Road trip? > On Mar 20, 2014, at 9:42 AM, "Kevin Pegg" <kp...@energyalternatives.ca> wrote: > > We bought a 10 tonne crane truck, got all certified, insured and placards for > carrying Class 8 corrosives and done deal! > > Lots and lots of the Dekka batteries installed that way. Works well. > > If you don't have the appropriate hardware for this, then consider hiring a > local crane & operator to move. We have done that from time to time when it > just wasn't logical to drive our big truck to some remote spot when a local > person has the gear. And not once has a crane company had issue with the > Class 8 corrosives. Though have had issues with crane lift capacity vs reach. > > We also purchased a hydraulic auto body repair kit that consists of a hand > pump, hydraulic cylinder and numerous attachments. It's great for fine > manuvering of batteries into final position. > > Also goes without saying, or maybe not, that one should have a substantial > corrosives spill kit on hand when handling batteries like this. > > Kevin > > -----Original Message----- > From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org > [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org]On Behalf Of William > Miller > Sent: March 19, 2014 4:20 PM > To: RE-wrenches > Subject: [RE-wrenches] Moving batteries > > > Friends: > > I'm installing 12 deka FLA batteries. They're 1860 pounds each and none of > the local movers want to touch them since they're considered hazmat. > > Have any of you ever addressed this problem? > > As always, thanks in advance. > > William Miller > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change email address & 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 > > Change email address & 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
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