Those stair-climbing sack trucks...

[nuyorican]

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[Pheo]

I would expect you to need to strap everything down, otherwise it'll all just shake off the boxes?

Are you sure it's not worth paying a man with van service? I've always found that when we've done local moves to be far preferable - I often being along the smaller bits I CBA to pack,. let MwV take the large stuff?

[Cow Corner]

I moved house myself once, 20 years ago when we were renting and didn’t have all that much stuff.

I’ve paid somebody every time since…

[dave123456]

Cow Corner said:

I moved house myself once, 20 years ago when we were renting and didn’t have all that much stuff.

I’ve paid somebody every time since…

Yep the size of items, effort required and energy available means that the first van load feels like you’re making good progress and then the fun starts with the random smaller ste scattered over the whole house.

[Road2Ruin]

Cow Corner said:

I moved house myself once, 20 years ago when we were renting and didn’t have all that much stuff.

I’ve paid somebody every time since…

Same here. You think you are saving money by doing it yourself, and you probably are, a bit, but the time, effort, van hire, fuel, equipment, packaging, stress...far outweighs it.

[blue_haddock]

We have these at work to assist in getting pieces of machinery up and down stairs.

They are a load of crap and never actually get used. It still takes two guys to use to bring an 80kg piece of equipment up the stairs so the guys just pick the machine up between them and do it manually.

Absolutely garbage is the polite explanation.

[Mr Pointy]

blue_haddock said:

We have these at work to assist in getting pieces of machinery up and down stairs.

They are a load of crap and never actually get used. It still takes two guys to use to bring an 80kg piece of equipment up the stairs so the guys just pick the machine up between them and do it manually.

Absolutely garbage is the polite explanation.

The battery powered stair climbers do work as you don't have to physically haul the item up but they are expensive & you have to remember to charge the battery.

[vaud]

nuyorican said:

This is all true.

I think I'm a bit undiagnosed 'on the spectrum'. I'll go to extraordinary lengths in order to avoid dealing with other people.

Man and van it is for the big stuff.

You don't need to interact per se for a move.

Just box everything up, number each box, put a piece of paper with the number on the doors of each room at the new place so they know where to put it and hand them the keys. Ask them to text you when they are nearly done. If they are a man with a van rather than a removal company then make sure they are insured.

[Sporky]

nuyorican said:

This is all true.

I think I'm a bit undiagnosed 'on the spectrum'. I'll go to extraordinary lengths in order to avoid dealing with other people.

Man and van it is for the big stuff.

My wife and I are both autistic. We got packers in. They let us hide on a sofa in one room while they got on with things, and at the other end they put each box in the right room, built our bed, and then said thank you and left (with a tip). It was painless because they were focussed on doing their job, not chatting.

[dxg]

You can get sack trolleys with what look like skates along the back - think of the runners on traditional wooden toboggan. These allow you to effectively slide the trolley over several stair nosings at once.

[OldPal]

We just use standard ones with bigger “off road” tires and deflated a little.

Does the trick for me heaving 150kg rolls of vinyl up stairs

[Dog Star]

Road2Ruin said:

Cow Corner said:

I moved house myself once, 20 years ago when we were renting and didn’t have all that much stuff.

I’ve paid somebody every time since…

Same here. You think you are saving money by doing it yourself, and you probably are, a bit, but the time, effort, van hire, fuel, equipment, packaging, stress...far outweighs it.

We last moved in 2003 and, hopefully we will be moving in 2025. We did it with a lorry and some mates and as you say: never again. It doesn’t help that we own more stuff (two of us) than anyone I know. Not even going to try it.

[VTC]

I have 2 the large rubber inflateable tyre variant and the blue one pictured above.
the three wheel one is a SOB to use on your own as moving anything near your body weight will put you at rike of riding a very dangerous sled back down the stairs without brakes. I have done this and it is and it is no fun, if using the three wheel type get some help.

[MarkGArgyle]

Slight derail but I have a large but steep garden with lots of levels, anyone know if a wheelbarrow version exists?

My neighbour has built 90deg wood ramps but I am not that clever