Too good to pass up!

[Fordguy1964]

So I'm at work where we have a bunch of welding stations. I was walking past the dumpster to see that they have thrown away a HUGE welding table. It is 12' long by 4.5' wide and about 40" tall. I HAD TO have it!!! I used a forklift and a chain and lifted it out of the dumpster and loaded it onto my trailer. It was during the drive home that I came to the full understanding of how heavy this thing is! The top is made of 10 ga sheetmetal over the top of 2"x6"x12' SOLID rectangular stock. There are 4 of those bars running the length of the table. The support structure for this table top is 3 legs. The base of each of these legs starts with 6" wide X 12" high I beams. There is a solid 1/2" thick framework above that that supports 1" thick cross beams under the 2"X6" bars. So, long story short... it is incredibly heavy! I do not have access to a forklift or a gantry crane. I need to get it off of my trailer and into my garage then moved around once inside.

Any ideas on how to do that? I was thinking of forming a frame work to support it then jack it up and pull the trailer out from under it. My book says the 4 bars alone weigh in at 489.6# each for a total of 1958.4# that doesn't even include the legs, top, or other framework. I will take a picture of it and try to post it tomorrow once I create an account someplace to host them. Oh, to make it more fun, my driveway is gravel and there is a step into the garage so I can't just unload it in the driveway and roll it in. That would be too easy!

 

[justanengineer]

JMO, but from the sound of it I'd likely build a couple skiis out of 4x4s with a generous chamfer on the leading and trailing edges. You can then tow it off/around or use a couple pieces of pipe as rollers underneath the skiis and push it around by hand. Ive got a small stack of 1" black iron pipes saved for rollers, used many times to roll multiple thousand pound machines around by hand.

 

[kd3pc]

I would rig wooden pads for the legs and then find some pipe and roll it - piece of cake. You may need a johnson bar or digging bar to lift one leg or to do the final jostling

 

[G McKay]

I'd go to HF and get some of those dollies to move it around on. You might need a hoist to drag it off of the trailer. Then you can use a car jack to raise it up and get it onto the dollies.

 

[rsanter]

Four floor jacks, one under each leg
Three to five friends to help would be nice


Good deal for you but have have never figured out why companies are so stupid/wasteful to throw that stuff away. Haven't they ever though to put it out with a for sale sign and let the employees bid on it?

Bob

 

[Professur]

Jack up each corner, add a wheel barrow wheel, push it where you need it, rejack and remove wheels.

 

[Beemer533]

Four floor jacks, one under each leg
Three to five friends to help would be nice


Good deal for you but have have never figured out why companies are so stupid/wasteful to throw that stuff away. Haven't they ever though to put it out with a for sale sign and let the employees bid on it?

Bob

Yeah, this always bothers me at my work as well, but it comes down to taxes/costs generally.. All the cash that comes from selling this stuff has to be accounted for and someone has to be paid to do that stuff ..

So it ends up being easier and cheaper to toss stuff in the dumpster. The upside is that I get a lot of stuff for free though, just have to do a bit of dumpster diving sometimes!

Nice find OP!