Getting EKO off of steel pallet

[trehugr]

EKO is in place, the shed is coming along nicely and I want to get the EKO 40 off of the steel pallet. I built the ridge beam strong enough to lift the EKO with a chain fall. However, there are no lift points on the top portion of the boiler or anywhere for that matter. Any ideas ?

 

[Stlshrk]

Could be a bear. I am hoping to leave my Eko 40 on its base. It is probably too heavy to jack it up with boards and two floor jacks & then make a plywood ramp to slide it down, eh?

 

[JustWood]

How about straps with 2x4s for spreaders.

 

[verne]

I threaded a 2" tee to the top and pulled the chain through it. It was a little off balance but worked fine. Cozy Dave told me they do it that way when needed. I used it to get the boiler off the back of my truck and to remove the pallet.

 

[in hot water]

You could screw the branch side of a 2" tee onto the top pipe on the boiler. Slide a chain or cable through it as a lift point. It doesn't lift perfectly straight, but close enough. I've lifted many a boiler this way.

Becareful, regardless of how you lift it!

* Not a factory authorized method, conceptual idea only"

 

[Eric Johnson]

I jacked mine up and dropped the steel pallet down, but I like the 2" tee idea as well. In my case, we set the boiler on blocks so that we could get a pallet jack underneath.

I like tackling those kind of challenges.

 

[Stlshrk]

Are you planning to sit it directly onto the floor, or on some other sort of base?

 

[trehugr]

Directly on the floor. Easier for wife to load wood. Will the supply pipe hold 1300 lbs ?

 

[Eric Johnson]

Easily.