WoodpileOCD
Minister of Fire
My brother and some husky friends is how I did it. Twice. Good story on why there are 3 stoves there. I'll start a thread sometime.
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moving a 600lb woodstove
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I've moved several stoves just by protecting the stove body with a moving blanket and then ratchet strapping it to a good appliance dolly. Works like a charm. The stove is pretty easy for 2 or 3 people to move around once it has wheels.
Store I got it from had Dolly that climbs stairs and such. It made it easy for them. https://www.globalindustrial.com/p/...MItbmD-NHw3wIVCh6tBh3sbQXcEAQYAiABEgJSwfD_BwE
They moved old BK King on Porch and Wife put it in bay of building (she's strong). Sold within days ($400). They got deal, 2 years left on catalist, some pipe and new gasket and fire wood holding hoop. Been nice not dealing with Firewood.
They moved old BK King on Porch and Wife put it in bay of building (she's strong). Sold within days ($400). They got deal, 2 years left on catalist, some pipe and new gasket and fire wood holding hoop. Been nice not dealing with Firewood.
SpaceBus
Minister of Fire
Sawset
Minister of Fire
Hvac guys would have an appliance dolly for moving boilers, radiators, heat exchangers, and other heavy objects like an iron stove, up and down stairs, into and out of trucks.
Plywood on the linoleum. Two guys. Pull the doors and whatever else you can to lighten it.
Plywood on the linoleum. Two guys. Pull the doors and whatever else you can to lighten it.
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Into the basement and one step down. I used a snowbank to get off truck, pull straps and thin laminate flooring pieces as skis and just slid it all the way in. Strap the stove to the pallet better. Took off the door. Should have removed the firebricks and holding plate. F118.
The Rangeley was all board work with small metal pipes and blocks...no heavy lifting. Used a side of a small hill with plywood and 2x10.
The Rangeley was all board work with small metal pipes and blocks...no heavy lifting. Used a side of a small hill with plywood and 2x10.
My stove was only 425 lbs, but I got a cheap furniture dolly on 4 casters. About the same height as the pallet.
Used silicone spray (like for garage door tracks) on the pallet, zig-zag slid the stove to the edge, used silicone spray on the dolly while my wife held it in place. Rolled it from the garage into the basement (3" up, just tilt a little).
Stopped next to the hearth pad, slid it off onto a strong cotton cloth, slid it into place, tilt one side to get the cloth out, tilt the other side. Done. No stairs though...
Regardless, on flat areas use wheels - that's what they were invented for -, and if not possible use a sturdy cloth and slide (make sure the cloth is clean (no sand), and you leave your shoes (sand) at the door... .
For small height differences, most stoves can be tilted to get one side up (then roll/slide), and tilt for the other side.
Used silicone spray (like for garage door tracks) on the pallet, zig-zag slid the stove to the edge, used silicone spray on the dolly while my wife held it in place. Rolled it from the garage into the basement (3" up, just tilt a little).
Stopped next to the hearth pad, slid it off onto a strong cotton cloth, slid it into place, tilt one side to get the cloth out, tilt the other side. Done. No stairs though...
Regardless, on flat areas use wheels - that's what they were invented for -, and if not possible use a sturdy cloth and slide (make sure the cloth is clean (no sand), and you leave your shoes (sand) at the door... .
For small height differences, most stoves can be tilted to get one side up (then roll/slide), and tilt for the other side.
Solarguy3500
Feeling the Heat
The day my Osburn 3500 insert arrived, my neighbor loaned me his tractor and I borrowed a 4 wheel dolly from the landlord where my office is who used to be in the moving business.
Put a couple 4X4s on the dolly which then sat just slightly higher than the level of the hearth. I was able to get the old Dutchwest stove onto the dolly by lifting one side at a time and sliding it forward that way until it was on the dolly. Easily wheeled it across the living room and to the front door. Had to lift one end of the dolly at a time and pull/push to get it over the raised threshold onto the front porch. There are 3 steps down from the front porch, but I was able to just pick the stove off the dolly on the porch with the forks on the tractor so didn't have to deal with the steps. When the new stove arrived the truck driver was able to back right up to the concrete pad outside my garage door and using his lift gate and pallet jack he lowered the stove (in crate on pallet) down and wheeled it into my garage. When the weather improves and the snow melts, I'll borrow the neighbor's tractor again and do the same process in reverse to get the new stove in the house.
Put a couple 4X4s on the dolly which then sat just slightly higher than the level of the hearth. I was able to get the old Dutchwest stove onto the dolly by lifting one side at a time and sliding it forward that way until it was on the dolly. Easily wheeled it across the living room and to the front door. Had to lift one end of the dolly at a time and pull/push to get it over the raised threshold onto the front porch. There are 3 steps down from the front porch, but I was able to just pick the stove off the dolly on the porch with the forks on the tractor so didn't have to deal with the steps. When the new stove arrived the truck driver was able to back right up to the concrete pad outside my garage door and using his lift gate and pallet jack he lowered the stove (in crate on pallet) down and wheeled it into my garage. When the weather improves and the snow melts, I'll borrow the neighbor's tractor again and do the same process in reverse to get the new stove in the house.
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