Moving oven

zare111 · September 02, 2024, 02:00:50 PM

The baker I work for is about to buy a used "6-pie" size double stack from another business a couple hours away. He got a very good price on it and is considering professional freight shipping options but would like to figure out if a DIY thing is doable given his limited budget. It would fit in a UHaul but we're unsure how to get it potentially over a curb and into and out of a truck. (The location here has a loading dock type thing we can wheel it into. If my measurements are correct it will fit.) Does anyone here have experience moving equipment of this size and weight without hiring it out? Are we insane to think about trying this ourselves?

TXCraig1 · September 02, 2024, 02:19:02 PM

I moved my Acunto twice. It's 4,600 lbs. I rented a forklift both times. I wasn't hard, but you have to have a plan.

zare111 · September 02, 2024, 03:14:27 PM

Quote from: TXCraig1 on September 02, 2024, 02:19:02 PMI moved my Acunto twice. It's 4,600 lbs. I rented a forklift both times. I wasn't hard, but you have to have a plan.

Thanks. He was talking about the forklift possibility today. Is that a thing you can generally just do in an average city? The move is Virginia to Maryland if that's relevant.

kori · September 02, 2024, 04:16:28 PM

What about a pallet jack?

Should be easy to rent one, they are very easy and smooth to operate it's what basically all freight companies use to load and unload freight.

Check with UHaul they have moving equipment you can rent.

zare111 · September 02, 2024, 05:53:49 PM

Quote from: kori on September 02, 2024, 04:16:28 PMWhat about a pallet jack?

Should be easy to rent one, they are very easy and smooth to operate it's what basically all freight companies use to load and unload freight.

Check with UHaul they have moving equipment you can rent.

Great idea, thanks! I dunno if Uhaul has them but i see Home Depot does cheap pallet jack rentals. 6000 lbs is plenty for an oven's weight—it's hard to say whether the form factor would work since you have to load it sideways. I'll keep researching.

woodfiredandrew · September 02, 2024, 07:51:15 PM

If not forklift then get a mechanical pallet jack which has power to go up/down, as long as forks( i would prefer extended forks) can get inside u-haul, you should be ok. but need a plan ( size of the door, road map, exact size and wt. make sure you put it on pallet.

zare111 · September 06, 2024, 11:01:42 PM

Thank you for the advice everyone. A plan is coming together. One thing my boss would like to know that I can't figure out is how much the stones individually weigh. Standard 20x36x1.5 cordierite. Anyone know?

TXCraig1 · September 07, 2024, 08:35:48 AM

Quote from: zare111 on September 06, 2024, 11:01:42 PMThank you for the advice everyone. A plan is coming together. One thing my boss would like to know that I can't figure out is how much the stones individually weigh. Standard 20x36x1.5 cordierite. Anyone know?

The density of cordierite is 0.0831 lb/in^3, so approximately

20 x 36 x 1.5 x 0.0831 = 90 lbs.

zare111 · September 12, 2024, 11:35:11 PM

Figured I'd follow up: we got it in. Montague double stack on a borrowed pallet jack on the left, sunsetting the noble little Baker's Pride GP on the right we've been rocking for a month. Not even going into all the crazy stuff my boss went through this week to get it here or the crazy small business drama going on at the same time.

NewYork · November 14, 2024, 03:39:55 AM

Quote from: zare111 on September 12, 2024, 11:35:11 PMFigured I'd follow up: we got it in. Montague double stack on a borrowed pallet jack on the left, sunsetting the noble little Baker's Pride GP on the right we've been rocking for a month. Not even going into all the crazy stuff my boss went through this week to get it here or the crazy small business drama going on at the same time.

I've always liked Montague products. Well built and high quality. The drama never ends, new chapters simply emerge.