Scavenger Workshop

Hello builders,

I was wondering what the weight difference would be of an Aluminium Frame build vs a Plywood frame build. Does any one know. The reason is that being on my own and moving a heavy metal R2 may be too much for me to handle. What are your aluminium R2 weights coming in at? Thank you for your help, regards, Joseph.

My understanding is a full aluminum build is in the 200+ lbs range. I've just started my build and I'm probably up to ~25 lbs with the Scavenger drives, center and outer ankles.

Close to 200lb I think, if 100% alu and well equipped. Having an alu or wood frame doesn't change that much honestly, wood is lighter but is more thick. I'd say that a com 8 budget frame is ligther than a birch wood frame.

I use a dolly to move it, something like this :
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwaukee-1-000-lbs-Capacity-4-in-1-Hand-Truck-60137/203875537
I add a custom made platform on it to secure it on the dolly :


And to work on it during the building process I made something like that :
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Anvil-800-lbs-Capacity-Furniture-Dolly-31218/335049147
But higher, to help my poor back