William,
I just had three customers replace their failing battery banks at the same
time. Eight batteries in total, each weighing over 1000#. I couldn't come up
with the heavy equipment for loading & transport myself so I coordinated the
move with a local tree faller friend (plenty of lumber jacks up here in the
sticks) who has a small Bobcat skid and a heavy-duty flat bed truck. It worked
out pretty well. The issue of HAZMAT control & signage shouldn't be ignored and
was addressed.
Eric
SunHarvest
001.530.798.3738 (Cell)
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From: Tump
To: RE-wrenches
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 6:05 PM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Moving batteries
Ahh the joys of steel contained batteries. Are the interconnects welded? If
you "own" them then you can move them. If I am going on the road w/ any
battery, proper placarding is the norm but I ALWAYS cover them. Sometimes I use
a tarp other times I use a "used" lumber (say for a stack of 2"x10"x 20's)
tarp. these tarps come on a load/pallet of lumber. The lumber company usually
throws them away.
U haul trailer, flat bed or sometimes you can get your friendly scrap/junk
dealer to transport them on their tilting car transport for the old batteries.
$.025-.35/Lb can usually add up quickly.
On Mar 19, 2014, at 8:20 PM, William Miller wrote:
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
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