New hydraulic lift

[raymbo]

A magnificent hydraulic lift came up at auction in Ft. Myers Florida and I bid and won it. I went to Florida on Saturday and picked it up on Monday morning and managed to get all the way back home on Monday night.

Today we got some steel to make the rails for the lift and some forming lumber and set up for the concrete pad. After welding up the rails we started setting up for the concrete pad, I was surprised to have managed to get the pad ready for concrete in one day. We hope to have the concrete crew here next week to pour it and set the rails. We should be ready for train moving next week as soon as the concrete cures up.

Here are a couple of photos.


The new lift, electrically operated with a battery charged with a solar panel.


Compacting the DGA for a sub base.


Pad ready for concrete.

[pkastagehand]

Looks like a good deal. This is for loading/unloading of guests locos or for you own locos to get them in the truck for traveling?

[raymbo]

01 October 2015

The new hydraulic lift is now on the concrete pad. A local contractor sent his concrete crew out yesterday to pour the slab and set the rails for the transfer table for us. Between rain squalls and some cold temperatures they managed to get a very nice finish on the concrete.

The track will still have to be adjusted, ballasted, and aligned but the majority of the work is done.


The first test for the transfer table with the GP-9


This is the other side showing the pad


The latching device still needs some adjusting as does the track to the table but it is nearing completion.

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[raymbo]

Sept 24, 2015 13:19:20 GMT -5 pkastagehand said:

Looks like a good deal. This is for loading/unloading of guests locos or for you own locos to get them in the truck for traveling?

Yes, it is a transfer table for guests to unload at our track and for ourselves to load up to visit other tracks.

[raymbo]

We finally got the slab poured, of course in the rain, but it really turned out very nicely. Here is a video of how it looks when finished.

The lift operates perfectly and now we hope that others will come with their equipment to run on our railroad.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho10LnaZ3pM