Moving a large object into the house advice

[DVad3r]

Hey guys,

I bought a big huge stepper/elliptical machine, commercial grade. It weighs something like 500 pounds. I need to fit this thing through my front door. The door has to be taken out for sure. To get to my front door there are 2 steps. What's the best way to get it in? Any ideas?

Here's the machine:

http://home-elliptical-machines.com...al-reviews/nautilus-ev-718-elliptical-review/

 

[IronWing]

Take it apart?

 

[DVad3r]

Take it apart?

Yea but it's not that easy, plus it's sitting outside in my garage with freezing temps, with windchill it's like -15 here right now :S

I'm also a lazy bastard.

 

[F1N3ST]

Lol, it's about the same here, I look at your profile, Toronto, I'm kinda by Detroit, it's freezing balls out there. I'm a lazy bastard too!!

 

[darkxshade]

What's the best way to get it in?

You're a man, you should know the answer to this for any scenario.

 

[I Saw OJ]

Taking it apart is probably easier then trying to finagle the entire thing into your house.

 

[DingDingDao]

You bought a $3000 piece of equipment with no movers? In the dead of winter? :awe:

Ok seriously, though, is it on casters? Use a flat dolly or something, and rig up a ramp to get it up those steps. And get your less-lazy friends to help you--bribe them with beers or something.

 

[TheVrolok]

Shipping weight on that thing is 300 lbs, get a few guys together and maybe some rope/dolly and just move it. Nothing complicated here, just brawn. 300 lbs is no big deal with a few guys and the right technique.

<edit>Wait, is it in box, or assembled? Obviously if it's assembled it's going to be harder to outright move .. if that's the case then just take it apart, easy or not.</edit>

 

[waffleironhead]

you need to join a gym so you can build the muscles to handle that beast. oh wait....

 

[JulesMaximus]

Lift with your legs, not your back.

 

[DVad3r]

The shipping weight of that thing ain't 300 pounds dude, that shit weighs more, it's 400 + according to UPS. If it was 300 pounds I'd drag it in solo, but myself and my dad spent an hour dying outside trying different ways. I guess we will have to wait till the weekend to get 1 or 2 more guys. We also don't want to break it on the steps...

Dad bought a slightly used one off eBay for a grand, not bad...althought with taxes, shipping, broker fee's etc, it came out to $ 1400.

It's assembled and is wrapped in bubble wrap tight, it came on a wooden platform. We took it off the platform.

After an hour outside my feet are frozen and I'm just getting feeling back into them now...

 

[zinfamous]

Is this another thread about your dad?

 

[Rubycon]

Piano movers would laugh at that task.

 

[DVad3r]

Is this another thread about your dad?

Actually it is. We spent an hour out there for nothing. We actually got it lifted on the first step and it wouldn't of been much more work to just get it in. He didn't though because he was scared of "breaking" it. So now we are stuck till Saturday.

 

[EagleKeeper]

To get it up the steps, take a couple of 2x4 and lay them on the steps. then put a sheet of thick plywood on the 2x4s to have a ramp.

Or:

Call up a moving company and hire a couple of backs for an hours work. $50-60
They will usually have a portable ramp and carry straps with them.

That way, if it gets any damages, they are responsible.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Use it in the garage. At first you might be cold but after a few minutes of workout you'll be happy it's cold in there.

 

[DrPizza]

There's no windchill factor if you're inside the garage with the door closed. By the looks of it, there's no way you're getting it inside while it's assembled.

 

[sixone]

Don't you have another door, or a big window?

 

[waitman]

A piece of plywood 1/2" should be enough for that weight, then lay a blanket under the machine and pull it in.

 

[El Guaraguao]

Yea but it's not that easy, plus it's sitting outside in my garage with freezing temps, with windchill it's like -15 here right now :S

I'm also a lazy bastard.

ok so let me get this straight. somebody offers a logical solution to you problem and you decline it because you're a lazy bastard? are you expecting atot to create some type of code to move this object for you?

give me your god damn man card, right now.

 

[DVad3r]

Don't you have another door, or a big window?

Yes, we have a big glass sliding door into the livign room in our backyard, but the problem is bringing the machine all the way around the house to it, it's a bit of a mission.

 

[Platypus]

tear down a wall, steve youngblood style

 

[Twista]

forklift

 

[biggestmuff]

I don't see what the problem is. Take it apart and move it. What answer are you looking for; buy a magic wand?

 

[sixone]

Yes, we have a big glass sliding door into the livign room in our backyard, but the problem is bringing the machine all the way around the house to it, it's a bit of a mission.

Much less risky than dismantling the doorjamb. Put it on a large piece of cardboard, and it'll slide right over the frozen ground.