Couch Delivery

[Kevin J.]

So being recently retired is was time for a new recliner couch. The picture is of the delivery guy bring it in. Now keep in mind this is a three seat motorized unit, so it’s heavy.

 

[boykinlp]

Dang, delivery guy must have been part "pack mule"!!
Larry

 

[NYlakesider]

So being recently retired is was time for a new recliner couch. The picture is of the delivery guy bring it in. Now keep in mind this is a three seat motorized unit, so it’s heavy.

Worth a nice tip for that performance!-

 

[Farmer17]

My couch is a small two seat, motorized and it's really heavy for two people. I hate moving it.

 

[fiasconva]

We all know that "back in the day" we could have carried that in with one hand, right guys? That is pretty impressive.

 

[Toolguy]

That one should be in the Health and Fitness thread!

 

[GypsmJim]

My son recently moved and all his friends were out of town, so he hired a mover (in one state) to load the truck, and a second one to unload it into his home. (I won't mention states because I don't want to offend anyone)

The loading went perfect. The unloading was another story. The first company sent 3 guys and they unloaded the truck alright - into the garage. They thought the stars was too small to get the couch up into the family room, so they didn't even try. The second said it was too heavy and thought about it for awhile. Apparently, there was a limited selection of companies in the yellow pages (google phone).

We should be there to visit in a few months. I'm sure we can giterdone.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

When I moved 9 years ago, the crew kept informing me of all the things they weren't allowed to move! When I showed them the empty gun safe and it weighed 800 pounds, they told me they were not allowed to move anything over 700! I smiled and said that's not a problem, The door comes off and it is 1/3 of the weight. They didn't have a problem.

They moved file cubanites and freezers that weighed way over 800 pounds, they just didn't know the weight and didn't even think about it!

Ivan

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

When I was a child and lived once in a 3-floor house with the owner living on the second floor and third floors, I saw his family moved in, including the refrigerator being moved to the second floor by one man who carried it up the narrow stairway on his back.

I don't know what it weighed.

 

[SMSgt]

So when he asked, "Where do you want it," did you say, "Upstairs"?

 

[Rpg]

Hope that mover has worker’s compensation coverage!

Frequently, the actual movers are carried as independent contractors so the name brand moving company doesn’t have to carry workers compensation insurance for the independent contractors that supply the labor..

Unfortunately, the “independent contractors “ frequently don’t get workers compensation coverage (they often have no idea of the implications of being “independent contractors “).

Some states have enacted laws that require the “statutory employer “ (the contractor) to cover uninsured claims that they’ve tried to avoid by carrying labor as independent contractors , Colorado has such a provision.

 

[raisedin99]

We all know that "back in the day" we could have carried that in with one hand, right guys? That is pretty impressive.

Exactly what I was thinking...

terry

 

[Kenna]

Better not scratch the FLOOR!

 

[Golddollar]

Worth a nice tip for that performance!-

Definitely a nice shower of Golden Dollars.

 

[Model 19 6"]

couch

We all know that "back in the day" we could have carried that in with one hand, right guys? That is pretty impressive.

yes we could have carried it with one hand and a beer in the other

 

[Toolguy]

The older we get, the better we were.