Economical way to lift and move wood fired oven

di11on

Hi folks,

Two years I built a 26" wood fired oven. We live in rented accommodation and the oven was designed so that it could, in theory, be moved when the time came. Well... now we are buying a house and the time has come! The question is how to lift and move it?! Picture below:



The oven is built on a sturdy wooden frame of 9cm treated wooden beams. The wooden frame is just sitting on top of the stone supports and can, in theory, be lifted off. Originally, I was thinking of using a forklift. It would cost around €250 to rent for the day. However, I suspect you may need proof of some sort of experience to use one, so it may not be that simple. I have used a forklift before, but I wouldn't have any qualifications. The idea would then be to pop it in the back of a van and lift it back out at the other end.

The destination is only about 500m away but there are some gradients on the route.

Any one else any ideas for a cost effective way to move it? Access to the garden is possible, but there is a change in level which may cause problems. I suppose some sort of crane could lift it out - might be expensive?

A last resort option would be to just chisel it apart and salvage the dome sections inside and rebuild. That would be a pity though.

Thoughts?

deandean

Get between five and seven of your mates.

Line up on all four sides and just lift'er up. Then carry it all the way, with a few rest stops of course.

Total cost: pizzas and chianti for your mates.

di11on

deandean wrote: »

Get between five and seven of your mates.

Line up on all four sides and just lift'er up. Then carry it all the way, with a few rest stops of course.

Total cost: pizzas and chianti for your mates.

There's a lot of cement in there - it would weigh around 300kg give or take. Even with 7 mates that would be 40kg each... worth a try maybe though. I suppose if it falls that will be less chiselling to do :-)

Tabnabs

What about a few mates to push and hiring a pallet truck?

http://www.azhire.ie/pallet-truck,offer/

di11on

Problem with this is that I don't think it would be possible to move it the full 500m because of roads, gradients and kerbs and what not - it would need to be put in the back of a van really.

curiousb

Are the wooden beams fixed to each other in some way? If not, they could possibly come loose en route, whatever method you end up using.

If they are not you could fix a metal or wooden strip down either side and screw into the ends of the beams to lock them into position.

What about a mini digger, without the bucket attachment. maybe it could be used as a small crane?

Best of luck with it. I have a wood fired clay oven and would hate to have to rebuild it!

colm_mcm

Pallet truck onto a truck with a taillift

di11on

colm_mcm wrote: »

Pallet truck onto a truck with a taillift

This might work... there is a step, however and I don't think I could elevate it high enough with a pallet truck to get it over. How high could one of those things lift it?

Also, the oven would need to be lifted from the bottom of the horizontal wooden structure - you wouldn't get that high with a pallet truck?