Thanks to the following for their replies:
francini_at_nashua.progress.com and peter_at_chemphys.weizmann.ac.il
who said the weight of a fully loaded pedestal was easily 250+ pounds
rpoblete_at_gmd.com.pe
added that the disks were the most delicate parts and to protect them
by removing them and packing them separately.
basker_at_ricochet.net
supplied the following url to the Systems and Options Catalogue -
http://www.digital.com/soc
magill_at_isc.upenn.edu
offered some very succinct advise:
These things weigh about 10 pounds in total; maybe only 5.
I assume you are talking about a pedestal system here. In which case
everything is in one case. It's pretty easy for two people to lift.
It's bulky more than heavy.
It will easily fit in the back seat (or even the trunk [boot]) of most
standard American sized cars. (Probably won't fit in a Mini-Cooper, or
a Vauxhall, but will easily sit on the back floor between the jumpseats
of a Black London Taxi.)
The ONLY issue on moving a system is impact shock. Typically resulting
when it is "dropped" off a inch high curb, that turns out not to be
flat. But even then, you have to drop it really hard.
The only reason that the commercial movers are "better" than moving it
yourself is that the commercial mover carries insurance which will pay
for the system replacement when THEY drop it.
Commercial movers do NOT exercise more care either of the equipment or
the environment (i.e. moving from hot to cold, dry to wet, etc.) they
simply have insurance to cover their indiscretions.
The only reason to use a commercial mover rather than moving it
yourself is the avoidance of work. However, if you have two friends who
knuckes traditionally drag on the ground; then you too can be in the
moving business.
[One thing which commercial movers have, but which may businesses have
also, are "furniture dollies." Little wooden platforms with "bigger"
wheels on them than the standard "office caster." Allows them to roll
over door-frames, elevator cracks and the like without getting caught.]
We constantly move systems around and unless we are moving outside the
building -- we do all our moving ourselves. The only reason we call on
(in our case internal) external movers is strictly a union issue. The
only time we call on movers is when we have a full 6-foot tall 19-inch
rack full of equipment to deal with. (We don't have any
knuckle-draggers in the department.)
For any pedestal mounted system, a computer moving company IS a waste
of money. It's really just a question of whose insurance is going to
pay for problems - yours or theirs. Unless you are a real klutz, get in
an accident or otherwise screw up, you can move a pedestal system just
as "correctly" (and from my experience, more correctly) than any
commercial "electronics" moving company. With mainframes - or even
"enterprise systems" like 8400s ... different story. But Pedestal
systems (i.e. departmental class servers) its strictly an insurance
issue.
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