how to move washer & dryer?

[whistleclient]

with 2x completely flat four-wheeled dolly (one on each end), or an upright two-wheeled dolly + the wrap around strap?

 

[FoBoT]

"upright two-wheeled dolly + the wrap around strap"
it is easy with a normal dolly

 

[loup garou]

2 wheeled + strap.

 

[shenaniganz]

Originally posted by: werk
2 wheeled + strap.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: werk
2 wheeled + strap.

strap on. definitely.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: shenaniganz

Originally posted by: werk
2 wheeled + strap.

 

[Kelemvor]

Unless you are just going around on the same floor, how'd you get up stairs and such with a 4 wheel'ed flat one? We alwaus just use a standard dolly with a strap.

 

[bozack]

my brother in law and myself just carried them.

 

[royaldank]

If you don't have a dolly readily available, just pick it up with your hands. Neither are heavy and 2 people can easily carry them where they need to be.

 

[J0hnny]

I carried them myself, but we needed a dolly to move it up a 20 foot ramp.

 

[squeeg22]

Put some elbow grease into it and pick 'em up. They're not heavy.

 

[RossMAN]

What if you have a 7' tall stackable washer/dryer?

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
What if you have a 7' tall stackable washer/dryer?

just cut it in half with a chain saw. problem solved.

 

[squeeg22]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
What if you have a 7' tall stackable washer/dryer?

Use stilts, duh!

 

[funboy6942]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
What if you have a 7' tall stackable washer/dryer?

Believe it or not use the dolly and the strap and you can hold the combo from the top and it will not slid off. I used to deliver for sears back in the day and it works every time. OR like others have said they dont weight that much. Get a friend and take it up.

 

[arcenite]

just pick the thing up with your bare hands, wimp :evil:

 

[z0mb13]

ok how do u move a fridge then??

 

[squeeg22]

Originally posted by: z0mb13
ok how do u move a fridge then??

Same way, use your hands. People act like these things way a ton. Unless you are a prepubescent little girl or a crotchety, elderly man, you and a friend should have no problem moving these things without the use of dollys/hand-trucks.

 

[Jzero]

Considering most home appliances are hollow, they generally are light enough to be carried by 2 people.
I can't think of an appliance that I have not been able to move without the help of one other person. No dollies, no hand trucks, just grab and go.

 

[seanws]

Originally posted by: shenaniganz

Originally posted by: werk
2 wheeled + strap.

 

[drnickriviera]

Originally posted by: squeeg22

Originally posted by: z0mb13
ok how do u move a fridge then??

Same way, use your hands. People act like these things way a ton. Unless you are a prepubescent little girl or a crotchety, elderly man, you and a friend should have no problem moving these things without the use of dollys/hand-trucks.

And this is exactly why I get holes in the drywall for my rental properties. Everybody thinks they are a macho man. No they don't weigh a ton, but they are big an bulky. You get far more control with an appliance dolly.

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: drnickriviera
And this is exactly why I get holes in the drywall for my rental properties. Everybody thinks they are a macho man. No they don't weigh a ton, but they are big an bulky. You get far more control with an appliance dolly.

No, you get holes in the drywall because renters don't give a sh!t about the drywall b/c they don't own it.

 

[squeeg22]

Originally posted by: Jzero

Originally posted by: drnickriviera
And this is exactly why I get holes in the drywall for my rental properties. Everybody thinks they are a macho man. No they don't weigh a ton, but they are big an bulky. You get far more control with an appliance dolly.

No, you get holes in the drywall because renters don't give a sh!t about the drywall b/c they don't own it.

Couldn't have said it better myself:thumbsup:

 

[Trygve]

Originally posted by: squeeg22

Originally posted by: z0mb13
ok how do u move a fridge then??

Same way, use your hands. People act like these things way a ton. Unless you are a prepubescent little girl or a crotchety, elderly man, you and a friend should have no problem moving these things without the use of dollys/hand-trucks.

It's not hard to pick up a washer and carry it, and dryers are really very light for their size. So move the washer first and the dryer will feel like it's nothing.

Refrigerators are heavier, especially older ones, but not as heavy as most people think. Arm length helps a lot (38" sleeve here) because their height makes them more awkward to lift than washers and dryers, and it makes it harder to see in front of you while you're carrying them.


When my brother moved up to a dorm in college, he got a used "apartment-sized" refigerator: not a little bar fridge, but one that was regular height but a little narrower than a full-sized one. Perfect size to wrap my arms around and carry, and it was much faster and easier for me to just pick it up and carry it than to try to get him to take one end of it.

So, he ran ahead and got the doors, etc., while I carried the fridge up the stairs and across the lobby. I passed him as he was holding the elevator door open and put the thing down in the middle of the elevator, which bobbed up and down in a satisfying way from the weight. It was a great moment, because now that I could see in front of me again, I was in the middle of a good-sized elevator with these college freshmen who were all pressed against the sides of the elevator with various looks of shock on their faces, like they'd never seen someone carrying a fridge before.

Just one of those heartwarming moments that makes getting drafted into moving appliances for all your friends and family worthwhile.

 

[tfinch2]

When we moved my dad made me carry the washer and dryer