Transport rack

[BUCKEYE]

I am a small shop where I work mostly by myself until install. I have a enclosed trailer that I use as an install trailer that has a ramp door out the back. Right now I use a homemade a frame that I slide in and load all pieces on shopcarts and roll over to the trailer and have someone help transfer pieces into trailer with carry clamps. Would like the find a transport rack that I can wheel around and just load pieces with the crane and put fork extensions on and pick up cart from end and slide into trailer. What do you guys do with carts that have the removable casters? Take them off every time? Leave them and strap it down? I'm open to anything ideas. Also looked at mounting a winch in front of trailer and pull it up the ramp of angle was minimized. I just need to figure out how to do this by myself

[CustomMarbleGranite]

I work out of a cargo trailer
I load the A rack and forklift it into the trailer
I have the orange Granquartz racks so the wheels don’t come off
I have a 2x4 at the front end of the trailer to catch the wheels on the end of the rack and screw a small block the the floor behind the legs on the other end of the rack.

I don’t have a ramp on my trailer which makes loading the rack easier
But extensions on the forks should help you get passed the ramp

[Kowboy]

I just need to figure out how to do this by myself
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Jeremy:

No, you don't. You need to get enough volume to support hiring help. I'm getting exhausted just thinking about loading your trailer.

You want to run a one-man show? Fine. Get into repairs and sink change outs. The hillbillies with their clipped/blocked sinks, steel rods and polyester promise full employment for the near future. The pay is much higher than fabrication and installation, the competition much less, and the customers more grateful. I dropped a Kohler cast iron sink, pulled a blown rear rod, repaired the crack, installed a Blanco stainless steel undermount sink in 8 hours, including drive time with a van with no trailer and grossed $1,800.00 today. Alone.

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[BUCKEYE]

I appreciate the feedback thus far. I am def a unique situation then most..... I am a high end house builder as well. I general contract hi end houses on the other end of things so there's times where the granite shop will sit a couple days between jobs. I have groups of sub contractors I funnel through the jobsite until drywall stage and I jump in and finish out the entire trim door package with cabinetry and all.....this is where my big money is. I am at a fork in the rd where the granite shop could run daily on top of my houses with word of mouth work. I have a monster jib crane that swings from cougar bridge saw to intermac cnc and one guy to feed the cnc from the saw and have time to stage another slab/clean up. I'm not saying my way is perfect but amazingly works pretty well for one guy. My stomach hurts thinking about managing employees day to day at the shop....my automated equipment smiles and ready to work for the most part everyday.

[matejbalun]

We use the Abaco One-Stop A-frames that we load onto our trucks with a forklift.
The caster wheels come off so you are still able to roll them around in the shop.

https://www.granquartz.com/abaco-osa876 ... t/0/697070

[j.d.seiler]

Hey Jeremy. We have been using these racks for about 2 years now. We load racks with vacuum lifters that would easily hang from your job crane. The racks have fork pockets on all sides. Minimum 42" long fork for loading from the short side. They come with 2 fixed wheels in the front and a wheeled handle (dolly) for moving the rack by hand. As seen in the attached photo, we ratchet strap the rack in place to keep it honest. It can be run as a one person operation until you get to the jobsite. Hope that helps.