The Amazing Catch
The global supply chain crisis seems to have affected almost everyone. A customer ordered a new lift several weeks ago, but we didn’t expect to be able to fulfill it for a few more weeks. When a big DC migration project got moved up to “next week,” they decided to rent a lift and called … Lire la suite
Pain In The Back
So sad. We got an email from a technician who used to work alone in a data center, moving big servers, including those manufactured by Sun and NetApp. “I needed a ServerLIFT® data center lift 10 years ago, and I have the back pain to prove it,” he told us. He tried. “I fought hard … Lire la suite
Back Breaking
A customer is considering purchasing an SL-350X lift with a GT-1000X bi-directional glide table, and possibly an RS-500X rail lift. They have been struggling with old legacy Chatsworth racks in their data center. It takes two to three people to uninstall this legacy equipment. The equipment (mostly Cisco switches) is very heavy and the racks … Lire la suite
Supply Chain Issues
Where there is a will, there’s a way . . . one of our customers needs a front loader and shelf extender for an upcoming project, fast. Global supply chain issues make the straightforward solution difficult, so they also inquired about renting a front loader in the meantime. But our front-loader rentals are super popular, … Lire la suite
ServerLIFT® News | February 2023
Spring is on the way, revealing more sunshine. It also causes many of us to perform annual spring cleaning. Data centers, similarly, have their own versions of a “seasonal refresh” or “spring cleaning.” But with IT operations, those activities take the form of server refreshes, migrations, sustainability improvements, efficiency enhancements, and long-term data archiving. This … Lire la suite
Heavy Lifting
This was a new one . . . an IT Systems Integrator called and asked for the lightest lift that we have available, because they need to get the lift up to the 2nd floor – where the data center will be located. This is a unique use case, as it’s rare for the data … Lire la suite
1000X Data Center Lift Rental Leads To Sale
Another happy customer! One of our customers rented the SL-1000X for a week to lift data center equipment up to 1000 pounds. They called us back and said it was such a great piece of equipment that they wanted a quote to purchase a new lift, after they have reviewed the attachment options. The SL-1000X … Lire la suite
Halloween Story
Ouch! A customer purchased a lift—not one of ours—10 years ago. It was their go-to lift until it recently failed, got bound up, and almost claimed the finger of an engineer! Now no one trusts it, obviously, and they are actually scared of using this lift. After this incident, they decided to purchase an SL-350X … Lire la suite
I Want To Keep This!
We rented a lift to a customer for a week. They were so happy with it they are trying to get management to approve them to purchase the lift rather than returning it. This happens a lot, and it’s always great when it does. If this happens to you, here’s an article that will help … Lire la suite
Renting an SL-1000X Data Center Lift
We recently rented out three of our SL-1000X Super-Duty data center lifts for customers who had some very urgent jobs. We were able to rush the shipments in all three situations to assist these customers. One of them said that he loved the SL-1000X and would not have been able to do the job without … Lire la suite
