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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Rick:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">We\u2019ve dealt with the no-slab problem by setting some steel traffic plates. To move these plates use the same heavy lifting equipment you will already have on site (crane truck, forklift, backhoe, rollers and/or pallet jack). WE buy a lot of generators and our generator dealer has a crane truck that he helps us with. I gotta say though, if you have a battery room, you are going to moving batteries in and out periodically, so it\u2019s smart to just pour a slab with an apron and get it over with.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">We\u2019ve rented a small <a href="https://www.genielift.com/en/material-handling-products/telehandlers">telehandler</a>. This will get your steel plates to or in the door and get the battery trays off the trailer and onto the pallet jack. If you don\u2019t want to keep the plates, they can be rented, likely from the same yard that you get the lift from.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Attached is a better photo of the pallet jack with the shoe we fabricated. The shoe attaches with 4 3/8X16 flat head screws. Spin them out when you are done and you have a spare pallet jack. The photo shows us removing some Hawkers. We are lifting the nose of the tray just a bit to get the near horizontal block out. There is another block at the back of the tray and one length-wise under the middle. Once the first block is out the tray sits firmly on the other two blocks and allows the pallet jack to slide in. The concept is a bit abstract but simple in operation.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">We developed a technique with the pallet jack and a pipe roller to get the pallet jack over a concrete lip. It\u2019s hard to explain but it involves jacking up the pallet jack, placing a roller underneath and then retracting first the front and then the back wheels. It\u2019s a very smooth operation once you get the concept.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Good luck.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">William</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p></div></body></html>