rolling a heavy mill

[Frank S]

Needing to get my Horizontal mill out of the container I decided to just cut 5 pieces of 1 1/4" pipe and act like an Egyptian
At first I thought of fabricating a set of skates but due to the weight I would have needed to make them with very wide rollers and I would need 4 of them plus they would have needed to be steerable . Way too much time involved for a 1 time move of a machine with a solid flat bottom on its base
With pipes I could set them at varying angles as I rolled it and turn the machine as I progressed I was able to pull the 6000lb mill with a 500 lb rated tool box chain come -a-long I used a 6 ton shorty house jack to lift the machine
My very small stature wife was able to ratchet the little come-along at times by using a short cheater pipe on the handle this is something I wouldn't use on it but I probably have 10 times the wrist strength that she does