Buying some cast iron radiators

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goosegunner

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Oct 15, 2009
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$20 each all 5 tube

3 are 38" tall 20" wide 8 sections EDR of 48

1 is 20" inches tall X 80" wide, 30 sections EDR of 80

They were just taken out of service and are out of the house. Steam heat converted to forced air....

The small ones I am not worried about moving. How much do you think the big one weighs?

The 80" one is pretty big and I am not sure if it is worth trying to move it, but dang for $20 could a guy go wrong?

gg
 
GG The black one I posted a picture of was REALLY heavy. Not as strong as I use to be but smarter. Smarter was what got it in the back of my F350 dump truck. I had 2 staging planks and rope into the front of the truck with a come-a-long. Second person could keep it centered on the plank as I winched it up.
Radiator could have been 200+lbs ???? No idea how heavy the big one would be but these things are ridiculously heavy.
Rob
 
RobC said:
GG The black one I posted a picture of was REALLY heavy. Not as strong as I use to be but smarter. Smarter was what got it in the back of my F350 dump truck. I had 2 staging planks and rope into the front of the truck with a come-a-long. Second person could keep it centered on the plank as I winched it up.
Radiator could have been 200+lbs ???? No idea how heavy the big one would be but these things are ridiculously heavy.
Rob

I was thinking of doing the same thing I have some metal ramps that are rated to 750lbs that I use to load my Ranger 6x6.

Apparently 4 guys carried it out of the house so I could go that route if I can get enough help. I just don't want anyone to get hurt.

gg
 
Worth 16cents a lb at the scrap yard so if they don't work out you will make a good chunk of change.
leaddog
 
goosegunner said:
$20 each all 5 tube

3 are 38" tall 20" wide 8 sections EDR of 48

1 is 20" inches tall X 80" wide, 30 sections EDR of 80

They were just taken out of service and are out of the house. Steam heat converted to forced air....

The small ones I am not worried about moving. How much do you think the big one weighs?

The 80" one is pretty big and I am not sure if it is worth trying to move it, but dang for $20 could a guy go wrong?

gg
For $20 bucks you could take a sledge hammer to the big one & probably get $80.00 at the scrap yard for it. Last I heard clean cast was $300 a ton. Randy Leaddog was a bit faster than me,hence the redundancy.
 
I'd guess it weighs 500-700lbs. I moved an almost identical one with an F350 bucket truck, a big kid, some moving carts, pry bars and a bunch of blocks. No way in heck I'd try to pick that thing up, unless it was in buckets after the sledge hammer.
 
I picked them up today. Myself and 3 guys from work lifted them on to a trailer. Not as bad as I thought it would be.

gg
 
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