old men and their backs

Confusedious say...
"Give a man a shop full of material handling gear including an overhead hoist
and he will find a way to hurt himself pulling weeds in the garden."

 So yeah, I may have done that today. The city hath given me until 7-10-2024 to clear up my weeds but my back now has a serious soft-tissue injury, pinched nerves, the whole bit.  I'll say it doesn't hurt as much as passing a kidney stone - it's about comparable top busted ribs.

 In other news, we may have found the not-quite-dream-home in the mountains we've been dying to compromise on, and we're checking out the issues pretty hard. (one being a lack of a well)

This raises the issue of how to move:
    • a 300 lb compressor
    • a 400 lb workbench
    • a 500 lb toolchest
    • a 300 lb welding table
    • a 1,200 lb lathe
    • a 2,000 lb mill
from Denver to Somewhere West of Ft. Collins. 

 If I take the lathe off its (heavy, but low) stands, I can move it the same way I moved it here; in a pickup truck or a moving truck. The latter requires pallets and a banding kit or the like, but would allow moving
more parts at a time safely.

 Some items like the workbench require either four strong backs or the completion of my hoisting cart -- which is only useful on smooth floors.

Some items like the mill come apart into three or so large pieces which go on pallets using a hoist - a finished hoist cart would be awful handy at the destination for re-assembly.

Nothing to be done for the compressor or welding table; they're heavy, too bad. :/

 The good news is the property we're looking at doesn't have an especially steep driveway and does have a large garage.  But we are far from closing, with too many questions.

 More as it happens...