I need to get a heavy concrete grinder (180 lbs), with wheels, down my stairs. I was thinking of getting a winch, but i have nothing to mount it to (the opposing wall is too far away). I was thinking of making a bracket for the top of the stairs, or perhaps even a table (where the winch could be mounted under the table where the 4 legs would be up against the wall) or perhaps some scaffold. There are many out-of-the box thinkers on their group, so looking for some ideas.
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Having recently moved a refrigerator of about that weight up a set of stairs using only a hand-truck (for wheels) it can be done (I'm not abnormally strong or huge.) Literally take it one step at a time.
If the wheels are not of adequate size to roll on the steps, use a hand-truck with large enough wheels (but not so large you can't stop on a step) and ignore the wheels on the grinder.
But it can be more easily done with two or more people, whether rolling or (when your people can lift it and not be at their limits and at risk of dropping it) brute-force carrying.
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Take it apart?
I dont know what exactly you have. But maybe you could take it apart and move it is manageable pieces. The grinding wheel comes out for sure because those must be replaced. Possibly the thing even has weights because weighting it helps the grinding action. If you could reduce it to pieces it would be easier to get it down the stairs then assemble it again.
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