[TechAssist] Re: Stairclimber feedback
- From: "Hoyt's TV" <hoytstv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 09:54:25 -0400
My shop floor is a couple steps up from my storage area. I built the place
with an overhead door into the storage area for easy access to the
customer's car or truck. The stairclimber is really nice for getting a big
one off the back of a truck, but useless for getting it into the shop. I
have recently begun to work on the TVs in the storage area, on the lift
itself. So it is useful, but not the way I was expecting.
Russ Hoyt
Hoyt's TV
Exeter, NH
----- Original Message -----
From: "markbrock" <markbrock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 6:45 AM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Stairclimber feedback
> 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
> Zenith*Philips*Peavey*Fender*Crate
> 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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