Moving a Milling Machine and a Engine Lathe

[willam1992]

in aus near a place called newns shale mines there's a 10 ton steam driven belt driven vertical drill

[opticlook]

lol... isn't that mill about 3 tons? lol.. so funny... thanks for sharing

[Liberty4Ever]

I just moved an 1100 pound Clausing lathe by myself. I put it in the back of my half ton Tacoma pickup truck with a couple of come along hand winches, up a steep pair of 2X10 ramps. I used one tone Harbor Freight car dollies on the headstock and tailstock pedestals and strapped it down with nylon straps. I drove my 4WD Tacoma down the STEEP hill into my back yard and used the come alongs to pull it out and a one ton electric winch to lower it. Not without incident, but nobody was hurt.

[coriander2]

Ha ha! brilliant. Where did you put the horses?

[dejono]

way cool! Those are huge and look very heavy! glad to see you had some extra hands to help! Cant wait to see what you make.