Hi Geoff, We picked up one of them last fall. Kind of bulky, takes up a lot of truck space, and takes a full hour to set up. The angle of tilt for the top leg is limited, making it less than optimum for getting modules onto low pitched steel roofs. And the gear at the elbow used to set the tilt is a little soft and showing early wear. But for larger jobs with a larger crew it really moves the modules up safely and quickly in batches when you are ready for them on the roof. On those jobs I'm convinced it's a big fatigue reducer and safety and productivity improvement. Otherwise it is usually sitting in storage in the shop.
Jeff Irish, PE President Hudson Valley Clean Energy, Inc. Rhinebeck, NY 12572 T.845.876.3767 F.845.876.3912 j...@hvce.com Renewable Energy Systems Solar, Wind, Geothermal NYSERDA Eligible PV Installer NABCEP Certified PV Installer IGSHPA Certified Geothermal Installer -----Original Message----- From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Geoff Greenfield Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 4:07 PM To: 'RE Marketing for home scale RE industry'; 'RE-wrenches' Subject: [RE-wrenches] solar roof lift experience? Hey gang- anyone have any success (or horror) stories with regard to panel lifting equipment? I have considered a home-brew cart on a ladder, looked at some products made for comp shingles, and saw some fancy-schmancy European stuff at the shows. Just today I was hit with a marketing email from this company: Check us out at: <http://www.boeckeramericas.com/> BoeckerUSA.com Anyone been down this road? For a brighter energy future, Geoff Greenfield President Third Sun Solar & Wind Power Ltd. 340 West State street, Unit 25 Athens, Ohio 45701 (740) 597-3111 fax: (740)597-1548 www.third-sun.com Clean Energy - Expertly Installed _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
