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[kc]

New to the site but have been absorbing the posts on this site the last couple of weeks as I am "hot and heavy" into getting into an OWB -- hopefully before this winter.   I moved to my current homestead a little over a year ago with 10 acres of woods and more firewood that you can shake a stick at so an OWB is highly appealing to me.
I am looking at a couple models and getting my head around how to do this and the furnace I am most interested in does not have the option to be delivered and set on the pad for me.  Talking with the dealer he said that I could pick up the 2200 lb stove and trailer to my install pad.   I don't have any equipment to move around a one ton stove so do you guys have any ideas / tricks for safely moving it from a trailer to the pad?   He suggested using boards and iron pipe which I can somewhat visualize.   One plus is the pad will be just a few feet from my driveway so I should be able to back the trailer up to / over the pad.   Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated and I can't tell you guys how much a site like this comforts us newbies!   Information is good!

kc

[RSI]

What brand you are looking at may make a difference what you can do because of how the legs or base are constructed.

[jbc]

I dont know how much it matters how the base is constructed by the way I did it,because sliding the stove sideways IS NOT a good idea no matter who's stove you have--it simply stresses the legs/frame in the wrong way and was not intended to do this by design...

Simply call your local wrecker service and have them lift it off your trailer and onto your pad with the boom of a wrecker.

My stove and the way I transported mine made it a little more complicated---I transported the stove in the bed of my F250 4x4 truck, plus my stove did not have a eye hook. If you transport your stove in the back of your truck bed (expecially a 4x4 truck), make sure you tell the wrecker service so they can make sure there wrecker boom goes high enough---A common 1 ton wrecker boom usually does NOT go high enough to lift the stove out of the back of a truck bed--in your situation if your trailer is low enough, it should not be a problem what so ever......My other problem was my stove did not have a eye hook---so I had to put a chain into the stack and fasten the end hooks on the lip of the front door opening--then the chain loop was hooked to the wrecker boom's cable hook--raised the stove up and pulled the truck out--then backed the wrecker up to the pad--lowered it down and 15 minutes later--my unloading problem was over.


Cost me $75 and the problem was eliminated pretty easy.

hope this helps...

JBC

[kc]

I have looked at Central Boiler, Taylor, Shaver, and Earth furnaces and I am leaning toward the Earth Mtn Man 505 and hence the towing / unloading issue.   I like the tow truck idea as I have also considered renting a fork truck for the day which would set me back $200 to $300.  Earth stoves do have fork slots but I understand you can also lift them by the chimney.   I don't think the boom height will be a big issue because I plan to trailer the stove and the trailer I will use sits pretty low.  Maybe AAA will cover the tow if I call and tell them I jackknifed the Earth in my driveway!  I appreciate the feedback...

kc

[RSI]

If you could slide it off your trailer, just get a 3/4" sheet of plywood and have them set it onto it and bolt it to the boiler. Then just pull on the plywood or chain it to a tree or something and drive out from under it. Just make sure the angle doesn't get steep enough for it to tip over. As long as you pull on the plywood and not on the stove it won't damage it.