Charley wrote:
I like to buy this type of stuff where I can go see it first and make sure
that I like what I'm buying. In my area Tractor Supply had great prices on
the Ingersol Rand compressors and I brought one of them home with me. In
fact, I haven't found the one that I bought anywhere else for the same or
better price. They even put it in the truck for me with their forklift.
Getting it out when I got home wasn't nearly so easy. I see a few of my
friends less often now, since they helped me with it that day.


WTH? It's easy to get things like that out of the truck by yourself. The hard
part is doing it in such a way that it still works later. g

Seriously, I've unloaded two 400+ pound tools (18" bandsaw and 8" jointer) off
pickup trucks into my garage with just myself and one other guy. There was no
hit and miss to it; we weren't killing ourselves to do it, and neither of us
were gorillas. You just slide it out until it reaches the balance point, then
ease it over onto the floor (or dolly). It ends up a lot easier than you think
it's going to be.

I also offloaded a 15" drill press out of the backseat of my car by myself. It
took two great big guys to help me stuff it in but it only took me and gravity
to get it out. I will admit it was a massive PITA.



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Mortimer Schnerd, RN

VE