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Re: Operational Content, I think...

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leo Bicknell)
Sun Jun 24 19:37:02 2001

Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 19:36:29 -0400
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On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 03:32:02PM -0400, Deepak Jain wrote:
> Is there a common-sense piece of equipment available that 1 person can
> operate that will support a very bulky, rackmountable piece of equipment so
> the same, single person can mount/unmount it near the top of a rack?

Genie lift makes a number of approrpiate products:

http://www.genielift.com/

Something like this http://www.genielift.com/ml-series/ml-1-2.html
from behind works quite well.  They make a counterweighted version
I can't find on the web site better for the front.  With forks you
can even side it into a rack.

With a flat platform welding on a heavy duity drawer slide will
allow you to slide smaller gear in and out of a rack.

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