Pallet jack-like for lifting trusses into place?

Snailman · 14 Jun 2013 at 11:04 PM

Have seen pictures of such things somewhere before, anyone have tips? Probably from some rental company like Cramo, unfortunately, I have a lousy connection so it's not working for me to search at e.g. Cramo...

thomasx · 14 Jun 2013 at 11:15 PM

Maybe one like this

http://www.mrbygg.se/prod_Sumner2020.htm

But it might not be more expensive to rent a regular scissor lift at Cramo, I saw that they cost 535:-/day and could lift 360kg to about 6-7m height

Matti_75 · 14 Jun 2013 at 11:20 PM

At Ramirent it is called the alplyft.

Mikael_L · 14 Jun 2013 at 11:41 PM

Did you see it in my thread?
I rented an alplyft (alplift).

Snailman · 15 Jun 2013 at 12:06 AM

Thank you all!

Cramo calls it a materiallyft http://www.cramo.se/Web/Apps/Products/ProductGroup.aspx?id=7553&epslanguage=SV

It took me 40 minutes to find it...

Yes, I probably saw the pictures at your place, Mikalel_L, seems to be on page 18 of your blog...

I’ll have to try to check one out at a rental company; you've got to get it in and out of the house too... so I'll have to check its external dimensions.

Matti_75 · 15 Jun 2013 at 8:13 AM

It goes in through a regular front door.

Enk Projektet · 15 Jun 2013 at 10:43 AM

How large are the roof trusses?

thomasx · 15 Jun 2013 at 2:19 PM

Matti_75 said:
It fits through a regular front door.

The main problem can hardly be whether the lift fits through the front door....

Matti_75 · 15 Jun 2013 at 3:25 PM

thomasx said:
The big problem can't really be whether the lift goes in through the front door....

TS wondered how he would get it in and out of the house, and I responded.

Snailman · 15 Jun 2013 at 8:08 PM

Enk Projektet said:
How large are the trusses?

span 7.5 to 10.5 meters approximately, about 22-degree roof pitch, gable roof

thomasx · 15 Jun 2013 at 10:12 PM

Snailman said:
span 7.5 to 10.5 meters approximately about 22-degree roof pitch gable roof

How do you get the trusses through the front door?

Snailman · 15 Jun 2013 at 10:44 PM

thomasx said:
How do you get the roof trusses through the front door?

I have to bring them into the frame before I have finished erecting all the walls, kind of like Mikael_L did...

verktygsgurun · 16 Jun 2013 at 9:12 AM

thomasx said:
How do you get the roof trusses through the front door?

Who installs the front door before putting on the roof trusses?

verktygsgurun · 16 Jun 2013 at 9:15 AM

Why not just call a truck when the trusses need to go up? A lift can't cost more than an hour's work for the truck. Max a grand...

thomasx · 16 Jun 2013 at 9:50 AM

verktygsgurun said:
Who installs the front door before the roof trusses are in place?

The frame has to be up before the roof trusses can go up, the door itself isn't there, but the opening is.

Snailman, are you building the trusses yourself? Otherwise, you could have them lifted directly when they are delivered. That's what I was planning to do.