Slightly OT: moving a Tormach 770 CNC mill

[gwerhart0800]

I am going with a group of folks to pick up a Tormach 770. The mill is currently assembled, it's stand, with the keyboard/monitor and accessory tray arms attached. We will be will be hauling it ~280 miles from it's current location back to our shop. I have been arguing that it is top heavy and we should separate the mill from the stand for the move. Others want to leave the mill on the stand and and just strap the heck out of it. We will be removing the "arms" at least.

So, are there any folks on this forum who have one of the 770's or 1100's that can comment on how top heavy the mill is?

I really don't want to drive all the way there, pick it up and have it fall over at some point on the way back!

Thanks!

[ctwo]

Of course it will be safer on the floor. I also think that machine could be strapped well enough not to have to worry about it. How do you know when it's good enough? Maybe when it doesn't fall over.

Of course, in motorcycles, we say to dress for the fall, not the ride...

[hammermill]

guess I would go talk to the horse its self


http://www.tormach.com/product_pcnc_770 ... tools.html

with the proper approach it should arrive in good shape I would reduce it down that stand is narrow and sheet metal. plus gravity is relentless

[gwerhart0800]

We did get it "home" in one piece. The previous owner had the "lift kit" and an overhead gantry crane. So we were able to get it loaded on the trailer okay with the stand attached. My biggest concern was that the strapping would jar the column and take it out of alignment. (We used the lift ring at the top of the column as one of the strapping points. Our measurements against table show no real alignment issues. So that was good. When we got to the shop, it turns out that the stand is the right size to use a pallet jack on, so it was a very easy unload.

[hammermill]

so this means no train wreck photo,s

good to hear all was a sucess

[FLSTEAM]

so this means no train wreck photo,s

I was hoping for a video of it sliding off the back of the trailer at 70 mph..

Oh Well... Congrats on the good move.

John B.

[ctwo]

Good deal on the move. When my mill was coming home, I stopped following the flat bed because I did not want to see a mill slide off the truck at 70 mph...

[redneckalbertan]

Good deal on the move. When my mill was coming home, I stopped following the flat bed because I did not want to see a mill slide off the truck at 70 mph...

It occurs to me that if you spead up or slowed down even one mile an hour you wouldn't have to watch the mill slide off at 70 miles an hour!...

[hammermill]

Cold that be called distracted driving