[TechAssist] Re: Stairclimber feedback
- From: tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 21:51:41 -0400
Jim- I have been doing the exact thing as you. I had heavy shelves,
work benches, and roll around carts (2'X4')with big caster wheels
built out of half inch plywood (some double thickness) all same
height.I can slid a TV from cart to bench to holding shelf,and my
hydraulic cart to pump them up, and to the floor as needed. Most of my
30 yrs were alone with a big set on the floor,needing it up. I got the
stairclimber video,and looked nice but the price!
Nope.
Phil Bader, Pres.
Jan Phyl TV Inc
Winter Haven, Fl
(863) 299-8821
estab. 1976
personal email: pbader@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Myers <jr.myers@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 5:21 pm
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Stairclimber feedback
> I got around that problem in the shop by building shelves with a
> large
> enough surface to hold projo's and large direct view sets the same
> height as my work surface and use a hydrolic table cart to move
> sets
> back an forth, also use it to load and unload from/to trucks and
> vans.
> No help in the home though. That stairclimer looks like a giant
> boat
> anchor to me, and cost more than the boat.
>
> The Old Master Technician
> ********************************
> Since 1972 *
> Jim Myers *
> Telrad Electronics *
> Fort Wayne Indiana *
> ********************************
>
>
> Hoyt's TV wrote:
> > 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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