horrocksd said:
heat4steve,
How did you make out on your boiler delivery? I had my Econoburn 150 delivered to the warehouse where I work, then had it loaded from our loading dock onto a rollback car hauler that tied it down real well and transported it to my home. I opened my barn doors, loosened the tie downs on the rollback, tied a chain to the pallet, and with my hydrostatic tractor I very slooooowly slid it off the back of the rollback that was angled right into the barn doorway. Next day a friend borrowed a pallet jack and we moved it 50' across my concrete barn floor to where it's going to be installed.
Now i just have to get it off the pallet. I figure I'll stack a few bricks and 2 x 4s and small plywood cuts as shims under the pallet, right under where the boiler is bolted to it (I'll remove the bolts first! ). Then I'll cut the "overhang" on the sides of the pallet where it's wider than the boiler, remove that wood, and then I think I can get my shop crane legs around the boiler on the cut down pallet and hopefully lift it with the shop crane, then pull the remaining bits of the pallet out from underneath and then let the boiler down onto the floor. My shop crane says it will lift 2400 lbs--i hope that's for more than 1-2 seconds. : > ) We'll see how it goes.
-David H.
The boiler was delivered without a problem. The delivery man used a pallet jack and I helped push all 1600 lbs into the barn. My challenge will be to move the boiler to a lower level in the building which will require laying or tilting the boiler to get through an opening. I feel confident something can be figured out and it most likely will require some machine assitance. You look like your in good shape with your crane.
My next purchases are:
Wood (Ordered a Load of Logs from Dansville Logging and want to begin splitting soon)
Thermal Storage (Looking for 250-350 gallon upright propane tanks)
O2 Barrier PEX tubing (Not sure if I will atemp to insualte my self or just buy it)
Heat Exchanger (I want a plate type brazed stainless unit if reasonable)
Double Vent (Not Sure How much height is needed - The DEC information on OWB seems to matter here)
I want to have everything going by September. How about you?