Got him down to $800, don’t think he will down from there. Honestly my biggest issue is dealing with it, i need to rent a trailer drive 1.5 hr get it loaded by myself (I don’t have any friends...) weighs like 900 pds then get it up my steep drive and turn around somehow with out rolling down the mountain and still need to get a vfd... And I am still dealing with the issues of my new Felder equipment that they are taking their sweet slow time to resolve... ok now I am just whining like a big spoiled baby...
Yes, you are whining. Rent a couple friends and go get it!
Matt offers sage counsel. Too many times I have hesitated going to get a tool that I wanted & was a fair price only to find that once I was ready to commit, someone less had already purchased it. If you really do want it, don't make that mistake as I doubt that a sander such as this comes along.
900 pounds isn't heavy.
Everything is relative. Darcy is a pro but I'm just a hobby guy and moving 900 lb machinery is easy. I've moved 6000 lb machines and that is hard. A Johnson bar, a couple of dollys, a few pipes, or a pallet jack, and a couple of 4x4, and you are good to go. You can rent a drop deck trailer, or roll the machine up a ramp if you need to with a come a long to help. You can also take stuff off a pickup with an engine hoist. The point is, 900 lb machines can be moved without a lot of expensive equipment. Dollys are $30 each, pipes are cheap, and you can rent pallet jacks and hoists for that light of a load ( even they aren't expensive and have a million uses ). The hauling is another learning experience in life and the rewards are great. My first haul were three machines at 2000 lbs each from NC to WI which is like being thrown in the deep end of the pool but it got handled. You will find this machine is easy to deal with if you think it through. Dave
I say BS.... respectfully of course!
It’s easy to say 900lbs isn’t heavy when you’re not lifting it or have any skin in the game. A fork lift can make you feel pretty strong I guess?
I would venture there are not many guys here that can bench press 1/3 of the weight of that sander? Anyone try picking up a 900lb motorcycle that is on it’s side?
I agree 900lbs isn’t “heavy” if you have half a brain and are prepared with the proper equipment. My planer is 1200 and so is my jointer and I am really a hobby guy, unlike Dave K. ;-)
If you’re used to lunchbox planers and benchtop stuff, yeah, 900lbs seems daunting. Point is, do some homework and get the right equipment (no, you don’t need a forklift) and you’ll be able to handle it.
I saw that one for sale, been looking for a slightly smaller edge sander, was just a bit short for what I want, but a nice looking unit. found a video of one working, slick.
900 pounds is easy, just have to think it through. A neighbor with a 30hp tractor with a loader could easily lift it off the trailer. I paid a Home Depot driver to lift a 3300# shaper off my trailer that my tractor could not handle. $50 and he set it inside my shop, rolled on pipes from there.
Matt, “you clearly” don’t know me.
All my machines are north of 2000 lbs with the heaviest being 3000 lbs. I’ve moved all of them with every method from by hand to by forklift.
I never said that it can’t be done or it would be hard. I just think it’s kinda disingenuous to say 900lbs isn’t heavy to the average woodworker who doesn’t own a forklift.
An engine hoist can take the place of a forklift and a lot cheaper. Mine’s paid for itself.
Agreed, you need some supplies to do it but I think the general point is not to give up on it because it’s a little “heavy”. And you don’t need a forklift.