Bricks for solo scrapping

I use regular bricks behind my dolly wheels to tip big fridges by myself. Push it from the other side, balance it, take your time, get around to the dolly side, dolly it forward a little ways and kick the bricks out of the way. A little tricky/dangerous so be careful, but I work by myself and this works good for me. And then if I couldn't pull it up my trailer (but I can usually, utility trailer with gate) I could probably lay my dolly down on my ramp and winch it up hooked to my dolly. Also used bricks yesterday to stop my trailer wheels (had to detach trailer from vehicle) while I shoved 2 300 pound file cabinets onto it, if I had more bricks I could've weighed down my trailer tongue with them, but all I had was 2 washer motors and my dolly, but they weighed it down enough. Just some ideas hopefully helpful.

For fridges and other bulky items I can't hold while tipping the dolly, I find a ratchet strap around the two together works well. Or even in a pinch, grab the fridge from the front with the dolly and pull the cord over the top and hold it to the handle. Let's you stay on the dolly side and in the case of the strap, really lean back far to tip it. All while staying on the control side of the load. I wouldn't want to be too far past the balance point and try to get on the other side faster than it's falling. Recipe for injury that way.

Some day I'll do a video of how I load a full size washing machine onto my truck, maybe from this explanation some will get the drift of how its done.

If the washing machine is located say behind a house and I've left my dolly at home I'll tip the washer then tip the washer then crap walk it from one leg to the other advancing the machine six or eight inched each time closer to the truck.

Once it's at the truck will position the machine in an upright position fairly close to the tailgate, ( should have been a snooker player ) anyhow it's like lining up that perfect shot. Now I'll bend my knees grab the machine from the top edges then lean back bringing the machine into the air. Then lurch forward landing the two bottom legs onto the tailgate, from there I'm able to straighten then machine to push it further onto the truck.

Once your knees are bent your using the knee caps as a fulcrum, easy peasy, even with a bad back.

I've even brought washing machines and dryers up from a basement using my knees bent to fulcrum one step at a time, you need a handrail to hold onto with one hand. Landing the machine onto the main floor then uprighting it is a bit of a trick.

If the machine is scrap coming from a basement, two ropes leading under the machine secured to each leg then tipped onto its side will now ride those ropes being pulled from the main floor. When I used a winch to get cars onto my truck using this trick could doubles deck cars.

On the second car I had to attach the cable further back towards the transmission, the cable coming over the roof of the first car would do the heavy lift, as the cable became taught the second vehicle would ride the cable up and over the first cars bumper and truck.

If you have a temper like I do and the second car hangs up for some reason and you keep pulling the cable can crease the roof on the first car, as the roof crushes down the cable becomes firmly wedged in the crease. Done this more than once,

I always preferred using a PTO winch that had balls.

Yeah mike I'm usually just too impatient for straps, I know, I have used them befoe at apartment complexes and such. i've thought about the strap over the top idea but never done it. That's pretty cool about the ropes, i never get basements here though (FL) if I did i'd probably turn it down haha. I like knowing how to do stuff without electricity, just simple devices and/or muscle power. This stuff also makes me think of moving something heavy with a dolly on each end and rolling stuff on pipes. Be cool to just post a bunch of cool tips like that in this thread that maybe people wouldn't normally think of. Me and my dad pulled this 1,000 lb golf range cart thing up on my trailer one time with 2 regular ratchet straps, one held, one reset. Sometimes if something is light enough I just flip it over and over.

I used your ratchet strap method once to get an upright piano into the back of my truck solo. First and only one I've done. Lol. I used a 50 gallon drum as a "ramp" to get a 300-400 lb hunk of steel in the bed. The peoples driveway was about a foot lower than their front yard. Backed up so my tailgate overhung into the grass. Still was about 2 feet above the ground. Put the thing in a barrel. Tipped it over onto the gate and strapped it down. Used 2 straps hold/pull style and dragged it up the side of the barrel. It's about working smarter not harder.

Nice. Yes smarter is good.

Most fridges have wheels on the bottom. So i just push it where i want it to go

Yes i definitely take advantage of those, but im talkin 'bout dirt, grass, off road terrain, hills, mud, *grunt 'MURICA! oh um sorry, did i say that out loud.

Before I put the liftgate on my truck I sometimes brought three tires with me and used them as steps to roll up anything I couldn't lift or tip onto the truck, super heavy things with low centers of gravity like safes and such. Worked pretty well. Carrying straps also work well. Amazing how much you can lift when the weight is evenly distributed.