Can anyone help me lift this into my basement

[LinuxRandal]

Saw this on CL last night, wish my brother barn was done.

http://kansascity.craigslist.org/tls/698572316.html

12 in commercial jointer. Fay and eagen. This jointer has 2 knives. It is a belt driven 7.5 hp. Runs good.
$750


Wish I had a freestanding, first floor shop.

[Thom2]

Can anyone help me lift this into my basement

If I'm not there by 5 ... just go ahead and start without me

[crokett]

Wish I had a freestanding, first floor shop.

Uhmm.. so is your shop on the 2nd floor?

I have a basement shop. Concrete floor. That thing would just about fill the shop though.

[BobSch]

7.5 Hp? That's 220 volt at least, if not 3-phase 220/440.

[LinuxRandal]

Uhmm.. so is your shop on the 2nd floor?

I have a basement shop. Concrete floor. That thing would just about fill the shop though.

Basement below ground. To buy (sent an email and it bounced back), this thing (around 800lbs from what I found on the net), I would have to reinforce 5 steps, the porch, then the 20 steps down into the basement (which used to have a dirt floor till 1940, so who knows about its substructure).

[pelligrini]

Getting it down is easy. Just bring it into the first floor and take a sawsall to the structure if it is still intact. I'll be in the basement in no time. Getting it out might be harder.

[crokett]

I would have to reinforce 5 steps, the porch, then the 20 steps down into the basement

Then I am doubly blessed for having an outside entrance that is a concrete patio. The only tricky part for me would be getting down a 2' high brick wall from the brick patio.

[cabinetman]

Getting it down is easy. Just bring it into the first floor and take a sawsall to the structure if it is still intact. I'll be in the basement in no time. Getting it out might be harder.

Getting it down is easy. Your helper is named gravity. Reminds me of years ago I bought a used Beach 36" drum sander. It was about 6' tall, about 6' wide and about 5' deep, and weighed close to 2000 lbs. It came as a tailgate delivery. Fortunately, it was an early delivery and it took 3 - 4 hours for a forklift to show up to move it in from the outside. Once inside and placed, 4 guys couldn't budge it. The old cast iron machinery was great.
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[just started]

I think it was a bulls*&t ad, I think it's bait to get working email addy's for spam lists. I saw a 12" jointer for $750 listed on about 8 different CL cities for 5 days in a row last week.

[cwithboat]

If I'm not there by 5 ... just go ahead and start without me

me too, except wait 'til after the 2nd martini