Plates weigh about half as much as the pianos. Weights for all the Steinways are on the web or on that nifty chart we all should have Wim Sent from my iPhone On Aug 15, 2012, at 5:20 PM, Jim Ialeggio <jim at grandpianosolutions.com> wrote: > What are the approx weights of these plates > > S&S D, B, L what's the heaviest one could expect. > > Trying to come up with winches and booms to get plates onto my trailer and unloaded at my auto body sub, with me being tutti sole at the shop. Thinking about permanently mounting a small crane on the trailer http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200381756_200381756. This one's rated at 1000lbs with the boom retracted at 36" from pivot...mounted on the side of the trailer, I think this would work at that extension. 1000lbs at full 51 extension. > > Jim Ialeggio > > -- > Jim Ialeggio > jim at grandpianosolutions.com > 978 425-9026 > Shirley Center, MA >
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