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[Pinehouse4]

Either weld or bolt a heavy piece of angle iron under the feet and use the forklift to move it. I still don't understand why most owb's are built to be lifted from the top.

Thanks for your suggestion. I agree about welding something onto those big legs but I would have to have a welder and his equipment here when the truck arrives, and the truck wait around for the work to be done. That is why I inquired about something like this being done at the factory, I offered to pay.

I think a hook is common because they always have been there on OWB's. Therefore people have no alternative.

For my installation this forklift is idea, it would snatch the boiler off the flatbed, carry it 2 feet off the ground across the rough ground and then slip it into my shed like my foot into an old slipper.

Thanks again,

Bob

[MattyNH]

 Why couldn't you put the forks between the legs? The boiler gotta hold its own weight..Oh by the way..Your pole shed is very similar to mine..You get the idea from me? ha lol..

[merrellroofing]

Ok, you have a skytrak. That's what I used to put mine under my barn roof. We had to take the whole rig off of the end of the boom. Then chained the owb top hook around the boom. Minimal lift room but was able to boom out and get it into place. 

[Pinehouse4]

Why couldn't you put the forks between the legs? The boiler gotta hold its own weight..Oh by the way..Your pole shed is very similar to mine..You get the idea from me? ha lol..

Hi Matty,

No it is not designed to lift from the belly. I asked.

Great minds think alike! It's simple yet effective, I was going to board the back three side ( that's what those boards are stacked there for ) but because of the front and back overhang the wood stays dry and gets very good air.Makes it easy to handle the wood from all sides too.

Bob

[Pinehouse4]

Ok, you have a skytrak. That's what I used to put mine under my barn roof. We had to take the whole rig off of the end of the boom. Then chained the owb top hook around the boom. Minimal lift room but was able to boom out and get it into place.

Hi,

yes I have access to one, which can handle 5,000 pounds and project 19 feet forward. I only need 6 feet.

You could have benefited from lifting from below too. These machines easily travel over rough ground, sand and gravel, I think some people only think of forklifts as narrow tired vehicles used on concrete floors in factories and warehouses.

Maybe in the future more OWB will have that capability, I would have thought it would make loading multiple units at a factory easier because they have more control, but who knows, I have not been there.

Thanks,

Bob

[slimjim]

Most all of our lifting and moving stoves inside the factory is done with bridge cranes,loading the stoves on the truck is also an issue for space, we like to maximize that space to keep the per unit cost of shipping down, doing it with a forklift would also cause more damage there.

[MattyNH]

Why couldn't you put the forks between the legs? The boiler gotta hold its own weight..Oh by the way..Your pole shed is very similar to mine..You get the idea from me? ha lol..

Hi Matty,

No it is not designed to lift from the belly. I asked.

Great minds think alike! It's simple yet effective, I was going to board the back three side ( that's what those boards are stacked there for ) but because of the front and back overhang the wood stays dry and gets very good air.Makes it easy to handle the wood from all sides too.

Bob

Yes great minds think a like!..Yeah I my wood between the poles..Then on the inside I stack the wood the opposite way..The wood stacked between the poles holds the wood inside the shed..This yeah I put a trap on the back..Keeps the snow off the wood when it slides off the roof..Tarp will come down in the spring

[yoderheating]

 All of Heat Master furnaces can be moved with a forklift.

[slimjim]

Another option is to run the forks right into the firebox itself, it's plenty rugged for that option.

[mtoll]

just a FYI the dealer loaded my Heatmaster on my flat bed trailer with a fork lift

[xcvatr]

Find someone with a bigger skid loader and have put the forks on upside down which should give you the clearance needed

[cantoo]

What if you redesign a completely new owb?
 Or put a set of runners under the legs using heavy C channel? Lift it off the truck with the skyjack, lower it onto the C channel that is sitting on a couple of wooden blocks, pick the whole thing up with the forks and set wherever you want it. The last owner tried to move mine with a forklift and dented up both sides.
There really is no reason to keep building then with only lift points of the top. It would be easy and cheap to put a tube across between the legs that could be used as a lift point. Same as most types of heavy equipment like table saws, lathes etc.

[cantoo]

All they need is a tube between the legs like on this bench. Of course you would have to make sure you have the forks set as far apart as possible otherwise the tube would have to be really heavy/strong.

[Michael]

Mind can only be moved by forklift.

[Pinehouse4]

Most all of our lifting and moving stoves inside the factory is done with bridge cranes,loading the stoves on the truck is also an issue for space, we like to maximize that space to keep the per unit cost of shipping down, doing it with a forklift would also cause more damage there.

Hi Richard,

I never said having a hook on top was a negative, and for the manufacturing process it obviously works great or they would not use it. They are smart people.

All I have been saying is that a hook does not help me, the customer.

That the factory choose to load trucks that way is also fine, they know what they are doing, but to say " doing it with a forklift would cause more damage.......I cannot just accept that without comment. It implies manufacturers of all the products shipped on flatbeds and loaded with forklifts are either dumb or choose to accept the the damage willingly.

Bob