New compressor, any tips for getting it of pallet?
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A few guys and lots of beer afterwords. That's just too top heavy for one person to manhandle or walk off the pallet.
This is what I did about 10 years ago and have never had a problem
1950mercury
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I left mine on the pallet, its been that way for over20 years...its easier to get to the drain too. Leave it on and use a dolly to move
GTA Matt
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The pallet mine came on (80 gallon) was pretty much destroyed. I took some things off of the pump so I could hook my engine hoist through the top of it without damaging anything and was able to get it off my car trailer and into the garage with little issue. I did have to use a small ratchet ******** the bottom tied to the hoist to help keep the compressor perfectly vertical.
southalabama
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Series of small blocks.
Inch by inch it's a cinch.
I've done gun safes and compressors.
Though dad left one of his at the shop on a pallet and it has worked well.
Inch by inch it's a cinch.
I've done gun safes and compressors.
Though dad left one of his at the shop on a pallet and it has worked well.
i unloaded my 80 gallon quincy by myself using an engine hoist. i'm very lucky i didn't damage the unit or injure myself.
get a couple of people to help or leave it on the pallet, once it starts leaning its very difficult to hold it up.
get a couple of people to help or leave it on the pallet, once it starts leaning its very difficult to hold it up.
Chadwilliam1
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Anybody with that big of an air compressor needs an engine hoist.
1950mercury
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Roll it on pipes with the pallet on
redmondjp
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Mine has also been on the pallet for the past 25 years. Use those vibration pads between the pallet and the floor, rocking it to one side and then to the other to set the pads in place. Done.
Leave it on the pallet.... Rent or borrow a pallet jack to move it around.....
It will also act as an insulator to help cut down some of the operating noise....
I think you will find a hi percentage (70/80%) of larger compressors are still on the pallet they came with......
Lynn W.
It will also act as an insulator to help cut down some of the operating noise....
I think you will find a hi percentage (70/80%) of larger compressors are still on the pallet they came with......
Lynn W.
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Chadwilliam1
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Mine Is a 60 gallon Single stage, So it is not nearly that big. I can tell you It would drive me crazy to leave it on the pallet. Me and my dad man handled mine to get it off the skid and put it on hockey pucks. If you had to you could engine lift the pump off and then pick the tank up. That would lighten it up a bunch but it would add a bunch off work.
Clik
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Cut the pallet so that all your left with is blocks. Then replace blocks one by one with smaller ones until you're down.
when I bought my IR2475 2-stg compressor, to get in the back of my K1500 truck, it took all but 30 minutes to remove the pump and motor. Sure a lot easier to manage removing all that top heavy weight and a hell of a lot safer too.
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xtremek
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I walked mine off the pallet. But I was anticapating more weight than it was. And I took it real slow.
logical
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Drain the tank to make it light first....
If you really want to tackle it alone, build a plywood ramp up to the edge, don't skimp on length or reinforcement and slide/walk it off. You may have to first fill in any gaps in the pallet top to keep it from falling through.... although that happening would accomplish your goal.
I'm with you about not even considering leaving it on the pallet, but do think about some good quality weight rated rubber isolator feet... not hockey pucks... they are too hard.
If you really want to tackle it alone, build a plywood ramp up to the edge, don't skimp on length or reinforcement and slide/walk it off. You may have to first fill in any gaps in the pallet top to keep it from falling through.... although that happening would accomplish your goal.
I'm with you about not even considering leaving it on the pallet, but do think about some good quality weight rated rubber isolator feet... not hockey pucks... they are too hard.
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Put it on wheels they don't move that much while running.
tdkkart
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Fill the garage full of water...
A lot of people around here found out how well compressors float when we had the floods of '08. Only problem is when the water goes away the compressor is usually standing against the wall upside down. The electrical connection keeps it from getting too far away.
Leave it on the pallet, or get hold of an engine hoist.
A lot of people around here found out how well compressors float when we had the floods of '08. Only problem is when the water goes away the compressor is usually standing against the wall upside down. The electrical connection keeps it from getting too far away.
Leave it on the pallet, or get hold of an engine hoist.
It doesn't look like he has the ceiling clearance for an engine hoist.
I'd take a piece of plywood and nail it to 3 flat 2X4's. I'd slide that new platform next to the pallet and walk the compressor to the new platform. From that platform he could probably walk it to the surface of the garage floor.
A std. pallet is probably around 5" high. I'd shoot for around 2.5" for an intermediate transfer platform.
However I'd still want some backup help to be on standby. That thing looks super top heavy.
fm2176
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Muscle...it's what I've used to move a 550-lb gun safe by myself multiple times, to include up and down stairs. I also used it to load a riding mower by myself without ramps. More recently I loaded and unloaded a heavy file cabinet. Never mind the multiple hernias I've had...
p1mlb03
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I used a piano dolly to move mine, worked great. See this thread post # 29 for pic
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=50946&page=2
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=50946&page=2
Todd.Brock
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When I got my 80 gallon , it was a low profile pallet. I just walked it off. Probably dumb but it worked. To move it around , looks at a mobile machine base. Mine came from Grizzly. 
cagullett1
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I recently attempted to pull my 60 gallon 5HP on 1 of 3 legs and do a spin maneuver in order to get it off the pallet... needless to say, I wasn't thinking. Luckily I had 2 huge, stiff cardboard boxes nearby that caught the damn thing when I lost balance. Compressor didn't get damaged at all, and my neighbor heard the noise so I had some help to get it back up.
Don't do what I did, use an engine hoist. Hockey pucks have been working out well for vibration dampening. Unless you have a huge shop with a ton of free space, get it off the pallet.
Don't do what I did, use an engine hoist. Hockey pucks have been working out well for vibration dampening. Unless you have a huge shop with a ton of free space, get it off the pallet.
If I had no other option and no help, I might try tethering it to wall studs with straps keeping it in an upright position then try and walk it off onto shorter and shorter blocks until you touch earth. With it tethered it should not be possible to tip on you.
I agree leaving it on the pallet is not what I would do. My Quincy was on a pallet for awhile before it drove me nuts and I ended up anchoring it on rubber pads properly.
I agree leaving it on the pallet is not what I would do. My Quincy was on a pallet for awhile before it drove me nuts and I ended up anchoring it on rubber pads properly.
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Without any difficulty, I was able to disassemble the pallet in place that my 80 gal was on and walk it off in the process.
canuckian
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seems you're able to slide it around so what I'd do (and did) is get it to its permanent spot, use an engine hoist or anything you can find to safely hoist the compressor barely off the pallet, fasten whichever isolator/dampener you choose to the feet and lower it down. I have my own engine lift but you'd be surprised how many people have one that you could borrow if you ask around. There's 3 on my street of only 7 houses. They're pretty cheap to buy as well. I use mine all the time and it's only ever lifted one engine lol.
dkroth
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If you let me have my choice of the Wiltons I'll come over to your house, remove the compressor from the pallet, place it where you want and even in stall it on anti-vibration pads!
finn
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Engine hoists are readily available at almost any tool rental store.
Renting a hoist for a few bucks beats repairing a toppled compressor any day.
Renting a hoist for a few bucks beats repairing a toppled compressor any day.
CGT80
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Send it to me. I will find a way to take it off that pallet.
I think you just wanted to show off your new compressor.
YOU ****
That is the compressor I was looking at. I would probably go with the horizontal version as it would be easier to move. Mine would live outside, in a compressor shed.
OK OP, spill the beans.
What size is that monster? I was looking at the 80 gallon horizontal two stage 5hp.
How quiet is it?
I think you just wanted to show off your new compressor.
YOU ****
That is the compressor I was looking at. I would probably go with the horizontal version as it would be easier to move. Mine would live outside, in a compressor shed.
OK OP, spill the beans.
What size is that monster? I was looking at the 80 gallon horizontal two stage 5hp.
How quiet is it?
RGausman
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Congratulations, 
Purchased the same SB 735 compressor a year ago. Added an hourmeter and a Wilkerson water separator between the aftercooler and the tank.
Have about 25 hours on it now and no drops of water at the tools. The water separator catches 95% of the moisture and the tank automatic drain takes care of the rest. The temperature of the tubing going into the tank is only about 5 to 10 degrees above ambient while compressor discharge is about 300 degrees.
My compressor is still on the pallet until get the final location for it finished.
You will get greater enjoyment from this compressor. when it is running music to my ears.
Bob G.
Purchased the same SB 735 compressor a year ago. Added an hourmeter and a Wilkerson water separator between the aftercooler and the tank.
Have about 25 hours on it now and no drops of water at the tools. The water separator catches 95% of the moisture and the tank automatic drain takes care of the rest. The temperature of the tubing going into the tank is only about 5 to 10 degrees above ambient while compressor discharge is about 300 degrees.
My compressor is still on the pallet until get the final location for it finished.
You will get greater enjoyment from this compressor. when it is running music to my ears.
Bob G.
driftpin
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Congratulations on purchasing one of the finest USA made compressors
St. Johns MI manufactured, what did that tall-boy cost you? is it a 5 HP & 80 gallon, single-phase?
It looks pretty. How-many CFM? About 17?