Does anyone have any crating photos of a Bendpak HD9 XW. Granted the XW doesn't really matter for the photos. I have one coming in I'll be picking up probably Thursday. I'd like to see if the crating has blocking on the bottom for fork truck slots or are there lifting cables. Full length bottom etc? Any info or photos will help. Thanks
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Aquaticbob
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Cell phone pick but the middle ones are the HD-9s. They have a piece of about 3/4" ply where the forks tips are supposed to go. It'll be clear where to fork from
Thanks for the photo Aquaticbob. It's kind of hard to see in the photo but it looks like there are 8 or 10 short legs sticking down from the crate. Do you know the how much daylight there is from the crate bottom to the floor. Just in case I have to bring some blocking to support the bottom of the crate if it hangs over the trailer. Thanks again.
Aquaticbob
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The way it's packed in there is you have the tracks on the bottom and top and everything is sandwiched between them. From the bottom of the lower track to the ground I would say maybe 4 inches or so. Sorry the picture kinda *****. The crate only touches the ground in 2 places, which is in the front and back. The tracks are bolted to rectangular mild steel in 2 places per side. I might be able to go to where I have them stored to grab you some better pictures if you would like them.
How are you going to be tacking them off the trailer? With a forklift? With the forklift put the forks into the bottom part, and put the forks as far in as you can until the tips are at the end of the ply that protects the track. Then lift a little, and then tilt the forks all the way back and lift until just the very front of the crate is off the ground and go straight back. After that bring it as close to the ground as you can to move it around. It's actually really easy once you have done it once. It happened to be the first time I operated a fork lift when I got my lifts
EDIT: If you look where I circled in red, that's where the forks go, and that part is what's on the ground on both ends. Only contact points
How are you going to be tacking them off the trailer? With a forklift? With the forklift put the forks into the bottom part, and put the forks as far in as you can until the tips are at the end of the ply that protects the track. Then lift a little, and then tilt the forks all the way back and lift until just the very front of the crate is off the ground and go straight back. After that bring it as close to the ground as you can to move it around. It's actually really easy once you have done it once. It happened to be the first time I operated a fork lift when I got my lifts
EDIT: If you look where I circled in red, that's where the forks go, and that part is what's on the ground on both ends. Only contact points
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The way it's packed in there is you have the tracks on the bottom and top and everything is sandwiched between them. From the bottom of the lower track to the ground I would say maybe 4 inches or so. Sorry the picture kinda *****. The crate only touches the ground in 2 places, which is in the front and back. The tracks are bolted to rectangular mild steel in 2 places per side. I might be able to go to where I have them stored to grab you some better pictures if you would like them.
How are you going to be tacking them off the trailer? With a forklift? With the forklift put the forks into the bottom part, and put the forks as far in as you can until the tips are at the end of the ply that protects the track. Then lift a little, and then tilt the forks all the way back and lift until just the very front of the crate is off the ground and go straight back. After that bring it as close to the ground as you can to move it around. It's actually really easy once you have done it once. It happened to be the first time I operated a fork lift when I got my lifts
EDIT: If you look where I circled in red, that's where the forks go, and that part is what's on the ground on both ends. Only contact points
I'll probably open the crate on the trailer and lift the components out with an engine hoist inside. If the weather was not 15 degrees and snow I would lift the crate off with my Backhoe and un-crate it outside. I see what you mean with the square frames carring the whole load and resting on them also. So I'll take a 24' equipment trailer instead of a 16' equipment trailer. Thanks again for the info.
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JSK
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Packaging photos loaded on trucks of multiple lift models can be seen here.
http://www.bendpak.com/policies/domestic-freight-policy/van-photos/
http://www.bendpak.com/policies/domestic-freight-policy/flatbed-photos/
http://www.bendpak.com/policies/domestic-freight-policy/van-photos/
http://www.bendpak.com/policies/domestic-freight-policy/flatbed-photos/
jomobco
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I've got a few picks in my profile as well.
Ross/Kzoo
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What is the total weight besides the package size?
Aquaticbob
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Total weight I believe is around 1800-1900lbs. I think you can check that on their website though if you check the specifications. You can lift the tracks with 4 decently strong people btw. The posts and everything except cross members can be carried by 1.
Have you installed a bendpak 4 post before?
Also I believe length was ~16 feet
Ross/Kzoo
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No. I've never installed one before but I'm considering one next year. Have you got any good tips?
stingry
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Aquaticbob explained the unloading process quite well. I just want to emphasize that the lifts are well packaged but are designed to be lifted from the ends to facilitate removal from a box type trailer. The are not designed to be lifted from the side (at least mine wasn't). They can be damaged by lifting from the side with a forklift, which can happen at the freight terminal if it is offloaded from the truck and then moved around in the terminal.
Cheers
Steve
JSK
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BMW Rider
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Mine is not the XW, just a standard HD9, but these might help you out. The trailer was a rental car hauler. The shipping warehouse forklifted it onto the trailer from the end as is required. I uncrated it on the trailer and lifted the larger peices off with my engine crane.
Aquaticbob
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I've got plenty of tips for ya actually! I installed 3 of them at the same time so I got plenty of experience on them. The last one took me about an hour with only one person helping out
Also, exactly what Steve said above. Do not lift from the sides. If you can get 4 or 5 guys to help I would recommend picking up the tracks by hand. For the power side have 3 people on the piston end and 2 on the non piston end. The tracks I believe were around 600lbs or so
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Ross/Kzoo
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I'll definitely have bend your ear in about a year,thanks.
Aquaticbob
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Sounds good. I have to install 3 more in about 3-4 months so I will make sure to take lots of pictures, maybe create a DIY guide for the forums
Ross/Kzoo
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That would be great. You might consider a Youtube segment.
A picture is worth a thousand words and a video is worth millions!
A picture is worth a thousand words and a video is worth millions!
Aquaticbob
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I'll put my gopro on the chest mount and do the lift build with some commentary lol. It truly is extremely simple to do
Thanks for all the info guys. I picked up my lift today at the freight terminal. It was packaged very well and the shipper, Con-way did a great job loading it on the trailer. The only bummer was this trailer is 9' wide and does not fit through my garage doors. So I had to unload it by hand outside. 14 degrees twenty mile an hour wind and snow wasn't a lot of fun. But it's all inside now warming up for assembly.
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Aquaticbob
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If you have any questions feel free to ask here. I can most likely answer them. Just make sure your cross members are correct front and back. I messed that up a couple times