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Working alone with heavy granite slabs. ** Frank ** 05-11-2007
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Posted by ** Frank ** on May 11, 2007, 11:25 am
I'm going to have 4 counter size granite slabs loaded on to my truck. How do
I unload and place it on the counter top by myself? I could saw it in half
but don't really want to. I guess I need a gantry crane and hydraulic table.
Has anyone moved a good size slab by himself without breaking it or doing
damage to the kitchen cabinets, especially a slab with a kitchen sink cutout
or a large island slab?



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Posted by charlie on May 11, 2007, 11:47 am

> I'm going to have 4 counter size granite slabs loaded on to my truck. How
> do I unload and place it on the counter top by myself? I could saw it in
> half but don't really want to. I guess I need a gantry crane and hydraulic
> table. Has anyone moved a good size slab by himself without breaking it or
> doing damage to the kitchen cabinets, especially a slab with a kitchen
> sink cutout or a large island slab?

they use large suction cup equipped handles and rubber lined tongs to move
these, like large and heavy glass panes. i would say it's going to be almost
impossible to do this yourself without the proper tools, especially if it
has cutouts which are WAY more fragile, without cracking it.

regards,
charlie
http://glassartists.org/chaniarts



Posted by Mike Lewis on May 11, 2007, 2:33 pm

> I'm going to have 4 counter size granite slabs loaded on to my truck. How
> do I unload and place it on the counter top by myself? I could saw it in
> half but don't really want to. I guess I need a gantry crane and hydraulic
> table. Has anyone moved a good size slab by himself without breaking it or
> doing damage to the kitchen cabinets, especially a slab with a kitchen
> sink cutout or a large island slab?
>

your talking many thousands of dollars .. get a friend to help you. If they
aren't installed properly they will crack.

Mike



Posted by Rudy on May 12, 2007, 12:55 am
> your talking many thousands of dollars .. get a friend to help you. If
> they aren't installed properly they will crack.

Get 3 friends..They're HEAVY and often awkward. One of ours weighed 450#



Posted by RicodJour on May 11, 2007, 2:51 pm
> I'm going to have 4 counter size granite slabs loaded on to my truck. How do
> I unload and place it on the counter top by myself? I could saw it in half
> but don't really want to. I guess I need a gantry crane and hydraulic table.
> Has anyone moved a good size slab by himself without breaking it or doing
> damage to the kitchen cabinets, especially a slab with a kitchen sink cutout
> or a large island slab?

The upside to doing it yourself is that you'll save 50 or 100 bucks
and spend five times as much time to get most likely inferior
results. The downside is almost unlimited.

R


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