Is it worth fixing this milling machine? Welding Cast iron!

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Well at least the knee was right down and the head swiveled underneath.
I have a 4 ton Elliot Sturdimill. It is surprising how easy it is to move with rollers but needs a 12 ton HIAB if going any distance.
You could have put some bricks under the pallet and then set fire to it!!!

 

[fizzy]

A pallet jack under that broken pallet and a 'roadway' of cut up 8x4 sheets of ply would have moved that to a safer place where you could build a tripod over it to lift it.

It's situations like that that I thank God that I have a forklift - only recently I had to transfer a ton of Blacksmiths Power Hammer off a pallet that had completely rotted over the ten years that it was on it outside, (it had canted over to nearly 45 degrees) and re-palletise it

The biggest thing we have moved recently was a Kingsland multi 80 steelworker. A very good customer asked us to ship it. The thing weighs 2090kgs. We had to check the collecting depot and the delivery depot had big enough forklifts. The hub uses 2 ton so was touch and go. I was terrified but it got there in 1 piece! it was brand new from the factory. They refused to ship it on pallet. Said it was only safe to be craned.