[TechAssist] Re: Stairclimber feedback
- From: "markbrock" <markbrock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 05:45:47 -0500
agree with most, its handy, but heavy, more awkward than one man can
handle with a big set, you basically need two guys, we sold ours to an
appliance guy, works much better on fridges than 60" ptv's, I hire a guy,
we find the old piano dolly's are the best on ptv's, good luck finding a
set, a few years ago, ( when my back first started hurting) I fabricated a
standard furnature dolly to have a lifting platform that was larger than the
standard shoe it has, and added a couple legs with wheels on the end to
support it, works well, both the bottom legs and platform came off so
weight was minimal, then I found someone manufactures one similar,
although heavier, its a GL4 geni lift, from G&H handling,
1-800-558-9966, there part number was 144311, near 800 bucks with the
options we got if I remember correct, none the less, if you saw ours you'd
see it gets used a lot, basically a furniture dolly with a platform that
lifts. northerntool.com has some stuff as well. by far the most used is
those blue / orange carts that lift up, we have heavy shelving all around
the shop exterior walls in shelves, out shelves, parts waiting shelves
and work bench, all the same height, actually find myself working on sets
right on the cart itself many times, right out of the customers truck, to
my bench, repaired and to out shelf never leaving the cart..
Brock Electronics
R.R.4 box 237
5208 cr.3385
Independence Ks. 67301
620-331-0235
fax 331-7191
markbrock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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we work on all brands,makes,models
of anything that plugs in the wall
----- Original Message -----
From: <tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 8:51 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Stairclimber feedback
> 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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