[TechAssist] Re: ESCALERA Stairclimber feedback
- From: "Hoyt's TV" <hoytstv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 09:03:54 -0400
You're a better man than I, Gunga Din.
I have had too many try to tip over on me just getting them up the 2 steps
from my storage area to my shop, but I may try using the large wheels. I
also had it slip off the top step going back out. By that I mean the lift
pads that look like rollers but don't roll, were too close to the edge of
the top step and slipped off, sending the whole thing crashing down to the
floor below. It was only two steps at my shop and nothing got damaged but my
strained back trying to hold it. I hate to think of what that would have
been like if it was on top of a flight of stairs in the customer's
view/home. Do you use the big wheels on the stairs? I too, bought all the
extra stuff to go with it.
All my customers who see it here, think it's really cool, but after
encountering the instability problems in my shop, I'm afraid to take it to a
customer's home.
I also find a 32" or 36" TV often will not fit through a door without
turning it sideways, and you can't carry it on the lift sideways. It really
wants to tip over if you do that.
If you have some tips to make this $2600 thing as useful as I thought it was
going to be, I surely want to learn the secrets.
I need a new battery for mine now. Yesterday I loaded a 36" JVC on a truck
and it sounded like it wasn't going to make. It had been on the charger
overnight because it was low the day before. I put it back on thinking I
might have forgotten to recycle the charger the night before. It starts out
yellow and turns red after a while. I don't know if the battery is causing
that because it's bad. I'll have to try the charger on a car battery and see
what happens.
Russ Hoyt
Hoyt's TV
Exeter, NH
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hugh @ Main TV" <maintv2004@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 12:39 AM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: ESCALERA Stairclimber feedback
> Best investment we ever made, have had it about 4 years now. We put on
> extra battery (12v) and installed lights
> for dark stairs in basements. We bought the extra clamp-on large wheels
> for
> rough ground. Customers follow us out to the truck to watch it climb up
> into our truck!
> Hugh Thornley
> Main TV
> 636 Main St.,
> Longmont, CO. 80501
> Tel 303-776-6955
> Fax 303-776-0792
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robinson Electronics" <RobinsonElectronics@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 7:53 PM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: ESCALERA Stairclimber feedback
>
>
>>I have heard a lot of feedback regarding using hydraulic carts, or tables.
>> Can you tell me where I can order these type of carts, would be very
>> handy?
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Robinson Electronics
>> 1075 Sweeten Creek Road #51
>> Asheville, NC 28803-1757
>> Ph./Fax. 828 274-3787
>> Toll Free. 1-888 ROBELECT
>> www.robinsonelectronics.com
>> www.robelect.com
>> Mailto: RobinsonElectronics@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Danny Garris" <dgarris@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <RobinsonElectronics@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 6:28 PM
>> Subject: ESCALERA Stairclimber feedback
>>
>>
>>> Hi David,
>>>
>>> I have one and LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>>
>>> Best thing I ever bought, another shop in my town came by and saw mine
>>> and
>>> bought one also!
>>>
>>> I am in New Bern, NC (about 6hr drive) if you ever wanna see it up close
>> and
>>> personal - I used it EVERY DAY - SEVERAQL TIMES A DAY TOO!!!!!!!!!
>>>
>>> Danny Garris
>>> Garris Radio & TV
>>> New Bern, NC
>>> Ph: (252) 638-4477 Shop
>>> dgarris@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thinking about ordering a Stairclimber Forklift for the shop. Just
>>> >wondering if anyone has used them, how reliable and helpful they are?
>>> >Thanks. David.
>>> >Robinson Electronics
>>> >1075 Sweeten Creek Road #51
>>> >Asheville, NC 28803-1757
>>> >Ph./Fax. 828 274-3787
>>> >Toll Free. 1-888 ROBELECT
>>> >www.robinsonelectronics.com
>>> >www.robelect.com
>>> >Mailto: RobinsonElectronics@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> >From: "Hoyt's TV" <hoytstv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> >Reply-To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> >To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> >Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Stairclimber feedback
>>> >Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 17:09:51 -0400
>>> >
>>> >I have one, David.
>>> >
>>> >It is very heavy, almost like a fork lift. It works well for moving 32"
>> to
>>> >36" TVs around my shop floor and lifting them up to the bench but the
>> stair
>>> >climbing part leaves a lot to be desired unless you have another person
>> to
>>> >help you. I have two steps from my storage area to the shop floor/door.
>> It
>>> >goes up OK as long as I make sure the TV is well balanced on it. It has
>>> >a
>>> >rather narrow wheel base compared to the width of a 36" TV, and when
>>> >it's
>>> >on
>>> >the climbing wheels that is even narrower. What I find happening is it
>>> >likes
>>> >to tip sideways, and due to the weight of the machine itself plus the
>>> >weight
>>> >of the TV, I can't stop it once it begins to go. If I have someone else
>> on
>>> >the other end, we can usually save it. I would not feel at all
>> comfortable
>>> >using it in front of a customer, in their house. Certainly not coming
>> down
>>> >a
>>> >flight of stairs.
>>> >
>>> >Going down is tricky because you have to guesstimate where the climbing
>>> >wheels are going to contact the top of the step you are on, to try to
>> catch
>>> >it near the edge to lower it down. Since they are on the inside of
>>> >their
>>> >rotation, you can't see them. Like trying to guess where something is
>>> >on
>>> >the
>>> >underside of a conveyor belt. If you miss, you are headed for the
>>> >bottom
>> on
>>> >skis. If you are too far back it won't clear the step. There is nothing
>> but
>>> >your feet and arms and muscle power to try to hold it while lining the
>>> >wheels up properly with the edge of the step, and it definitely
>>> >outweighs
>>> >you.
>>> >
>>> >I find myself lifting the TV to the height of my shop floor and sliding
>> it
>>> >into the shop, then bringing the lift into the shop and putting the TV
>> back
>>> >on it to take it to the bench.
>>> >
>>> >Grossly overrated as far as I'm concerned but I haven't found anything
>> else
>>> >that will do the job either.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >Russ Hoyt
>>> >Hoyt's TV
>>> >Exeter, NH
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >----- Original Message -----
>>> >From: "Robinson Electronics" <RobinsonElectronics@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> >To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> >Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 2:02 PM
>>> >Subject: [TechAssist] Stairclimber feedback
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > > Thinking about ordering a Stairclimber Forklift for the shop. Just
>>> > > wondering if anyone has used them, how reliable and helpful they
>>> > > are?
>>> > > Thanks. David.
>>> > > Robinson Electronics
>>> > > 1075 Sweeten Creek Road #51
>>> > > Asheville, NC 28803-1757
>>> > > Ph./Fax. 828 274-3787
>>> > > Toll Free. 1-888 ROBELECT
>>> > > www.robinsonelectronics.com
>>> > > www.robelect.com
>>> > > Mailto: RobinsonElectronics@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>> > >
>>> > >
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