Getting furnaces up and down stairs in one piece?

I brought this boiler up from the basement using two sheets of plywood on the stairs, just make sure the bottom sheet lays on top of the top sheet so that the tasistion goes smoothly as the furnace passes from the bottom to the top sheet.

Oh...... My...... Gosh. *smacks forehead*



What a stupidly beautifully simple idea that never entered my mind. Unbelievable. *Shakes head*

Originally Posted by newattitude

Oh...... My...... Gosh. *smacks forehead*

What a stupidly beautifully simple idea that never entered my mind. Unbelievable. *Shakes head*

Forgot to mention tag two nails halfway into the corners of your top sheet to keep it in place, also for tugging and pulling you could build a windlass out of wood.

Build the windlass in an A-Frame, instead of using this apparatus vertically as seen on old water wells place it horizontally against the door frame as the rope becomes taunt it will hold the windlass in place. Make sure to pad the bottom with old carpet.

If you lay a loop of rope under the object your pulling so that it may attach to the rear of it, essentially you have built yourself a portable rail line as the rope or cable becomes tight the heavy object being moved has no chance to dig in. The object being moved will ride on top of the tight rope or cable.

When ever I had to winch a car onto my trailer I would hook the cable under the car as far back as I could, this way those ugly cross members would ride the cable onto the deck instead of snagging onto the deck. When using a winch truck this procedure allowed me to double deck two cars.

Sometimes it is difficult to get my head bent to the problems you folks run into as I have always dealt in heavy scrap, anything heavy coming out of a basement the house was set for demolition and taking out a wall was of no consequence.

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Originally Posted by gustavus

Sometimes it is difficult to get my head bent to the problems you folks run into as I have always dealt in heavy scrap, anything heavy coming out of a basement the house was set for demolition and taking out a wall was of no consequence.

Those are the best jobs! Last two cleanups I did were homes that were purposely burned to the ground. Then I came along with the skidsteer, fork attachment, fork extension and chain. Slid the extension on while my helper got down in the basement and hooked onto scrap and I lifted it out.