Unfortunately after having a garage shop in a rental house for a 3 years, our landlord is selling the house and we need to move. While I’m not moving across the country, I have a LOT of tools and equipment to move and I’m still scratching my head about the best approach for moving my Altmill 4x4. It is still set up on the stock leveling feet, though I know that many have put theirs on casters. While mounting casters is simple enough, it wouldn’t solve the problem of actually getting it into a moving truck, since the standard ramp is only 23” wide. Luckily I’m not moving very far, which is why I’m hoping to get away with little to no disassembly if possible.
Right now I can think of two options..
Rent a truck with a big enough lift gate for the altmill (expensive)
Take the altmill apart to some extent and reassemble it at the destination.
Has anybody that’s gone through a full-on move with their altmill 4x4 have any tips? I figure there should be some wisdom out there that will be helpful for me and others in the future.
I suppose that’s simple enough, and if I remove the wasteboard it should be easy enough for 2-3 people to lift up the ramp and onto a bed of moving blankets for safe transport. Thanks for the sanity check.. I guess i’ve been overthinking this.
Either truck or trailer, its still problematic trying to get it up into the trailer in one piece. I think I’m going to try to take the spoilboard, legs, and spindle off so that hopefully it is easy enough for two people to lift into the trailer.
For anyone wondering, I ended up leaving it mostly together except for removing the spindle, x-axis gantry, and spoilboard. Without these it is light enough to be easily moved by two people. I had a U-haul truck and was able to just walk it right in up the ramp with my helper. I left all the wiring in place and just taped the wire tracks to the frame members to keep them in place. It only took about 30-45 minutes at each location to remove and then re-installing these parts.