[rescue] Just rescued these thanks to gov deals. 2 SGI origin Systems

[PhreakShow Telephone Company]

I got your info :)  thanks.  I work at an amish farm.  Moving big
stuff is fun :)  Amazing what you can do with a heavy duty wagon and a
movers dolly  plus a couple of straps.     I think if i break them
down thatll be the way to go.  I too am too cheap to rent a liftgate
truck.   As it is i might have to take the farm truck down and pick up
a livestock trailer that way anyways.  Empty live stock trailer lots
of room :) plus a nice ramp.     You can do alot with very little.
I collect antique phones and I moved 3 switchboards down a flight of
stairs iwth just a movers dolly.  Those are about 600lbs a pop fully
loaded.   Always fun

On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 1:27 PM, JP Hindin <jplist2008 at kiwigeek.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Feb 2018, Steve Hatle wrote:
>>
>> Yup - when I had my O2K, the only reasonable way to move it as far as I
>> was
>> concerned was a dock truck with a lift gate.
>>
>> I wasn't willing to pull it apart into small enough components to move
>> individually, but I guess that could be an option.
>
>
> I moved six Onyx2 racks between houses and breaking them down is actually
> trivial - if a little time consuming. I gave OP some hints elsewhere, but
> it's as easy as removing the skins, six-eight screws and the module comes
> out. If you pull the PSUs the whole lot can be moved with a couple strong
> guys - and that's including up and down some pretty tight stairs. Thankfully
> the aluminium racks are a delight to move.
>
> I'm too cheap to rent a liftgate for any of this crap. Hell, I moved a
> 2200lbs IBM SP/2 up a flight of stairs by hand. Of course, I was young and
> dumb then.
>
>  - JP
>
>
>> --------- Original Message --------- Subject: Re: [rescue] Just rescued
>> these
>> thanks to gov deals. 2 SGI origin Systems
>> From: "Lincoln Fessenden" <linc at lincgeek.org>
>> Date: 2/14/18 11:24 am
>> To: "The Rescue List" <rescue at sunhelp.org>
>>
>> As someone who has move these (hi Dave and Brian) I can also attest that
>> moving them in a standard van is not going to be an easy task, and
>> probably not logistically possible. These are BIG and HEAVY.
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 08:31:05PM -0500, Dave McGuire wrote:
>> > On 02/13/2018 08:16 PM, PhreakShow Telephone Company wrote:
>> > > I discovered gov deals last week. And well needless to say im very
>> thrilled
>> > >
>> > > 2 SGI origin systems. 2 Big racks.
>> > >
>> > > Im hoping they will fit in the back of my van. Well worth the 7
>> > > hour drive. Been wanting big iron to restore. This is it.
>> >
>> > Awesome, congrats! And that's an amazing price!
>> >
>> > As someone who has moved quite a few of these, though, I must
>> > recommend not even trying with your van, assuming we're talking about a
>> > regular "van". These are anything but standard racks; it'd be quite a
>> > challenge to lay them down. I'm guessing my 2400 weighs about 850.
>> >
>> > -Dave
>> >
>> > --
>> > Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
>> > New Kensington, PA
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>> --
>>
>> -Linc Fessenden
>>
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