2 8ft sheets of ply cut to make a slide and there ae no corners to catch now ya need ropes and back muscle. that dolly can do it now. Too bad you can't put partial breaking on those dolly wheels
On Tue, 8 May 2007, Brice Mijares wrote: > Hell, I'd get some 3 quarter inch plywood and make a skid and anchor it to > the stairs, and with the rigging, slide it down the skid. This way the > weight distribution would be carried over a larger area > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dan Rossi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 6:55 AM > Subject: RE: Moving the 400 pound cast iron pig RE: [BlindHandyMan] > > >> Hi Robert, >> >> thanks, I will definitely give the refrigerator dolly a strong >> consideration. >> >> the collapsing stairs is an issue only because my basement steps are in >> pretty bad shape. Apparently, there was termite damage about 12 years >> ago. The stairs were eaten up pretty badly and no one has bothered to fix >> them yet, including me. >> >> Every time I go running up or down the stairs I expect to go crashing >> through the bottom couple of steps. Replacing the steps is one of the >> items on my long list of things to do. >> >> Of course, having the radiator crash through the steps would probably move >> the replacing stairs item further up on my list. >> >> Even with the dolly, I will probably belay the dolly down the stairs using >> my rock climbing gear. If I can catch a 240 pound person after falling >> five feet, I can easily control the decent of the pig down the stairs. >> >> -- >> Blue skies. >> Dan Rossi >> Carnegie Mellon University. >> E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Tel: (412) 268-9081 >> >> >> To listen to the show archives go to link >> http://acbradio.org/handyman.html >> or >> ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ >> >> The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. >> http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday >> >> The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. >> http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml >> >> Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various >> List Members At The Following address: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ >> >> Visit the new archives page at the following address >> http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ >> For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man >> list just send a blank message to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> > > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
