So I am moving a hot tub long distance on Sat. We will have help at the pick up spot and will be putting it on a trailer. It will be covered in a tarp wrapped in shrink wrap and of course strapped down to the trailer with multiple straps.
At home is where I have to get creative.
Once we arrive the only help I will have is myself, my friend going on the trip with me, my son, my wife, and my daughter (the last 3 will be helpful but not super strong heck neither are me and my friend but we will give it go).
I have spent the last 3 days watching videos, googling around and trying to come up with the best way to get this job done.
Location is as follows. Yard is sloped in front not bad but some slope. Once at the top of the driveway it will be basically flat through the double gate and across the backyard to the deck. Deck is 21" off the ground so not much.
I have 2 thoughts:
**Hot Tub is a Nordic Encore LS weighs 585lbs dry which of course it will not be 100% dry since it will have been recently drained**
1 - Spend about $180 for a 4x8 sheet of PVC board, exercise mat, rope, and (2) 4x8 sheets of OSB cut in half. This will make a slider that we pull/push up the yard and through the gate to the deck. Getting up the 21" incline to the deck may be tricky but probably doable nonetheless. Tub would of course be pushed through the yard on its side.
2 - Move the tub from the trailer to the bed of the truck on its side. This will be tricky for sure as the tailgate height is about 36" so the 5 of us have to unload, turn it on its side and then lift it up 36" to the tailgate or turn it on its side and then do the end over end roll to hopefully roll lift it up on the tailgate. I think the later method maybe the way we have to do it. Once on the truck bed I can slowly back up the driveway and through the double gate across the yard and to the deck. From there I should be able to get very close to the top step of the deck certainly enough to use the 2x12s and slide the tub down from the truck to the deck and then into the screened porch (door opening is 36x90 - tub is 35x84 so yeah not a lot of leeway but should be enough).
I am thinking option 2 is the best with the caveat that getting the tub in the back of the truck will not be easy.
If I thought it would be safe to transport a 7 foot tall hot tub vertically in the bed of the truck 400 miles I would do so as we have more help available there than here at home so loading into the back of the truck there would be easier.
Anyway I am open to any suggestions/comments/thoughts anyone has.
And no a professional mover is out of the question as I have gotten 3 quotes already $2200, $1700, and one at $1500 (the last one would only bring it to Raleigh NC from SC and I would have to get it from there - dumb).
At home is where I have to get creative.
Once we arrive the only help I will have is myself, my friend going on the trip with me, my son, my wife, and my daughter (the last 3 will be helpful but not super strong heck neither are me and my friend but we will give it go).
I have spent the last 3 days watching videos, googling around and trying to come up with the best way to get this job done.
Location is as follows. Yard is sloped in front not bad but some slope. Once at the top of the driveway it will be basically flat through the double gate and across the backyard to the deck. Deck is 21" off the ground so not much.
I have 2 thoughts:
**Hot Tub is a Nordic Encore LS weighs 585lbs dry which of course it will not be 100% dry since it will have been recently drained**
1 - Spend about $180 for a 4x8 sheet of PVC board, exercise mat, rope, and (2) 4x8 sheets of OSB cut in half. This will make a slider that we pull/push up the yard and through the gate to the deck. Getting up the 21" incline to the deck may be tricky but probably doable nonetheless. Tub would of course be pushed through the yard on its side.
2 - Move the tub from the trailer to the bed of the truck on its side. This will be tricky for sure as the tailgate height is about 36" so the 5 of us have to unload, turn it on its side and then lift it up 36" to the tailgate or turn it on its side and then do the end over end roll to hopefully roll lift it up on the tailgate. I think the later method maybe the way we have to do it. Once on the truck bed I can slowly back up the driveway and through the double gate across the yard and to the deck. From there I should be able to get very close to the top step of the deck certainly enough to use the 2x12s and slide the tub down from the truck to the deck and then into the screened porch (door opening is 36x90 - tub is 35x84 so yeah not a lot of leeway but should be enough).
I am thinking option 2 is the best with the caveat that getting the tub in the back of the truck will not be easy.
If I thought it would be safe to transport a 7 foot tall hot tub vertically in the bed of the truck 400 miles I would do so as we have more help available there than here at home so loading into the back of the truck there would be easier.
Anyway I am open to any suggestions/comments/thoughts anyone has.
And no a professional mover is out of the question as I have gotten 3 quotes already $2200, $1700, and one at $1500 (the last one would only bring it to Raleigh NC from SC and I would have to get it from there - dumb).
