BIZHUB Sling for Forklift

[pepper38_cnd]

If you ever find yourself needing to setup a Bizhub and don't have enough man power to lift it onto the base unit. here is how to do it

I have used this myself, and it is quite simple to do with only one person.

[SAR]

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That's a great idea. Thank you!

[SalesServiceGuy]

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I often direct ship an unboxed copier directly to a customer location and then arrive by myself to install the copier.

I use this method to install a 250 lb copier on a paper pedestal with two mounting pins.

Temporarily remove the fuser to reduce the weight of the copier. Do not install the Doc Feeder at this time.

You need an extra pallet from a previous install and a 2" ABS pipe cut in half to act as a roller cut.

Tilt the boxed copier on it's side and slide the extra pallet underneath the palletized copier.

The extra pallet brings the boxed copier to the same height as the paper pedestal.

Unbox the copier and remove all of the packing foam.

Place a roller underneath the copier on top of the pallet. Place the 2nd roller on top of the paper pedestal located right next to the pallet. Lock the pedestal wheels.

Roll the copier from the pallet onto the second roller on top of the pedestal.

Repostion the pedestal roller to the front third of the copier.

The rollers remove all of the weight of the copier and makes it easy to align the pins.

[Gift]

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Sweet, we're using a trolley chain-crane in our storage with these kind of slings ending up in one hook.
It's very handy so one person is able to pre-install a device without any helping hand.

[blackcat4866]

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I like it. =^..^=

[pepper38_cnd]

Re: BIZHUB Sling for Forklift

If you ever find yourself needing to setup a Bizhub and don't have enough man power to lift it onto the base unit. here is how to do it

I have used this myself, and it is quite simple to do with only one person.

I just setup a C550i on a PC417 yesterday by myself. This can be a beast even with 4 techs to lift. No problem with the Sling.

[Synthohol]

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thats a great idea!

it beats when i used to do that alone and id stack reams of paper under the handles alternating sides and sliding the LCC under and swap the top ream for a half ream until it was seated on the cabinet.

now you got me thinking how to make an easily portable engine crane if a forklift is out of the question.

[larweedad]

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We have a similar setup. We posted on this site somewhere. We sometimes also use 4 corner pieces and a strap or 2 on the cabinet to hold the copier and cabinet straight as it comes down. bent a few pins doing it alone. Found it here under ex coworker Id of srvctec. Copier Hoist

[tsbservice]

Re: BIZHUB Sling for Forklift

thats a great idea!

it beats when i used to do that alone and id stack reams of paper under the handles alternating sides and sliding the LCC under and swap the top ream for a half ream until it was seated on the cabinet.

now you got me thinking how to make an easily portable engine crane if a forklift is out of the question.

Sounds like you did a great physical jobs alongside with razor blade sharp mind.

[blackcat4866]

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This is so smart!

I had one of those horrible moments 16yrs ago. We were moving a CS8030 off of it's busted up pallet. It was me and three other truck drivers lifting #600. We had it lifted and were walking it off the pallet, then the truck driver in front of me grabbed his back .. and dropped the handle next to me! Like an idiot, I grabbed the other handle and muscled my end off of the pallet.

That hurt me for few day afterwards. This truck driver outweighted me x 2 1/2
Those Harriers were heavy SOB's. =^..^=