Getting ready for PowerPro

[hfmann]

Found out that SS will let me pickup my PowerPro unit and drop off my headstock at the same time. Since I'm within a couple hour drive, That'll save me a bundle on the shipping. But......

Any suggestions on how best to get my headstock off and packaged for safe transport in my little pickup truck? Seems like it's going to be heavy. Should I rent an engine hoist?

Hal

[SDSSmith]

The old headstock weighs about 55 lbs. The new one weighs more. I would just set the headstock in the footwell of the passenger seat or buckle it in.

[beeg]

At about 6 minutes in this video. It will show ya how to remove the about 60 lb headstock. I think I'd just chuck it on the front seat of the truck and put the seat belt on it.

http://www.shopsmithacademy.com/SS_Archives/SS122/SS122_Shopsmith_Reborn_Pt2.htm

[hfmann]

Thanks for that link. I sure can't find the sawdust sessions newer than 2007. Oops, now I see them. The most recent is September 2008. Is that right?

Sling it on the front seat! At 55 lbs, there won't be any slinging by me. My back is already complaining just thinking about it. Although in the video Nick lifts it like its merely a 5 lb bag of potatoes!

Thanks guys. Good ideas.

Hal

[8iowa]

When I installed the DIY Power Pro package, I weighed the original AC motor at 20 lbs. The DVR motor & control weigh 17 lbs more. Thus the new Power Pro Headstock will weigh about 72 lbs.

[jimthej]

Sounds like a job for a teenager. Any nephews, grandsons, neighbors around? As a recently retired high school counselor, I can testify that they are strong, but require guidance.

[oldc6]

My idea for hauling headstock would involve none of the suggestions. I was on the volunteer fire dept. and an EMT volunteer for 25 years. Regular job was a mechanic at local Ford agency.... So, have seen a few results of people not restraining what they haul, or put it in the front seat.. In a collision or worse yet a rollover you dont want loose stuff flying around. One incident i remember quite well. A commercial plumbers pickup went in ditch and rolled a couple of times. Now, these guys have 2inch and sometimes larger fittings in the cab, on the floor, on the dash......The inside of the truck almost looked more beat up than the outside.....The guy lived through it with some serious injuries.....I would put in trunk of car, at least it would not be in cabin with you....

[hfmann]

Good idea on the youth volunteer - think I'll enlist the aid of our neighbor's son.

OldC - interesting point about loose items inside the cab. I'm sure you've seen some really nasty stuff. Originally I thought beeg's suggestion of using the seatbelt to secure it made a lot of sense. Now that my wife may be riding with me, I've got no choice but to put it in the back.

Do I need to build a cradle for it? The video that beeg linked up for me shows a cradle. But in it Nick said some 2x4's would work too. But do I need to do that for transport?

Thanks guys.
Hal

[dusty]

Good idea on the youth volunteer - think I'll enlist the aid of our neighbor's son.

OldC - interesting point about loose items inside the cab. I'm sure you've seen some really nasty stuff. Originally I thought beeg's suggestion of using the seatbelt to secure it made a lot of sense. Now that my wife may be riding with me, I've got no choice but to put it in the back.

Do I need to build a cradle for it? The video that beeg linked up for me shows a cradle. But in it Nick said some 2x4's would work too. But do I need to do that for transport?

Thanks guys.
Hal

When Shopsmith ships a PowerPro headstock to you it is not in any cradle. Unless you call that heavy bundle of packing a cradle. Protect it so that it doesn't roll around on its own or get scratched. It is heavy enough to do some damage (to itself and others) if not secured.

[wa2crk]

Can your wife hopld it on her lap?:eek:
Bill V