How did you transport your stove from dealer to your house?
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I moved my stove myself. It's a small Regency so it doesn't weigh that much, about 300# I think. I removed the door and the blower. I used a rented appliance dolly and and some 7 ' wooden ramps to load it into the back of my Ranger. Used the dolly and ramps to go up the 2 steps into the front door. Piece O cake.
Tossed it in the back of my explorer, my brother and I took it out.
Carted it into place during install.
Carted it into place during install.
Funny you ask, i just did it today.
My dealer too wanted $240.00 just to deliver it.
I basically said screw that, the wife and i had a nice drive and some lunch
and saved about $200.00 picking it up ourselves.
They loaded it with a forklift, and we were off.
Once home i took out the firebrick, and asked a neighbor if he "felt strong".
We are both BIG boys , and were able to lift it out to the ground.
I have a refrigerator dolly and was able to get in the house by myself.
I think the specs say 350lbs on mine.
Now it sits in the living room waiting for a liner to show up.
I am pretty excited.
Brad
My dealer too wanted $240.00 just to deliver it.
I basically said screw that, the wife and i had a nice drive and some lunch
and saved about $200.00 picking it up ourselves.
They loaded it with a forklift, and we were off.
Once home i took out the firebrick, and asked a neighbor if he "felt strong".
We are both BIG boys , and were able to lift it out to the ground.
I have a refrigerator dolly and was able to get in the house by myself.
I think the specs say 350lbs on mine.
Now it sits in the living room waiting for a liner to show up.
I am pretty excited.
Brad
I brought mine home my self in the back of my pickup, once home I used my strong appliance dolly (rated at 1,000 lbs) as some are rated at only 300. I rolled it down my four wheeler ramps and in to the house.
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I got my Quadrafire 4300 from the store to my home thanks to my friend, his pickup truck and another friend.
I picked up my new harthstone equinox . The dealer forked the stove into mt dump truck when i got home i used a skidsteer and forks to drop the stove on my back deck. Then we used a refrig dolly to move it in side . The stove is about 800lbs
I used to be in the refrigeration business and we all learned to move big things around with nothing more than a good dolly (the kind with 4 wheels, not a hand truck) and a few 2x4s. Most of us weren't weight lifters, but we managed. You kinda get used to moving compressors the size of car engines right through the lobby and onto the elevator. With some miscellaneous scraps of wood and a few pry bars, you can move anything!
Our stove arrived in the back of a tall 3/4 ton pickup and we slid it down some oak planking onto a dolly on the patio. After that, you can move it around pretty easily with a few pieces of 3/4" plywood. Put the plywood over the steps and get a friend to help push it up the steps. If you have more than a few steps, secure it with a rope and get someone to keep tension on it in case it gets away from you. I laid it back on some 4x4s, unbolted the skid and attached the front legs. We tipped it back onto the front legs and cut a piece of plywood to fit under the bottom. A floor jack was just the right height to jack it up and attach the back legs. After that, it was a simple task to roll it into place with the floor jack and set it down. A pedestal base would have been a different matter, but not impossible. Just think about every move and you will come up with something.
"Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand, and I will move the world."
Archimedes, 230 BC
Chris
PS: Anyone ever use an air sled? It's a piece of plastic that looks like an air hockey table upside down that attaches to a small blower. We used to be able to pick up a loaded full size freezer and slide it across a floor with one finger. Cool little device!
Our stove arrived in the back of a tall 3/4 ton pickup and we slid it down some oak planking onto a dolly on the patio. After that, you can move it around pretty easily with a few pieces of 3/4" plywood. Put the plywood over the steps and get a friend to help push it up the steps. If you have more than a few steps, secure it with a rope and get someone to keep tension on it in case it gets away from you. I laid it back on some 4x4s, unbolted the skid and attached the front legs. We tipped it back onto the front legs and cut a piece of plywood to fit under the bottom. A floor jack was just the right height to jack it up and attach the back legs. After that, it was a simple task to roll it into place with the floor jack and set it down. A pedestal base would have been a different matter, but not impossible. Just think about every move and you will come up with something.
"Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand, and I will move the world."
Archimedes, 230 BC
Chris
PS: Anyone ever use an air sled? It's a piece of plastic that looks like an air hockey table upside down that attaches to a small blower. We used to be able to pick up a loaded full size freezer and slide it across a floor with one finger. Cool little device!
Tip: Lay some felt or rozin paper on the floor if you use a dolly. Otherwise, you may have roll mark impressions like I got on my mahogany floor.
woodjack said:
Ouch! Thanks for the tip. We have hardwood and I would freak if I saw roll marks! I think I know what you mean. I have some roll marks near my TV stand that has rollers on it.
Hardwood floors? Wow you folks out east are lucky. Here the traditional flooring is douglas fir. While fairly hard for a conifer, it is pretty soft when it comes to small hard wheels.
The guys who built my house thirty five years ago saw stuff being shipped into town from the amazon in mahogany crates (that's what was plentiful there). They ripped the crates apart and made flooring out of it.
stejus said:
I just picked up my stove and I can teach you a trick. 2 guys can do it.
Do you live in a neighborhood that has concrete curbs in front of your house?
Get yourself 2X6's or something sturdy long stringer type wood. Back your truck perpendiclar with the curb, Yes this means your truck will be blocking traffic for a few minutes. Then put the boards down so the hit the ground (road) at the bottom edge of curbline. The curb will put pressure and prevent them fron kicking up.
Slide the stove on its pallet to the edge of truckbed and slowly slide them down the 2 ramps keeping the wood evenly spaced at the edges under the pallet. slide them down like a ski....
Also a good ideal to put a large road around stove and wrap it around and have a 3rd person put pressure on the rope to assist it when you slide it down.
Keep in mind the longer the boards the better as long as the boards are strong in the long direction.
If you dont have a curb drill a 1/2 inch hole in the board at the bottom where it would rest at the curb and put a long rebar in the hole into the ground to prevent the wood from slipping back..... You need to get a floor car jack and take another piece of wood and screw it between the 2 boards (just like a ladder rung) as close to the truck as possible. I then took blocks of wood to build up the area between the floor jack lift arm and the wood that I tacked across. Make sure you pump the jack up all the way and then use the jack to lower it to the ground very slowly.
Once on the ground you will need a commercial handtruck with straps to get it into the garage of house etc etc...
Worked well for me.......
My stove was 500 lbs on the pallet, and I won't lie... It was a struggle.
Forklift dropped the stove in the back of my buddies truck, and it took 4 of us to safely lift it out (all of us were under 30, and in good shape). Then we put it on a dolly (rated for 800 lbs, and attached tie downs to the dolly and stove. Then up 4 steps into the house, and down.
Beers all around.
Delivery wasn't an option for me. I had to order my stove from the closest dealer which was 350 miles away. Freight only.
Well worth it.
I love my stove, and wouldn't do it any other way. I think you appreciate it a bit more, when you risk damaging it a couple times round.....
Forklift dropped the stove in the back of my buddies truck, and it took 4 of us to safely lift it out (all of us were under 30, and in good shape). Then we put it on a dolly (rated for 800 lbs, and attached tie downs to the dolly and stove. Then up 4 steps into the house, and down.
Beers all around.
Delivery wasn't an option for me. I had to order my stove from the closest dealer which was 350 miles away. Freight only.
Well worth it.
I love my stove, and wouldn't do it any other way. I think you appreciate it a bit more, when you risk damaging it a couple times round.....
I backed my truck up to my patio. It effectively raised the ground a foot. We manhandled it out of the truck and realized the firebricks were still in the dang thing. After the bricks were removed we carried it up a few stairs into the house. The old cast iron stove went out much harder.
Matt
Matt
stejus said:
That's the ticket...pickemup and brewsky's + buds that will work for beerz.
I did it that way and had no problems. My stove came with no legs on it and it was palletized so I guess make sure it's secure on a good pallet, strap it with proper straps/tie downs so it cannot slide in the bed of the truck and take your time. When you get it to where you have to carry it...take baby steps, it's not a race.
EatenByLimestone said:
Yeah, but you didn't have to worry about scratching it!
Our Fisher left in the bucket of a Bobcat.
Chris
I picked up a 450 lb. Englander nc on a crate. They forked it into the side of my mini van and then I built simple ramp to scoot it out of mini van. If you are going to use a pick up truck you can do the same with two 8' 2x4s and 1/2" plywood or other misc. lumber. Just put a couple screws in it so it stays together with that much weight.
I bought the stove used - the owner and my husband got it into the truck, then I paid two of the neighborhood teenage boys a case of Mountain Dew each to get it out of the truck and into the house.
One of these days I really am going to get around to buying a handtruck, but Mountain Dew is cheaper.
One of these days I really am going to get around to buying a handtruck, but Mountain Dew is cheaper.
Ours was delivered by freight so we had it delivered to our local tire shop. They had a forklift so unloaded it from the truck and put it onto our trailer. At home I simply slid it off the trailer onto a furniture dolly.
When it came time to install it, a couple neighbors came. We placed planks up the porch and rolled it, crate and all right into the house. We uncrated it by the hearth and then simply lifted it onto the hearth. No broken backs but that thing is heavy! Close to 500 lbs.
When it came time to install it, a couple neighbors came. We placed planks up the porch and rolled it, crate and all right into the house. We uncrated it by the hearth and then simply lifted it onto the hearth. No broken backs but that thing is heavy! Close to 500 lbs.
Our ~500 lb Heritage was forklifted onto my installer's pickup, then when he showed up to the house he brought his own battery-op stair-climbing, forklifting dolly. Sweet piece of equipment. He can do an Equinox with it all by himself. It rocks back to perfectly balance the load, you can then just roll it around carefully. We had 5 steps from the gravel driveway to the concrete front porch, then 1 step up from the porch to the house (fir t&g;floors). We put magazines down so when we rocked the stove back down to upright, the small wheels wouldn't dig into the floor. We just jockeyed it off the pallet onto the 3" hearth, which he covered in rubber mats to protect the tile. Once it was home, he lifted one edge and i pulled out the mats from that edge. Repeat as needed to get all the mats out. He was able to do everything himself (albeit a little slowly) but I helped anyways. It was a Sunday and he spent over 6 hours unloading and then installing the thing. Best $400 I ever spent.
Home Depot delivery sucks! 
When we ordered ours at the store they didn't have them available and were not sure exactly when it would be shipped. They told us when it arrived they will call and schedule the delivery a day or two ahead. That didn't happen! My husband got a call 30 minutes prior to the delivery (when the delivery guy got lost and needed directions). This was on a week day and for some odd reason he was home early (lucky). They driver was in a box truck, brought the skid/box down to ground level, pulled it off, put the lift up and when he started to get back into the truck my husband asked him to help to at least get it up on the porch - the kid (under 25 yrs old) refused, saying he was late for the next delivery since he got lost (and this was our fault how?) I think my husband even offered some generous amount money to get him to help = no bite - he got back in the truck leaving the stove sit at the street. My husband had to find a neighbor to help him, they managed to get it in the house. We made sure to let Home Crapo know about the lack of service and of course their customer service girl didn't care either, didn't apologize and only said it would note that in the file. Just like shopping in the store - NO service!! The important thing is we are glad that the stove arrived (in one piece) quicker than thought. We have given this new little stove a loving home!
When we ordered ours at the store they didn't have them available and were not sure exactly when it would be shipped. They told us when it arrived they will call and schedule the delivery a day or two ahead. That didn't happen! My husband got a call 30 minutes prior to the delivery (when the delivery guy got lost and needed directions). This was on a week day and for some odd reason he was home early (lucky). They driver was in a box truck, brought the skid/box down to ground level, pulled it off, put the lift up and when he started to get back into the truck my husband asked him to help to at least get it up on the porch - the kid (under 25 yrs old) refused, saying he was late for the next delivery since he got lost (and this was our fault how?) I think my husband even offered some generous amount money to get him to help = no bite - he got back in the truck leaving the stove sit at the street. My husband had to find a neighbor to help him, they managed to get it in the house. We made sure to let Home Crapo know about the lack of service and of course their customer service girl didn't care either, didn't apologize and only said it would note that in the file. Just like shopping in the store - NO service!! The important thing is we are glad that the stove arrived (in one piece) quicker than thought. We have given this new little stove a loving home!
Dealer loaded it onto my trailer with a forklift. Saved about $600 to drive 35 minutes to pick it up. Dad and I moved it up the stairs to the hearth.
- Dealer loaded insert (PE Medium sized Pacific insert) on trailer with forklift. Weight listed at 320lbs (likely with bricks and door, which were of at the time)
- Used cart / dolly to lift off palet and roll down trailer ramp. (Used ratchet straps to hold cart to stove)
- Laid pallet up the outside stairs, to make a ramp, and put a few screws through the pallet, into the wooden outside stairs
- Pulled cart/stove up pallet ramp by sitting on the pallet, pulling a couple feet, then repositioning feet higher, pulling again, while seated. added a couple 4x4s between steps inside the house to make makeshift ramp. Rolled down stairs, and was able to set on hearth when lowering cart.
- Sild/ walked / wrestled insert into fireplace opening
Definitely worth using ratcheting tie-down starps to hold wheel cart against stove!! I found tilting cart so handle are almost touching the floor was more secure. Wheel cart had big rubber (wheel burrow type) tires and were more forgiving of uneven surfaces than hard rubber tires woudl be!
Would not have been able to handle a bigger stove without a second person!! When that thing decides it is going down the ramp - you are just along for the ride.
- Used cart / dolly to lift off palet and roll down trailer ramp. (Used ratchet straps to hold cart to stove)
- Laid pallet up the outside stairs, to make a ramp, and put a few screws through the pallet, into the wooden outside stairs
- Pulled cart/stove up pallet ramp by sitting on the pallet, pulling a couple feet, then repositioning feet higher, pulling again, while seated. added a couple 4x4s between steps inside the house to make makeshift ramp. Rolled down stairs, and was able to set on hearth when lowering cart.
- Sild/ walked / wrestled insert into fireplace opening
Definitely worth using ratcheting tie-down starps to hold wheel cart against stove!! I found tilting cart so handle are almost touching the floor was more secure. Wheel cart had big rubber (wheel burrow type) tires and were more forgiving of uneven surfaces than hard rubber tires woudl be!
Would not have been able to handle a bigger stove without a second person!! When that thing decides it is going down the ramp - you are just along for the ride.
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