Fan Skid Plate

I was asked to build a skid which would carry a 10 ton fan base into our mine shaft. The real restriction was the size of our mine shaft. We had a limited height of ~ 20ft which is why we choose to drag the fan base in the first place.

Since I had never "really" taken a project from the concept -- to the design -- to a finished product before, I sought insight from our mechanics. They proposed a number of ideas, as did the mining engineers and my job was to pull it all together and design it.

I drew up the CAD drawings and then gathered up the supplies. We used 2 4'x4' plates (1/2" thick) for the main base of the skid and then we again used 1/2" plate for the other sections.

After a great weld job by our mechanic, we were done. The skid not only functioned well for this project but they have used it other times to drag other awkward pieces of equipment.