On 11/6/2014 12:07, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
On Wed, 05 Nov 2014 23:11:23 -0500, William Herrin said:
Ah yes, I recall watching them decommission the old Control Data Cyber 990 back at Georgia Tech. The mover slipped trying to get it on the liftgate and the whole cabinet dropped about a foot to the ground with a nice solid thud.
I know of a case where somebody managed to drop an IBM Shark storage array off a forklift.
Amazingly enough, it still kinda sorta worked after that....
I no longer can recall the name of the company (his trucks were United Fan Lines colors but he had split off or something and had a license to use the colors)--all he (and crew) did was big computers. In the years I dealt with him the highlights were a) the time he and crew loaded a 1783 Drum (Several thousand pounds, I think, and top-heavy) into a truck parked against the curb or a street that has a moderately radical slope. Rolling it off the lift gate they lost it and it slammed against the down-hill wall pretty sternly. The truck tilted a bit into the street light pole which made the pole whip, flinging the glass cover down on the truck. Activity eventually stopped with the truck leaning (and immobilized) against the pole. I don't remember the resolution. b) the time they Johnson-barred an 1110 CPU into an open hole in the raised floor. Seems like the ripped out a lot of floor before deciding the strategy was not working. Seems like the used several Rol-a-lifts, a lot of canvas strapping and Johnson Bar handles recovering it. -- The unique Characteristics of System Administrators: The fact that they are infallible; and, The fact that they learn from their mistakes. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes
I really wish we could do emoji¹s in email. Totally fitting! http://www.iemoji.com/view/emoji/26/people/face-with-tears-of-joy Carlos Alcantar Race Communications / Race Team Member 1325 Howard Ave. #604, Burlingame, CA. 94010 Phone: +1 415 376 3314 / carlos@race.com / http://www.race.com On 11/6/14, 7:43 PM, "Larry Sheldon" <larrysheldon@cox.net> wrote:
On 11/6/2014 12:07, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
On Wed, 05 Nov 2014 23:11:23 -0500, William Herrin said:
Ah yes, I recall watching them decommission the old Control Data Cyber 990 back at Georgia Tech. The mover slipped trying to get it on the liftgate and the whole cabinet dropped about a foot to the ground with a nice solid thud.
I know of a case where somebody managed to drop an IBM Shark storage array off a forklift.
Amazingly enough, it still kinda sorta worked after that....
I no longer can recall the name of the company (his trucks were United Fan Lines colors but he had split off or something and had a license to use the colors)--all he (and crew) did was big computers.
In the years I dealt with him the highlights were a) the time he and crew loaded a 1783 Drum (Several thousand pounds, I think, and top-heavy) into a truck parked against the curb or a street that has a moderately radical slope. Rolling it off the lift gate they lost it and it slammed against the down-hill wall pretty sternly. The truck tilted a bit into the street light pole which made the pole whip, flinging the glass cover down on the truck. Activity eventually stopped with the truck leaning (and immobilized) against the pole. I don't remember the resolution.
b) the time they Johnson-barred an 1110 CPU into an open hole in the raised floor. Seems like the ripped out a lot of floor before deciding the strategy was not working. Seems like the used several Rol-a-lifts, a lot of canvas strapping and Johnson Bar handles recovering it.
-- The unique Characteristics of System Administrators:
The fact that they are infallible; and,
The fact that they learn from their mistakes.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes
I remember when we got our SGI Challenge XL delivered. It was around 1200lbs and the trucker refused to do an inside delivery even though we'd specified that, we were on the second floor (up one flight of stairs tho a few more to get to the stairs.) Their excuse was that we didn't have a proper way to do that. That is, there were three steps before the elevator and whatever else they think of not to do it. So rather than fuss with them and leaving the $500K system on the sidewalk outside I called: Death Wish Movers They're a company in Boston which specializes in moving big pianos and similar. The Travel Channel (I think it was) made a reality series about them briefly. Four guys showed up and decided they didn't even want to use the elevator, too small or something. They just hauled that thing up the stairs with your usual ONE...TWO...THREE...LIFT! ONE...TWO...THREE...LIFT!... I forget the cost but it wasn't a lot, maybe $300? Needless to say I recommend them. http://www.deathwishpiano.com -b
That has to be one of the funniest things I've ever seen -----Original Message----- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Barry Shein Sent: Friday, November 07, 2014 2:09 PM To: Larry Sheldon Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Shipping bulk hardware via freight I remember when we got our SGI Challenge XL delivered. It was around 1200lbs and the trucker refused to do an inside delivery even though we'd specified that, we were on the second floor (up one flight of stairs tho a few more to get to the stairs.) Their excuse was that we didn't have a proper way to do that. That is, there were three steps before the elevator and whatever else they think of not to do it. So rather than fuss with them and leaving the $500K system on the sidewalk outside I called: Death Wish Movers They're a company in Boston which specializes in moving big pianos and similar. The Travel Channel (I think it was) made a reality series about them briefly. Four guys showed up and decided they didn't even want to use the elevator, too small or something. They just hauled that thing up the stairs with your usual ONE...TWO...THREE...LIFT! ONE...TWO...THREE...LIFT!... I forget the cost but it wasn't a lot, maybe $300? Needless to say I recommend them. http://www.deathwishpiano.com -b
Holy crap. I've actually used Death Wish. Small world. They were awesome. Of course, I moved something far less interesting - a piano. But I called them on a Tuesday and said "I need a piano moved by 1 PM tomorrow". They did it, no fuss, no muss, very professional, and reasonably priced. Highly recommended. -- TTFN, patrick On Nov 07, 2014, at 14:09 , Barry Shein <bzs@world.std.com> wrote:
I remember when we got our SGI Challenge XL delivered. It was around 1200lbs and the trucker refused to do an inside delivery even though we'd specified that, we were on the second floor (up one flight of stairs tho a few more to get to the stairs.) Their excuse was that we didn't have a proper way to do that. That is, there were three steps before the elevator and whatever else they think of not to do it.
So rather than fuss with them and leaving the $500K system on the sidewalk outside I called:
Death Wish Movers
They're a company in Boston which specializes in moving big pianos and similar. The Travel Channel (I think it was) made a reality series about them briefly.
Four guys showed up and decided they didn't even want to use the elevator, too small or something.
They just hauled that thing up the stairs with your usual ONE...TWO...THREE...LIFT! ONE...TWO...THREE...LIFT!...
I forget the cost but it wasn't a lot, maybe $300?
Needless to say I recommend them.
-b
In article <ABF2EDF8-A14A-4CF1-9907-5C64390BEB21@ianai.net> you write:
Holy crap. I've actually used Death Wish. Small world.
They were awesome.
If you have a typical old Boston house and a piano, there isn't much alternative. BTDT, John
Back a few jobs ago, I had a similar problem with a trucker refusing to do inside delivery on a 5kVa UPS unit that clocked in around 450lbs, and my town didn't have any similar moving company willing to schlep that thing up two flights of stairs on no notice. However, it turns out that you can disassemble that particular model of 5kVa UPS into pieces such that the biggest one weighs a little over 200 lbs. It also apparently turns out I can carry a 200lb battery up two flights of stairs. I like to think I'm smarter now than I was then, on at least three specific counts. -- Josh On 11/7/14, 2:09 PM, "Barry Shein" <bzs@world.std.com> wrote:
I remember when we got our SGI Challenge XL delivered. It was around 1200lbs and the trucker refused to do an inside delivery even though we'd specified that, we were on the second floor (up one flight of stairs tho a few more to get to the stairs.) Their excuse was that we didn't have a proper way to do that. That is, there were three steps before the elevator and whatever else they think of not to do it.
So rather than fuss with them and leaving the $500K system on the sidewalk outside I called:
Death Wish Movers
They're a company in Boston which specializes in moving big pianos and similar. The Travel Channel (I think it was) made a reality series about them briefly.
Four guys showed up and decided they didn't even want to use the elevator, too small or something.
They just hauled that thing up the stairs with your usual ONE...TWO...THREE...LIFT! ONE...TWO...THREE...LIFT!...
I forget the cost but it wasn't a lot, maybe $300?
Needless to say I recommend them.
-b
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Barry Shein -
Carlos Alcantar -
John Levine -
Kain, Rebecca (.) -
Larry Sheldon -
Patrick W. Gilmore -
Sholes, Joshua