Splatterer
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We often used to jack bigish (several tons) boats on and off trailers and up off beaches when they were a little bit shipwrecked.
One bloke, a bottle jack and a lot of scaff boards.
The trailers were specially made to allow the boat to be lifted vertically off the trailer at several points,the trailer being driven out from under, then the boat lowered to it's required position.
We would jack the boat up by one scaff board at a time under each loading point. moving sequentially round the boat so it rose an inch all round each time.
Given a previous post about your lathe having holes through for bars, if you could get some strong bar, you could jack the bar ends up then drive the trailer out from underneath with the lathe supported via cross beams on 4 columns. Lowering is a simple process of jack up, remove a board, move jack, remove another board. And the machine drops straight onto your bogey for onward movement.
Hope this helps, if not get a mod to delete.
One bloke, a bottle jack and a lot of scaff boards.
The trailers were specially made to allow the boat to be lifted vertically off the trailer at several points,the trailer being driven out from under, then the boat lowered to it's required position.
We would jack the boat up by one scaff board at a time under each loading point. moving sequentially round the boat so it rose an inch all round each time.
Given a previous post about your lathe having holes through for bars, if you could get some strong bar, you could jack the bar ends up then drive the trailer out from underneath with the lathe supported via cross beams on 4 columns. Lowering is a simple process of jack up, remove a board, move jack, remove another board. And the machine drops straight onto your bogey for onward movement.
Hope this helps, if not get a mod to delete.