Moving a 1750 lb planer

[Sam Beagle]

Bought a delta invicta 20”. RC51.
It’s at a place w no lift but has a concrete floor. I have a full size transit van I use for work.
Can someone help me even start to plan how to load and unload.
My shop is a direct shot in and we have a pallet jack onsite.

[Mike Cutler]

Build a transom lift on site, put it on a pallet, crate it and move it. You could even buy one of the gantry cranes, hoist ,and traveler, from Harbor Freight ,and Craiglist it when you get done.

[Cary Falk]

I would rent a trailer. No way I would try to squeeze it into a van.

[Bill Dufour]

I would rent a drop deck trailer. Sunbelt rents them. you may have to rent the scissor lift to get the trailer.
Bil lD

https://www.sunbeltrentals.com/equip...-axle-trailer/

[Chris Hachet]

I would rent a trailer. No way I would try to squeeze it into a van.

This. I just moved a 16 inch Powermatic planer easily with a Jeep and a motorcycle trailer. If you can lift it and bolt 4 x 4 skids under it the planer will slide easily. 15 minutes to load, half hour drive, ten minutes to unload. I was done and it was safely in my garage in less than an hour.

[Matt Day]

Sounds like a job for an engine hoist. You might need to block up the planer to make room for the legs of the hoist since it likely can’t straddle it. Rig it as close as you can to the hook so you can get it in your van.

Put a couple 4x4’s through the machine and road the bed so it grabs them between the head and the bed - rotate the head so you don’t crush the knives. Use these 4x’s for the straps.

My 18” Oliver 399 is 1300lbs or so I think, and the hoist moves it nicely.

[Chris Hachet]

Sounds like a job for an engine hoist. You might need to block up the planer to make room for the legs of the hoist since it likely can’t straddle it. Rig it as close as you can to the hook so you can get it in your van.

Put a couple 4x4’s through the machine and road the bed so it grabs them between the head and the bed - rotate the head so you don’t crush the knives. Use these 4x’s for the straps.

My 18” Oliver 399 is 1300lbs or so I think, and the hoist moves it nicely.

Amazingly nice planer. A friend of mine just bought one.

[Charlie Velasquez]

Bought a delta invicta 20”. RC51.
It’s at a place w no lift but has a concrete floor. I have a full size transit van I use for work.
Can someone help me even start to plan how to load and unload.
My shop is a direct shot in and we have a pallet jack onsite.

Go to the edge of the concrete floor where it meets the yard/dirt. Dig a sloping trench about 6 feet wide, 15 feet long, and terminates at the edge of the concrete at the height of the floor of your van with the doors open.
Back up and slide it in....

[Bill Dufour]

Rent a OTC engine hoist or a gantry which should be able to straddle the base. The OTC is the only one I know of that the legs can be spread for a wider stance.
Bill D.

https://www.otctools.com/products/44...avy-duty-crane

[Alan Lightstone]

I hired a local rigging company to move all my heavy equipment. Worth every cent.

[William Hodge]

I hired a local rigging company to move all my heavy equipment. Worth every cent.

This. If you don't have experience moving stuff like this, you will learn a lot form watching the riggers. When you see how to lift a machine and put it on a pallet or beams, you can use that knowledge in the future. It's like going to school to learn how to deal with a machine you own. I just had to move a heavy machine two feet sideways to accept longer wood. Because I had seen riggers use a J bar, blocking, and a pallet jack, I had a clue about what I was doing.

Putting beams under the head and hoisting the planer by its lady parts might be out of the machine builders' design considerations. This idea gets suggested a lot, but I always wonder what forces are applied to fragile parts, like the chip breaker pivot castings.

[Mike Cutler]

Putting beams under the head and hoisting the planer by its lady parts might be out of the machine builders' design considerations. This idea gets suggested a lot, but I always wonder what forces are applied to fragile parts, like the chip breaker pivot castings.

Yeah,this is generally not good advice. It would be pretty easy to damage something if it wasn't done correctly. You need to make sure that your are lifting from the casting frame of the head, on the inner, and outer edges.
I understand the logic, at least as it applies to newer, smaller, planers. Most of the weight is in the head, so the amount of weight of the frame/base is very minimal. With something much bigger, and heavier, you really kind of have to know where the real weight is at.
Lot of difference between lifting a 500lb. planer and a 1750lb. planer.

[Roger Feeley]

+1 on the rigger. Pricey but they get it done and it's insured.

[Jeff Duncan]

Hmmmm, I just read through most of the posts and nobody recommended what I consider to be one the best methods for moving heavy things relatively cheaply, especially when you have a pallet jack at your disposal. I rent a box truck with a lift gate, lower the gate, roll it on, raise it up, roll into truck and secure. Reverse to unload. No lifting straight up with hoists or any crazy rigging situation. No killing yourself with bars and rollers or any of that either. Nor paying exorbitant fees for riggers. Just a simple safe way to move heavy stuff that doesn't cost a ton out of pocket.

good luck,
JeffD

[Bill Dufour]

I noticed two probelms with that video. There should have been wood blocking between the head and the table. As it was all the head weight is held up by a fairly weak locking lever setup. Not designed for such high dynamic loads.
the lathe skid should have been about 50% wider front to back. As it was it is still to tippy front to back.
Both loads not enough straps and most of them loop around the load so it is not locked in place. It is free to move and still stay within the straps.
Bill D.