I always wondered how easy it would be to move a Garn around. I have a 1500 and when it was delivered, I had an all-terrain fork lift set it in the Garn barn. Very sweet. But of course, I wanted to move the unit about 1' forward to give myself a little more room behind the Garn for boxing in the iron pipe inside insulation. I had plenty of room in the front, so why not.
I placed a 2x6 stub in the fork lift "box" under the firebox and used a floor jack to lift the unit up. The entire front end of the unit came up very nicely. I placed a length of 4" SCH40 PVC under the Garn, spanning both skids. This was on top of my 2" of extruded polystyrene. I then did the same thing to the backside of the Garn, again staying under the firebox.
Up on these two lengths of 4" PVC, it was trivial to roll the Garn around, even on top of the insulation. I could just push it.
So, if anyone is considering a Garn but they fear getting it in place due to lack of easy access for heavy machinery, it will roll very nicely on 4" PVC pipe.
I placed a 2x6 stub in the fork lift "box" under the firebox and used a floor jack to lift the unit up. The entire front end of the unit came up very nicely. I placed a length of 4" SCH40 PVC under the Garn, spanning both skids. This was on top of my 2" of extruded polystyrene. I then did the same thing to the backside of the Garn, again staying under the firebox.
Up on these two lengths of 4" PVC, it was trivial to roll the Garn around, even on top of the insulation. I could just push it.
So, if anyone is considering a Garn but they fear getting it in place due to lack of easy access for heavy machinery, it will roll very nicely on 4" PVC pipe.
