big heavy thing .. advice needed.High drama!

[dr_clyde]

If you were closer, I'd buy it from you.

If it was me, I'd disassemble it and move the components into the garage. You can do a lot with a HF engine hoist.

If you'd rather not monkey with that, I vote for renting the telehandler. They are great at this sort of thing. Lay it down on some heavy skates, then roll it inside and then lift it back up again. Getting clearance to lift again may take some cleverness.

 

[TractorJeff]

LOL!
I want to see you drag 3000lbs into the backyard!
YEAH RIGHT!
Sorry I couldn't resist!
Similar machine, not as heavy, just as tall, used an engine hoist to tip it over, rolled it in the garage on its side, used engine hoist plus gantry to get it back up right, rolled it on pipes next to wall, set on floor.
Same problem you had, low doorway!
Also when I moved, we tipped it into a skidsteer bucket, then at the new place, we had the same problem, low doorway! As it was in the bucket, well braced, he carried it in and positioned it close to where I wanted it to be!

 

[an0nymous]

LOL!
I want to see you drag 3000lbs into the backyard!
YEAH RIGHT!
Sorry I couldn't resist!
Similar machine, not as heavy, just as tall, used an engine hoist to tip it over, rolled it in the garage on its side, used engine hoist plus gantry to get it back up right, rolled it on pipes next to wall, set on floor.
Same problem you had, low doorway!
Also when I moved, we tipped it into a skidsteer bucket, then at the new place, we had the same problem, low doorway! As it was in the bucket, well braced, he carried it in and positioned it close to where I wanted it to be!

You don't reckon an f250 could pull it, low and slow?

 

[jhelrey]

Traction on grass/gravel is going to be your issue.

 

[PeterT]

Why move it into the garage, are you planning on using it? Its just going to take up more room there. I'd scrap it ASAP

 

[Barnabas]

Find a sturdy tree in the right direction and then use a winch or come-a-long to move it.

 

[IndyGarage]

Personally I would look to rent a cushion tired forklift, a 5000 lb would be best as you can get the entire thing and put it on the level where you can work on it. Rigging on inclines (obviously dependent on how steep) is a recipe for a bad day. Flat land is very best.

From there I would follow the suggestions to remove the top crossbar asm. I would be prepared in advance to know how to do that and have the proper tools available (big wrenches, cheater handles, etc).

Once you get it short enough to enter the garage, now you can move in the rest and reassemble. I personally would put it on heavy cribbing, 3-1/2" tall, so that now you can roll it around the garage with a low cost pallet jack (which has a cap of ~5000 lbs).

Its worthwhile knowing a few measurements, first the garage door header has to have enough clearance for the forklift's mast to enter. Next, you want to make sure you have a mast with "freelift" which means the forks and carriage start raising with no vertical extension of the mast channels. Iow, there is a "two stage" mast usually with a very tall center cylinder where the channels start raising immediately. The more common design is a "three stage" with a shorter cylinder and the carriage raises without going above the mast channels, at first.

This is your best advice. Either a cushion tire or an offroad forklift (telehandler) will move it.

I move crazy stuff like this all the time. With the right forklift 3,300 lbs is no problem. The problem is that you don't have experience moving stuff that heavy, so it's a bit scary when you haven't done it before. You might want to find somebody who knows how to operate the equipment.

If you get it ready to disassemble and move, you can probably rent a forklift for an hour or two. Pick up the top move it into the garage, pick up the base, move it into the garage, put the top on the base, then move the whole thing wherever you want it.

As he said, you could probably mount it on a couple 4x4's so that it can be moved around with a pallet jack inside the garage.

 

[steveo1o9]

Very interested in the outcome, please post up pictures of whatever you decide on, especially if you drag it across your yard! I hope you realize that moving it to your side / backyard is just putting the problem out of sight and out of mind. If you didn't figure out how to move it in your garage after looking at it in your driveway every morning then you certainly won't when it's in you back yard. I vote drag it out of sight and list it for sale. Let the new owner figure out how to move it. If you really wanted it you would have it inside by now.

 

[Rewind97]

Ok, I gotta ask.........what would you use this for?

 

[Todd.Brock]

I would give it to the scrappers who drive ****** trucks in trash night. Set up a chair and watch the fun

 

[07SGT0517]

So I have moved and work on, top heavy century old, cast iron printing presses, 1200-4500lb+.

Get that thing bolted to the wood runners underneath, then go buy 2 sheets of OSB and two lengths of 1.5 inch black pipe long enough to span the wood runners and then some. Use a large 4ft crow bar or johnson bar and get one pipe under it.

The key is keeping it low and slow, so you roll it on one pipe until it tilts forward, then tilt it back and insert the other pipe and tilt it foward onto both and push until it falls off one pipe. Then its just tilting back and forth and moving pipes. I have moved printing presses through many yards on sheets of osb and pipes. 2 guys and a 6 pack and it will be done quickly.

Just like the Egyptians. Please make sure not to try and stay to one side of it when moving it around.

 

[Tennessee Cattleman]

I'm curious about the progress on moving the big press. Any updates on the situation?

 

[Orange65]

So I have moved and work on, top heavy century old, cast iron printing presses, 1200-4500lb+.

Get that thing bolted to the wood runners underneath, then go buy 2 sheets of OSB and two lengths of 1.5 inch black pipe long enough to span the wood runners and then some. Use a large 4ft crow bar or johnson bar and get one pipe under it.

The key is keeping it low and slow, so you roll it on one pipe until it tilts forward, then tilt it back and insert the other pipe and tilt it foward onto both and push until it falls off one pipe. Then its just tilting back and forth and moving pipes. I have moved printing presses through many yards on sheets of osb and pipes. 2 guys and a 6 pack and it will be done quickly.

Just like the Egyptians. Please make sure not to try and stay to one side of it when moving it around.

Progress? He stood to one side of it...

 

[rburke65]

Hello.....any progress?

 

[Lassen Forge]

His last post on the entire board was the one about the F250 6 days ago... we better not read later about a guy who was crushed under an antique press in his side yard, found weeks later by the neighbors...

 

[dw1]

Look around and see if you could rent something like these:
http://rigging.com/dollies-and-skat...MI_8Ls-9v41QIVg4BpCh2MWA_1EAQYBCABEgLemfD_BwE

 

[m32825]

Hey OP, any update on this?

 

[PAToyota]

Hang a big bucket of flowers from the ram and call it art!

 

[gearhead1]

How’d you move it?