<div dir="ltr">Hi, Don! My suggestion is to not stack more than two 4-foot cabinets high. Adam, our colleagues, and I spend an exorbitant amount of time accessing specimens, and it is difficult (if not impossible) to do any level of browsing in the collection.<div><br></div><div>If there is no other option but to stack, I would consider getting shorter cabinets to allow for future reconfiguration. It also helps with handling groups that are heterogeneous in size, e.g., marsupials, rodents. The shorter cabinets can be limiting if you are using a platform, but the lifts that Adam suggests, as well as various ladders, will allow you to access your collection.<div><div><br></div><div>Take care,</div><div>Cody</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Cody W. Thompson, PhD<br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div>Mammal Collections Manager</div><div>& Associate Research Scientist<br><div>University of M<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">ichigan</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Museum of Zoology</font></div><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">3600 Varsity Drive</font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108</font></div></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Office: (734) 615-2810</font></div><div>Fa<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">x: (734) 763-4080</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Email: <a href="mailto:cwthomp@umich.edu" target="_blank">cwthomp@umich.edu</a></font></div><div><font size="2"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">W</font><font face="arial, sans-serif">ebsite: <a href="http://codythompson.org" target="_blank">codythompson.org</a></font></font></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://lsa.umich.edu/ummz/mammals/donate-to-the-mammal-division.html" target="_blank"><b>Please click here to support the UMMZ Mammal Division, its collections, and research mission!!!</b></a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 12:58 PM Adam Rountrey <<a href="mailto:arountre@umich.edu">arountre@umich.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Our paleo cabinets are triple stacked (highest drawers are at 15.5 ft). We use a WAV for individual specimens, but for pulling trays, the Big Joe J1 Joey with the optional oversized work platform (35 x 36 inches) is much better. I line up the work platform with the glides and slide the tray onto the platform. <br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">-Adam</font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 12:45 PM Donald McAlpine <<a href="mailto:Donald.McAlpine@nbm-mnb.ca" target="_blank">Donald.McAlpine@nbm-mnb.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The New Brunswick Museum is undergoing a $150 M building expansion that will include some new collections space. There is currently a plan (proposed by architects) to double stack botany and entomology cabinets (each on a separate shelf)
on compactors. Zoology cabinets will be stacked 4 high, again, on shelves and compactors. I would be interested in hearing from anyone that is double stacking botany or entomology cabinets and triple or quadruple stacking zoology cabinets. We can get access
to cabinets using WAV 60 (Work Assist Vehicle), but removing trays from zoology cabinets to accommodate rearrangement of collections is very awkward and time consuming. I would be interested and grateful to hear of any others who are stacking specimens cabinets
more than 2 high and the process around managing collections in these circumstances.
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