Re: Picking up my first pump this week
UpnorthNeil
Yesterday at 07:50 PM
As noted above, these things seem to travel in pairs and are usually seen gathered together with several old gas guys.
As far as moving the pumps, here is the system I used before I got one of those fancy tilt back dollies.
I cut 2 pieces of pink stryo foam wide enough to cover the doors. I shrink wrap those one on each door and then I cover them with a piece of 1/2" plywood cut almost as wide as the pump and tall enough to get above the top of the glass window. I shrink wrap that all together and then sinch the wrapped pump with a ratchet strap about a foot from the bottom and a foot from the top of the plywood, making sure both ratchets are on the same side so there is a clear bottom. When I get the pump to the trailer/truck bed, I tip it onto the edge of the trailer/truck bed and both of use lift partially into the bed placing it on a 3' long 2" diameter thick walled plastic plumbing pipe and proceed to roll it into place. If need be a second roller tube makes the placement easier. Once in place, we lift one end of the pump up and remove the tube and then the same on the other end. Unloading is just the reverse using the rollers to get you partially unloaded and still leaning on the tail gate... If it starts to get away from you ..... GET AWAY, Many of the pumps we buy already have some damaged areas, we refer to those as character marks. Welcome to OG. Neil in Green Bay