RIGGING: Moving Wood Stove into Basement

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Are you sure you can put 900 pounds in the bed of that Tacoma?

I hauled 15 63 pound retaining wall blocks in a Tacoma many times last summer. From the side you could hardly tell it was loaded. One time I measured from the end of the open tailgate to the ground before and after loading. At that point it lowered almost 2 inches when loaded.

Bruce
 
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Me and one of my co-workers moved and old Dimension PBX up that many stairs by ourselves with an appliance dolly. I believe it weighed about 800 lbs. We were in our 30's and a heck of a lot stronger than we are now. When we put in in the bed of an S-10 pickup truck, I thought the bumper was going to hit the dirt. A gross overload for the S-10. Of course balanced on an angle and on the dolly wheels, most of the weight vector is down and supported by the wheels.

Four of us strong men picked up an old PBX that weighed 600 pounds out of a "doghouse" on the roof and carried it across a tar and gravel roof to the edge and let it down a set of stairs. We used 2x4 's run thru the pbx frame with cushion pads on each corner to rest on our shoulders. We left footprints in the roof though. 150 lbs on your shoulder is about all I wanted. It is amazing what you can manhandle. Of course injury is always possible.

We moved PBX's "back in the day" when they were made out of steel and not modular. We did it all the time both the old ones out and the new ones in. Eventually they became modular and smaller. And smaller. Now days a PBX is something that looks like a modular router and you tuck it under your arm, or it doesnt exist in physical form, just a DVD you load into your own server. A DVD sure is lighter to carry.:) Or you just download the software on a USB stick and pack that into the door to load on your server. I remember the "good ole days" but I am not sure they were all that good.
 
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The new Tacomas are a lot bigger than the old ones. They could handle 900 pounds no problem. I hauled 600 pounds in an old tacoma. It would have hauled 900 pounds. 600 pounds in the Tacoma is about like two ton in the F-350.
 
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Me and one of my co-workers moved and old Dimension PBX up that many stairs by ourselves with an appliance dolly. I believe it weighed about 800 lbs. We were in our 30's and a heck of a lot stronger than we are now. When we put in in the bed of an S-10 pickup truck, I thought the bumper was going to hit the dirt. A gross overload for the S-10. Of course balanced on an angle and on the dolly wheels, most of the weight vector is down and supported by the wheels.

Four of us strong men picked up an old PBX that weighed 600 pounds out of a "doghouse" on the roof and carried it across a tar and gravel roof to the edge and let it down a set of stairs. We used 2x4 's run thru the pbx frame with cushion pads on each corner to rest on our shoulders. We left footprints in the roof though. 150 lbs on your shoulder is about all I wanted. It is amazing what you can manhandle. Of course injury is always possible.

We moved PBX's "back in the day" when they were made out of steel and not modular. We did it all the time both the old ones out and the new ones in. Eventually they became modular and smaller. And smaller. Now days a PBX is something that looks like a modular router and you tuck it under your arm, or it doesnt exist in physical form, just a DVD you load into your own server. A DVD sure is lighter to carry.:) Or you just download the software on a USB stick and pack that into the door to load on your server. I remember the "good ole days" but I am not sure they were all that good.

I used to take HP laserjet 8150s out to our field offices and hand carry them up and down two flights of stairs by myself up until about 4 years ago (I was 51), when we replaced them. 112#. Didn't even phase me. Now, I look at two cases of beer and make two trips to the basement fridge! :laughing: All that stuff adds up over time.
 
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What's even worse Moss is when one has to use a bottle opener on a screw top!
 
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I used to take HP laserjet 8150s out to our field offices and hand carry them up and down two flights of stairs by myself up until about 4 years ago (I was 51), when we replaced them. 112#. Didn't even phase me. Now, I look at two cases of beer and make two trips to the basement fridge! :laughing: All that stuff adds up over time.

Agreed, I often wonder if some of my knee and back problems may have been aggravated by some of the stupid things I did as a young person.
 
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Are you sure it's 900 pounds? Mine was around 400 pounds, but with the bricks and door removed, it was closer to 250 pounds. Me and my dad where able to shuffle it around onto a furniture dolly, then off again to put it into place. Then I made my final adjustments getting it lined up with the pipe by myself.

If I had to get it down a set of stairs, I would probably hire several people to help. Nothing beats having enough bodies to do it safely.
 
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I would go to the local high school. Go into the weight room and offer the four biggest guys there lunch to move the stove where you want it. Help them out a little and do like Eddie said and remove the bricks and door.:)
 
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Build a sled (stone boat) out of pine lumber. Strap stove to sled and then skid down steps.

Anchor loader bucket to sled so that tractor loader pushes and also holds back on sled as it goes down steps. Once at bottom you may need some blocking to ease transition of sled to flat floor.

Once on floor then you can jack sled up and place furniture dollies at all for corners to wheel stove into position. Lower stove back to floor and tear apart sled.

All done.

I would avoid suspending load with chain or cables unless you have proper rigging equipment. Which I doubt you do. Also hiring fireplace guys to install is a good idea. Then you don't have to worry about it.
 
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What's even worse Moss is when one has to use a bottle opener on a screw top!

That's when I hand the bottle to my wife. She opens it and hands it back without even breaking conversation. Been doing that for me for 30+ years... a good woman! :laughing:
 

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