Can this baseburner be disassembled for transport?

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Post by keegs » Thu. Apr. 11, 2019 7:21 pm

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Wondering how to manage moving this beast. Anyone have any ideas how to break this down to manageable pieces?

 
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Post by tcalo » Thu. Apr. 11, 2019 8:37 pm

You can remove as much as possible to lighten it up. Doors, upper dome, nickel (boot rails), ash pan, grate, etc. The barrel and base are pretty much bolted together as one piece.

 
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Post by keegs » Thu. Apr. 11, 2019 8:55 pm

Thanks ... any idea whether it can be broken down enough that one person could transport it? I can get help loading it into the truck but unloading and moving it into the house would be solo.


 
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Post by CapeCoaler » Thu. Apr. 11, 2019 9:36 pm

Physics/Mechanical Advantage...
Ramps, wheels and brains...
Overkill is good...
Low angles and enough friction to reduce maximum speed to a crawl...
I moved an 8000 lb safe pretty much by myself...
The right tools...
Wedges, pry bars, cribbing and rollers...

 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Thu. Apr. 11, 2019 11:59 pm

As mentioned, take off everything that lifts off and out. That will reduce the weight by almost half.

Got a hand truck, some rope, and planks or plywood ?

By my old self, I moved my kitchen range out of my minivan by sliding it down planks then tied it to a hand truck and wheeled it up planks into the house. It's heavier than a large base heater.

Unbolted the barrels from the base and did the plank and hand truck with my GW base heater and two 118 Oaks to move them.

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Post by keegs » Fri. Apr. 12, 2019 5:05 am

Thanks all.


 
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Post by LeoinRI » Fri. Apr. 12, 2019 5:45 am

Transporting my similar Glenwood 111, the tricky part was getting it back onto the base. I used 1x4 for cribbing and teeter-tottered it up above the level of the base, then assembled the base around the cribbing and lowered it down. I'm not sure how thick the cast iron is on the bottom so I'd be careful to keep the weight distributed and off the center.

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Post by keegs » Fri. Apr. 12, 2019 6:46 am

Thanks Leo... I haven't committed to pulling the trigger on this yet. We still have quite a bit of snow up there (24") at the farm and getting the stove up and into the house isn't going to be easy. (it's the old heart and flesh conundrum). I'm not familiar with the stove so have only a limited sense of what I'm dealing with physically. It's advertised as being restored. She's a beauty and I'd take good care of her but it's a lot to take on too.

 
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Post by Pauliewog » Fri. Apr. 12, 2019 9:11 am

I think the easiest way to move them intact is with an appliance hand cart, come-a-long, and a set of ramps.

Just take off the doors and trim, and strap it to the appliance cart. You can either borrow one or rent one from UHaul.
They have belt rollers that make it easy to get up and down steps too.
I'm 70 years young and used this method to move over 50 stoves and kitchen ranges in the last few years...... most of the time by myself. :o

Paulie

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