Matt, I'm glad you had a laugh! No.. SERIOUSLY! I did too. I was pretty frustrated and pissed at first. Life it too short and you need to enjoy it when you can--whatever the circumstance we need to try to make the best of it. Beer & friends = excellent advice! Too bad it's not the weekend. No door trim came off during the making of this post and I'm happy to report all appendages are in tact! I will get a photo of the mud ruts in my yard and post for the chuckle too. Man they are sexy.
Guy, yes sir... rollers! Great minds think alike! If you were a tad north of course I would have said, "me and yins guys think da same". heh I am here to say that this thing will stay in place until I move, if that ever happens. Agreed. Slow and easy. Can't afford to rush or a toe might come of for sure.
4seasons! Thanks for chiming in and thanks for the suggestion! In the crate, the sticker reads "700lbs". I do have a cart. Heck it was squatting pretty bad when I moved my 8" RMH core while it was in the box. It's a cheap Harbor Freight and scared me a little just toting that around. Not sure how it would have done with the ideal steel stove, but I like the idea of finding the center of gravity. I've done that with other heavy things and ended up leaving go of the dolly altogether and using the item as the "handle" to move with. The crate wasn't very high and I'm kinda tall so I prolly would have had to make an extension to create the extra leverage perhaps.
Manny.. I wish I could have lifted it right in but none the less one thing that you did list are my spirits indeed.
Thanks so far for all of your concerns, advice, and laughter! You all have lifted my spirits!
The stove seems to be in the condition that it shipped in. I did find a very small peice of chipped soapstone and firebrick, but pffffftttt! Come on! This thing is built like a Sherman tank!
I am so stoked to get my pipe in the ceiling now... My job has had me working around the clock, very long days. I haven't even had a chance to unbox all of the stovepipe until tonight. Heck, I went and grabbed a piece of wood and threw it in the stove and the girlfriend and I laughed..
Guys, this stove is way more handsome looking in person that what's seen on the woodstock website!! It's one of those things where you gotta see it in person. Pictures just don't do it justice. I reckon Matt understands as I believe he's seen one. I've found a flaw or two, but nothing really to complain about so I won't even mention it. THIS STOVE IS BEAUTIFUL! Oh yeah.. I am not complaining about paying the extra $ and sourcing the pipe from Woodstock--check out the matching paint job. It's like a piece of art!!
more photos to come later..