"pyotr filipivich" wrote in message
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I may have asked this before, but I have A Project in mind. This
is much simpler than the last time, when I wanted to build 4 humanoid
robots to pick up a shipping container at the corners and move it.
"Hup, hup, hup, ... detail halt!"

What I want to do this time is to just "slide an I-beam under the
outbuilding, attach a wheeled unit to each end, pivot the building and
roll it to when I want it." No doubt "A simple procedure involving
lasers." I'm sure. Somewhere.

But, my question is: load capacity of the units. Assume a GW of 3
tons, does that meant that each wheeled unit has to be able to 'carry'
a three ton load, or can I divide the gross weight by 4, add a "fudge
factor" and hope for the best?

This is one of those things I'd talk to one of the old guys, but I
find I am one of the old guys.


tschus
pyotr
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I think you need to have Iggy pay you a visit with his latest giant forklift
toy :-). Hmm, 3 tons is 6000 lbs which is a really common rating for car
hauling trailers with two 3000 lb axles. Any chance you could scrounge a
couple of those axles and extend as needed to stick out past the sides of
your container? Don't know what safety factor they build into those but
since I assume you are just crawling around the yard a bit and not going on
a road at any speed you could probably get away with a 5000 lb rating for 2
axles. Or get a whole 16 or 18' trailer and use a bunch of pipes as rollers
and just winch your container on and off the trailer to move it :-).

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Regards,
Carl Ijames