Server room / data center guys - i need a server lift

[lowthreeohz]

anyone know where i can either a) rent a server lift or b) purchase one with quick turnaround? Don't need any bells and whistles, a manual lift will do just fine.

[GeorgeG.]

sorry, I don't have much to add other than to ask why two guys couldn't do it. I actually didn't know such a thing existed.

[ceyko]

I just used a lift from sunbelt for installing Nexus switches up high. That or 4 people.....or 4 people and the lift.

[lowthreeohz]

sorry, I don't have much to add other than to ask why two guys couldn't do it. I actually didn't know such a thing existed.

We could do it with 2 techs, but i'm only 1 and my engineers are in the field commissioning sites. I have 9 racks full of RF equipment that I have to transfer into seismic rated racks, same config just a different housing.

When i worked at IBM we used a crank-style lift to get the servers up to rail height then you could just push it onto the rails and be done. With the stuff i work on now, it's all angle brackets and face mounts so i need something that can slide into the rack and hold a piece of equipment in place until i can bolt it in.

[ceyko]

http://www.midwestrentalsinc.com/equipment.asp?action=category&category=98&key=710-5240

That's what we used, but did not see it on sunbelt's site. The last I did this was in El Paso, but it worked pretty well.

[GeorgeG.]

Oh ok...I was only thinking about the average 2u and 4u gear. I wasn't thinking about Nexus stuff or relocating numerous racks. Sounds like fun!

[Ratt]

Oh ok...I was only thinking about the average 2u and 4u gear. I wasn't thinking about Nexus stuff or relocating numerous racks. Sounds like fun!

We moved one of the giant Nexus switches (full of blades) for a company about a month ago. There were 5 of us and that bitch was still heavy. Luckily it was just setting in the bottom of one rack and we have to put it in a truck and move it to another building where it would go in the bottom of another rack.

[ceyko]

Yeah, and handles are not intended for moving.

[Ratt]

Yeah, and handles are not intended for moving.

Yeah, those handles are useless. Especially when you're sliding the bitch in/out of a rack.

[ScottJ]

I've used those furniture/appliance/fridge moving straps from home-depot (2 guys) where you brace the load on your fore arms. Then the other 1 or 2 guys mounts the shelf. So that takes 3 guys.

[yellowstang]

Afterwards, go to 5 Guys and get a burger, you'll be hungry working alone!

[Ratt]

Afterwards, go to 5 Guys and get a burger, you'll be hungry working alone!

And don't forget to expense it!