RIGGING: Moving Wood Stove into Basement

[MossRoad]

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.

Yes, I think its cumulative... like windows service packs... they wear you down!

 

[MossRoad]

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.

Yeah, the door is often forgotten. Any little weight you can take off helps.

 

[Egon]

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.

How about visiting the physics class and let them figure out how to get it down by one person.

( refer to the Florida Coral palace )

 

[Egon]

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.

What you using to anchor the sled to the tractor with? You gonna drive the tractor down the steps?

 

[Egon]

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:

Lordy-Lordy

 

[ProjectKing]

What you using to anchor the sled to the tractor with? You gonna drive the tractor down the steps?

The loader will reach down the steps. Chain sled to bucket.

 

[IslandTractor]

The loader will reach down the steps. Chain sled to bucket.

I still think a tree boom would be a safe and effective way of lowering a heavy object down a set of bulkhead stairs so long as the tractor can drive up to the bulkhead. Just do a good job of strapping or chaining the stove.

 

[Egon]

The loader will reach down the steps. Chain sled to bucket.

But you said to avoid chain?

Kinda wondering how the loader reaches down?

 

[DuckSlayer1017]

I bought one from a buddy and we got it out of his basement with a battery powered stair stepper hand truck. The wood burner weighted about 800lbs and felt all of that when I picked it with my forks to put it on my trailer. He resented it for something like $30. It was great because it does the hard part of lifting the load up to the next step. Unique Truck Equipment - StairKing Battery Powered Stair Climbing Truck 66"

 

[MossRoad]

I bought one from a buddy and we got it out of his basement with a battery powered stair stepper hand truck. The wood burner weighted about 800lbs and felt all of that when I picked it with my forks to put it on my trailer. He resented it for something like $30. It was great because it does the hard part of lifting the load up to the next step. Unique Truck Equipment - StairKing Battery Powered Stair Climbing Truck 66"

NEAT! Looks like a powered appliance dolly.