[Nhcoll-l] heavy lifting in compactor aisles

[Hawks, Catharine]

Hi Logan

Am copying this to Liz Dietrich our Facilities Manager for the SI Museum Support Center. The MSC faced a similar situation in it's fluid storage pod, so Liz may be able to help you.

Cathy
Catharine Hawks
Conservator
National Museum of Natural History, MRC 106
Research & Collections, NHB 394
Smithsonian Institution
PO Box 37012
Washington, DC 20013-7012
Office 202.633.0835
SI Cell 202.701.8458
CH Cell 703.200.4370
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Subject: [Nhcoll-l] heavy lifting in compactor aisles

Hello,
On behalf of Logan Ivy, Earth Sciences Collections Manager at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science:

The Denver Museum of Natures & Science is building a new collections facility and almost all of the storage will be on compactors.  The Earth Science part of the collection contains some large dinosaur specimens that are only safely moved with machinery, such as pallet jacks and forklifts.  Because of elevator capacity and aisle width constraints, we will not be able to use a standard electric forklift in the area where the dinosaurs will be placed on the compactor shelves.  Since the carriages for the compactors ride just above the floor, there is no room to use the lighter forklifts with wheeled feet projecting out in front.  We need something that lifts about 1200 lbs., has a flat front, and weighs less that about 5,000 lbs., preferably powered.  We are asking the community if anyone has had to deal with a similar problem with compactorized shelves bearing heavy specimens and how they solved the problems.   The industry makes fairly light weight forklifts that you walk behind and control with a pull down yoke, but there may be other solutions out there we have not thought of yet.

Thank you

Logan Ivy
Collections Manager
Earth Sciences
Denver Museum of Nature & Science


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