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"Ed" none@this-time wrote:

I have just realized that I am as old as my radios. I can't pick up 100
pound transmitters any more. How do you move them around the shack from
work bench to work station for repair and operation, by yourself?

One of the things I regret not rescueing from the dumpster at work was
a "Genie" trolley that was used when removing/replacing heavy parts in
the mainframe computer. Think of a porter's trolley/sacktruck fitted
with long stabilising feet (low enough to go *under* a 19" rack) with
ball casters on the ends, and a moveable platform that can be raised
and lowered by a handcranked winch. Add to that various gripping and
clamping fixtures that could be bolted to the platform to hold stuff
and a maximum loading of about 300 pounds. The winch cable had come
off at one end and they scrapped it. 8-(

The only drawback is that it needs a solid (and flat) floor to work on,
which is not nice for *you* to work on.

If I ever see another, I shall grab it!

Chris. (Next project: 96 pounds of Reception Set R107 - some knobs
missing and a certain amount of rust, but it looks otherwise OK.)