[RE-wrenches] Moving batteries

[Michael Welch]

Off topic, William, please do not send to the whole list!

William Miller wrote at 11:27 AM 3/20/2014:
 
>Road trip?
>
>> On Mar 20, 2014, at 9:42 AM, "Kevin Pegg" <kpegg at energyalternatives.ca> wrote:
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>> We bought a 10 tonne crane truck, got all certified, insured and placards for carrying Class 8 corrosives and done deal! 
>> 
>> Lots and lots of the Dekka batteries installed that way. Works well. 
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>> If you don't have the appropriate hardware for this, then consider hiring a local crane & operator to move. We have done that from time to time when it just wasn't logical to drive our big truck to some remote spot when a local person has the gear. And not once has a crane company had issue with the Class 8 corrosives. Though have had issues with crane lift capacity vs reach. 
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>> We also purchased a hydraulic auto body repair kit that consists of a hand pump, hydraulic cylinder and numerous attachments. It's great for fine manuvering of batteries into final position. 
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>> Also goes without saying, or maybe not, that one should have a substantial corrosives spill kit on hand when handling batteries like this.