Old freezer! - Page 2

Men and my buddy got it without damaging the house. It's 6 ft long. It was heavy and couldnt stand it up on end next time I have a job like this I will get a rolling dolly to put under it.I can't strip it because I have no place to because I live in a apt and really don't want to unload it. On that note the same people have 2 old steal pool pumps got to get a torch to cut them up. Will try and get pics when I get this job.

I have to pick up an old furnace out of a basement with a trapdoor access. Oh... Did I say it's not a regular furnace? It was originally an oil burner that was converted about 40-50 years ago to run off natural gas. It's probably twice as big as the chest freezer and doesn't look all to easy to dis-assemble.

Have fun with the freezer. My favorite was getting one out of a church basement. Probably a 1950's - 1960's era. Stand up unit. Don't have a guess as to the weight. Strapped it to the dolly. One hand on the dolly strap, one hand on the stair rail, one step at a time. Two flights of stairs up and another down heading out of the church. Still using that freezer today ten years later. Oh yeah.. I actually delivered the freezer to the church a few years before. Funny how there is never anyone around to help when there's heavy lifting to do.

Would take quite a few appliances to pay for that stair climbing hand truck above.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wesco-274100...ht_4103wt_1152

I looked on the mfg website. Didn't see a price. Figured if ebay had it it would be a ballpark range of what they sell for. Just had no idea they wanted $6,500 for a hand truck. Ridiculous.

Ill just use the monster I got from hacking my VCR to cary it up the stairs

Originally Posted by IdahoScrapper

Just had no idea they wanted $6,500 for a hand truck. Ridiculous.

I guess that's the price some firms will pay for not getting sued.

Originally Posted by injunjoe

So the training is going well!

Yeah so is the marshmellow bill

O.K. here is how I used to them solo. I had 38" long 2" diameter pipe wrapped in thick pipe insulation(the heavy foam type), this was the brace between the door frame (remove door if necessary). Then I would get the unit heavy end up and gently lean it on the stairs smooth side down. Ratchet straps to hold doors on and provide an anchor point for the come along. I had a special roll of commercial carpeting that protected the stairs and gave it a nice slippery surface. Then I crank it up to the top step,and since the heavy end is towards me a good jerk gets it onto the floor. This is definitely an "upcharge" service and sign a hold harmless agreement with the invoice.