mm wrote:
How many men needed to bring a fridge up the stairs, from the
basement. Using a rental handtruck designed for this, with a strap
etc.

How many men needed if the first ones are in good shape and 83, 72,
and 62 years old?
When my mother moved in with my grandmother to take care of her, I moved
her chest freezer into the basement there. At the time, I told her it
was getting sold with the house. Ten years later, that is exactly what I
did. When the washer caught on fire here, and I had to buy a new one, I
was able to move the new plastic-tubbed one in myself with no problem.
To get the old one out, even after removing the motor and concrete
counterweight, I had to go hat-in-hand around my office begging a favor,
and finally found one lady whose hubby wanted a metal washer drum for a
burn barrel at their camp. He came over, and with some rope and my
regular handtruck, we managed to get it out. A frig dolley with the
strap and the tracks on the back would have helped, but would still have
taken 2 for safety.

Is the frig going elsewhere, or going away? If being replaced by a new
one, slip the truck guys a $20 each, and have them do it. If going to
charity, they will pick up. The 62 YO is a maybe, if he is in good
shape. The other 2, no way. Guys always think of themselves as
20-somethings, able to leap tall buildings with a single bound. Sure,
they tossed appliances around like beachballs back in the day, but that
day was decades ago. Hire some young bucks, or guilt some young
relatives into helping.

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