
differentials it would have worked a LOT better. I got this through
Hertz truck rental, and they gave me the rate for a much smaller
machine, as this was the smallest they had on hand that day. It worked,
but I'll never run one of these through my backyard again.

I guess you don't have clay sewer pipes
under the yard. If you did, you'd have
had even a bigger problem.