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How to move a 215Kg wood stove up 5 steps into a kitchen

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I dont think a 2 wheel trolley would safely achieve my aim.
I have considered a 2T excavator with a sling, a 4 wheel trolley on a ramp build to suit.
Even a tracked carrier!
What has worked for others?
I cannot get a skyhook through the door so I need ideas please.

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Depending on the width of the door frame, perhaps finding one of these to rent with some ramps?,,,,

https://www.google.com/shopping/product/3843634383495764172?q=powered+pallet+cart&prds=eto:3002448876977358909_0;17791453590905123539_0;14257810289528307726_0,pid:8778114331282308956&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwirg-76zOKGAxWbC3kGHX6cAYgQ9pwGCA4

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If your steps are strong, you and one other person can walk the stove up put a towel down and scoot once it's in. Or put a strong board down, lay it down, then jack the bottom end up to it's level with the top of the stairs. If you don't have the extant level of physical conditioning to do this, there's got to be others who do.

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Engine hoist can be easily assembled inside the house. Maybe put a board over the stairs so the stove can slide on top.

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I am a licensed crane operator, and unless this stove has factory lifting points you are risking damage trying to lift it.
I would go old-fashioned, stout planks or a ramp up your stairs.
Round wooden rollers and a group of strong friends to safely push it up the steps.
The same method can move it across the room to its final location.
A cable come along could be used in place of strong friends if there is a sturdy location to anchor it.

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Adding perhaps an obvious suggestion, but I remember now that when I moved a new 155 kg stove into our house last year, even then I removed all doors, fire-brick, detachable panels, etc. just to lighten the load before moving. Just in case this changes the weight or dimensions of the item needing to be moved. The stove was moved from the shipping truck to a deck outside the house using a tractor front-loader with pallet forks, then after uncrating, was cinched to a standard 2-wheel dolly (hand-truck) and carefully moved into its resting location. Only needed to use low ramps to get over the outer door threshold. Hope some of these ideas here work for you!....

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Of course, for everyone posting here, we are giving suggestions site unseen. I strongly advise having at least one helper given the weight and potential danger. That said, I have done many solo jobs when I have been told it couldn’t be done. My initial thoughts are:

Of course, reduce the weight as much as possible by removing what you can.

I would use a ramp made up of two boards that were as long as reasonable given the space involved.

Move the stove onto the ramp.

Jack the ramp up…using concrete blocks for support until the ramp is level. This will probably take several steps of adding blocks and moving the jacks.

Making sure the now level ramp is secure, slide the stove along the level ramp and onto the higher level.

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In absence of a furniture dolly/ramp/comealong situation, I have been impressed with what you can achieve with a team utilizing lifting straps. I'd go slow going up some steps, but it should make it straightforward to position once you are on level footing.

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Use your brain before you put your body on the line. Human ingenuity is capable of safely moving heavy items that would be impossible with muscles alone.

You might be able to make or improvise suitable tools or blocks to make this easier/possible. Try to get your head around how you can get mechanical advantage on your side.
videos like this might give you a bit of inspiration.

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Get 5 other people (6 total) and just manhandle it. Cook them a meal as payment.

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Thanks for the ideas
On this project I was planning to use my smarts instead of my muscles, at 74 years young, I have done stupid stuff but miraculously I can still race motorcycles, but many of my mates are limping around.
I feel the brain was a better way to go.
The pallet lifter is good but expensive
Up the steps about 4 ft looks too accident prone
Rollers I have used before successfully
Ramps and a winch is looking good with rollers and a beer sitting inside the doorway may work with some mates!
I had considered taking weight off so that will be used, thanks for the reminder.

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We had to get an engine that was in the center of a semi trailer.
Too much stuff to move so we used a boom attachment on a skid loader to lift it and bring it out.

I'm not sure how far inside the doorway you need it to be, or the distance from the bottom of the steps to the door.
https://jenkinsironandsteel.com/products/extendable-boom/40/

It doesn't need to be fancy like the one in the link.
The one we used was just a solid pole, maybe 20ft long.
Not too wide to get through a doorway.

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So, what solution was used?

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