Shipping Lift

[poucedeleon]

I was helping a friend at his studio, which use to be an old warehouse and noticed the shipping lift in the floor. It lifts up to the level of a semi for unloading. Does anyone know if there is a company that make something like this.

 

[kald]

Thats is what they call a dock leveler. More of a articulating ramp than a lift. I would think a dedicated auto lift would be much better. Not to mention those things are friggin heavy and only move a foot or two.

 

[poucedeleon]

I am looking for a way to unload steel at my new shop, other a forklift. I get deliveries on semi-trucks, that sometimes don"t have a lift gate. This I don't have to find a place to store/park like a forklift.

 

[D.J.]

Looks like a dock plate to me! Is their a hole in the middle of the back of it under the pallet in the picture. Inside of the holes their is usually a chain with a ring attached to it. Also it is hard to tell by the picture but at the front (bottom) of the picture where the angle iron is is the floor of the warehouse stop and then approx 4 feet below that is the driveway where the trucks back up to?

 

[kald]

It's a dock leveler not a dock plate. This is a dock plate:http://www.northerntool.com/shop/to...5137&ci_sku=855137&ci_gpa=pla&ci_kw={keyword}

But your describing a dock leveler.

 

[kald]

I am looking for a way to unload steel at my new shop, other a forklift. I get deliveries on semi-trucks, that sometimes don"t have a lift gate. This I don't have to find a place to store/park like a forklift.

Are you sure that thing goes up to 48" l. Dock levelers typically help to level out a dock to a truck or trailer for forklift access. You can request or require lift gate service I believe from most trucking companies. You may have pay extra though

 

[little d]

poucedeleon,
I have seen lift tables on Craig's list from time to time that would do what your wanting to do, all you would have to do is cut out the concrete and reses it to floor level. Ya might check Granger, or other indutrals supply co's, I'm sure there is something out there.

 

[Jack Olsen]

I found a hydraulic lift table on Ebay that I submerged in my garage floor and use as an automotive lift. I also use it to load heavy stuff into my Jeep. It's even got a cheesy video, which (in the second half of the clip) will show you how I installed it.

<iframe width="853" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4WdyR-aOtpw?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

It's an idea that might work for what you're talking about.

 

[rslaback]

I have this lift table in my garage. It came from a printing company. It might work as well.

 

[A_Pmech]

The device in your photo is a "dock lift".

Many manufacturers make them, Southworth is one I'm aware of:

http://www.southworthproducts.com/

 

[poucedeleon]

This is what I had in mind. I can roll a pallet jack on it raise it up get my steel out of the truck, then lower it down to shop level.

 

[fitz11]

If your working with steel why would'nt you want a forklift?

 

[cyamaha2007]

we have one just like that at work its very handy.

 

[poucedeleon]

If your working with steel why would'nt you want a forklift?

I order pallets of steel that are all cut to 6 feet. I use a pallet jack to move them to a storage rack. It is rare that I need a forklift. Also I work out of my home shop, so storage for a forklift is an issue.