I have decided on an Osburn 2400 insert. My old Grizzly insert is huge just like the Osburn it is 500Lb. I have a hernia and a bad back so I am stressing out about how to get the new insert in. I am trying to sell the old insert for $100, I will take nothing for it if the buyer can get it out of here without any help from me. I am not supposed to lift over 20Lb for a couple weeks so I can't do much.
I am thinking of having the delivery driver put the new insert into the bed of my pickup and then I can back around the house to the french doors and the tailgate will be within 4" of the floor. If I can slide the new insert onto my furniture dolley or a two wheeler I can then have a nice clear shot to the fireplace. Then I need to devise a way to get it up on the 14" raised hearth.
My other thought is to just hire somebody to bring a few guys to lift the darn thing in. My neighbor has two teenage sons but he also has a hernia so I don't want to ask him. Knowing him he will try to help and hurt himself.
Any ideas on who I could hire to help with something like this? The only other thing I can think of is to offer the old insert to a scrapper in exchange for them moving the new one into the fireplace.
I am thinking of having the delivery driver put the new insert into the bed of my pickup and then I can back around the house to the french doors and the tailgate will be within 4" of the floor. If I can slide the new insert onto my furniture dolley or a two wheeler I can then have a nice clear shot to the fireplace. Then I need to devise a way to get it up on the 14" raised hearth.
My other thought is to just hire somebody to bring a few guys to lift the darn thing in. My neighbor has two teenage sons but he also has a hernia so I don't want to ask him. Knowing him he will try to help and hurt himself.
Any ideas on who I could hire to help with something like this? The only other thing I can think of is to offer the old insert to a scrapper in exchange for them moving the new one into the fireplace.