Moving a 1000lb Bandsaw Without A Forklift! 

And I thought I was the only (insert descriptor of choice here) crazy enough to tackle an 'over the top' job like this with little more than determination and grit... amazing what you can get done when you decide you can and make a plan... nice job, young man! Best, Matt

This brings back so many memories of things not working. Great job.

Good quality piece of kit - they don't make 'em like than anymore - so well worth your effort & transporting innovations.

Reminds me of moving a 1 car garage across the field with logs, chains and an old Pontiac

Moved a lot of old woodworking machinery over the years. Pallet trucks, wooden stobs and jacks are always your friend. A Burke bar and a small pry bar are always worth having for these jobs as well for getting those slight lifts or nudges away from doorways. I only have a fixed build engine crane so never used one for this sort of work but I do like that folding one. Very useful!

Love it, the last thing I moved was a '47 delta drill press heavy, but not even close to that monster.

for your driveway, there is a porous blacktop option that you might want to look into.

I moved the exact same saw myself last week. I used the forklift at work to put it on the back of the work ute, then when I got it home IO used my two post car hoist to lift it off. First thing I did was to weld steel castors on the bottom. Now it is easy to move around the shed.

Great Job! Proud of you!

Nice work. Now come move one for me. Nice heavy duty table

Love it :) I built a crane to unload a 1000lbs jointer from the trailer. These were good there days :)

Thanks for sharing, I’ve struggled moving equipment around and I learned a few things here.

Very entertaining and not nearly as sketchy as it could have been! Have you seen the hand hydraulic pump kits at harbor freight? They're for auto body work but they work well for general rigging and moving heavy things. The kit has a duck bill shim thing that might help you out if you do this kind of thing a lot. No affiliation to harbor freight. Buy your tools used or from small manufactures whenever you can!

Use what you got, love it man. The dolly looks a little sketchy, not putting my toes under it haha. Keep up the videos brother👊

Good job brother!

Good job. I’d suggest screwing some wood supports under your plywood wheeled base, tall enough to clear the floor, but there to catch the saw should a caster fail. If the wood were slightly longer than your base, it would also act as an outrigger to keep the saw from tipping. Lastly, this addition would keep people from placing their toes under the saw, which could get them crushed should a caster fail. Take care and be well!

they make a very interesting device you may not have heard of. It is called a "trailer". 10X easier and readily available and cheap to rent.

Loading and unloading from my truck, I can not do without my hydraulic tables. This video put me on edge, good job nonetheless.

My profile picture shows my 1940s era 16" Walker Tuner Bandsaw (wood cutting) it weighs over 400lbs Good old American CAST IRON!!

That's a beast.

I bought a jointer/thicknesser about the same weight and was like only 2yrs since it was manufactured. bought it dirt cheap didn't want the seller to change his mind and sell it to someone else if he knew i was going to struggle with rigging it. I quickly call someone with a bed truck that has a crane and quoted me 500!! australian dollars to bring it to my place his excuse it was peak hour and the seller said it must leave his shop the same day plus it was like 1hr job. I KNEW IT WAS COMPLETE RIPOFF didn't care as long as I and the machine are safe and I was like I'll learn and do my research about rigging it for cheap myself later on. told the seller how much the truck guy was ripping me off so he dropped 200 from the price. We placed it on Pallet and wheeled it in my garage. Must admit it was a nice experience having a crane at my house and a new big toy! my instagram is alfawood.made have a couple of photos there of the machine and the truck. Make everything thanks for sharing your experience on VIDEO! i bet there are a lot of makers like myself that are heavy machinery rigging virgins out there and need some tips haha

Nicely done! You are clearly very resourceful. I am moving a 20" MSC band saw at 1540 pounds from Detroit to Milwaukee in a few weeks. I'll use a trailer, tip it down then pull on to the trailer with a winch. Enjoyed the video. Stay safe.

doing this tomorrow morning. what have I gotten myself into

seen two ratchetstraps been used as a come along (shortening one at a time to move a little further , it wrks but its not the propper way to use them

Looks just like a Powermatic 81. Surprised me it was a Grob.

muscled through it awesome

Epic. ❤

One thing thats stopping me from getting large machines is how the hell would i move it. Ive considered building some kind of wood crane using a 10:1 advantage pulley system. Man i dont even know, i guess ill just order that big ass bandsaw i want and whatever happens, happens

That thing is awesome. Does it run on 3 phase? I check the website you linked but didn't see it say anywhere.

WTF LOL great move Bro 👍👍👍

Chris new sub great channel

Bringing the palette jack right to the end of the cab was sketchy af, and very unsafe!

Drag someone took the blade welder off it. DOALLS have them they also have speed control you might be able to speed that up for woodworking. Nice bandsaw. What did you pay for it? Don't be shy.

Honestly you should have just used an open air pickup truck and used a gantry crane. Would have been significantly easier than using the multiple pieces of equipment that you had to deploy.

From one 'Stubborn Idiot' to another......Nice job.

2:40 and a forklift watching you struggle in the background....wtf

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Two man days cost and the risk of serious injury. And that is better than getting it moved professionally ? I do not think so. And NEVER lift with ratchet straps. You have no idea of the breaking point. Madness