[TechAssist] Re: ESCALERA Stairclimber feedback
- From: "Hoyt's TV" <hoytstv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 15:06:28 -0400
That would not make me happy, if I had to pay to fix some rich guys stairs
like I can't afford to have myself.
Russ Hoyt
Hoyt's TV
Exeter, NH
----- Original Message -----
From: "AL LEATHERMAN" <alleathe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 10:13 AM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: ESCALERA Stairclimber feedback
> 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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