WEIDENHOFF MODEL 818 MAGNET CHARGER

摘要

I have long had an interest in old equipment used around our gas engines. In pursuit of that interest, nearly 20 years ago, I found and bought - sight unseen - a Weidenhoff Model 818 magnet charger. Sitting on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River, even unrestored, it was a beautiful sight to see. But why the fork lift? The advertisement made no mention of its weight. Back to Arizona we headed with the rear of our 4-wheel-drive SUV sitting low. Loading it with a forklift was easy, unloading it with a cherry picker was another story. Getting the cherry picker boom in under the SUV roof line and above the Weidenhoff and chains to the corners of the pallet was a challenge. Once it was unloaded, I estimated its weight to be between 500 and 600 pounds by measuring how many pounds it took to pull the picker pump handle and multiplying that by piston diameters, arm lengths, etc.