Moving stackable chairs using a traditional stack chair mover often requires a lot of human power, poses injury threats, and is difficult for people with limited strength to maneuver the load of chairs.
A large Portland, Oregon based theatre contacted us about coming up with a better solution to moving their chairs around to setup for their many different weekly activities. Several hundred chairs are moved around the facility regularly and even moved between floors in the building. A small elevator is available, but space is limited.
A GoLift UL5 was selected as the best option for moving the stack chairs because it has a power lift feature that could eliminate the risk of injury including shoulder strain, back, arm and neck injury and was compact enough to fit into an elevator and through standard doors.
ERGOdynamics designed a special stack chair fork that attached to the quick change mechanism on the GoLift 5. Now instead of inserting a manual stack chair mover under a stack of chairs and tilting it back toward the user the stack is lifted straight up using the powered lift on the GoLift. There is no risk of tipping the stack of chairs onto the worker and all lifting of the heavy stack of chairs is eliminated.
This theatre continues to find other ways of using the GoLift and has requested an adaptable lifting platform so that traditional loads can be lifted and transported without all the heavy lifting. The GoLift is now becoming a valuable piece of equipment for moving everything from heavy boxes of paper from storage to the office as well as it's main purpose of moving all those chairs around.
Do you have a special lifting need? Our standard Go Lifts are powerful and versatile and additional custom tooling can make them perform a wide range of tasks for you. Contact us for more info.
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