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[CountryBoyJohn]

I barely got my unit off the semi with the back end of a backhoe.  But, my unit was just a tick over 2,000 pounds.  I think a Lull or telehandler may be in order.  I think the McCalister rental store was my next stop if the Case couldn't lift it.  I got lucky.

[slimjim]

One of the best places to get help with handling your boiler is the local lumber yard, they have boom trucks that can lift it and operators that can do it safely, they are local and usually will set the unit for a couple hundred bucks or less. SAFETY FIRST!!!

[Wood Nutt]

My run from my OWB to my house furnace heat exchanger is about 225' one way, or 450' round trip for the boiler water.  I am using 1" Pex-AL-Pex and decided on it because it has a larger nominal ID than standard 1" pex.  I am on my 2nd year of heating and use a Grundfos UPS26-99FC pump running on medium speed most of the heating season and runs 24/7 when the stove is lit.  I have not had any problem with heating my house, main floor is 1800 sq ft, full unfinished basement and a 2nd story of about 900 sq ft.  I made my own pipe, 5-wrap inside a 4-inch corrugated tile line.  I bought the pex mail order from a company in NewYork at I think $0.92/ft (2 ea 300-foot rolls and 1 ea 100-roll).  I have a 30 plate heat exchanger in the house loop for hot water and a 2nd loop from the OWB that heats my external shop (24' x 60').  somewhere I have a line diagram of my design, but can't put my fingers on it right now for some reason?  I changed computers, so it might still be on the old one!