[TechAssist] Re: ESCALERA Stairclimber feedback
- From: "AL LEATHERMAN" <alleathe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 10:13:24 -0400
How about the front tips of hardwood stairs,as in beautiful big houses,don't
they break or split, EVER?
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Al Leatherman
Al's TV Mine Hill, NJ. 07803
973-361-5796
973-361-5796
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hoyt's TV" <hoytstv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 9:03 AM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: ESCALERA Stairclimber feedback
> 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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