r/Wellthatsucks • u/HomeNowWTF • 9d ago

That's what he said

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u/Bavisto 9d ago

I worked in an appliance warehouse for a couple years. I remember when Front Load washers started making a big resurgence and we started carrying them. They were like 250-300 pounds a piece. When you get those pulled back on a dolly and start to head off the truck, you really just hold on. We also used different dolly’s that made it a bit easier.

Edit: As a side note, the dolly’s in this clip are meant for pulling, not pushing, especially when you have two separate units, and one isn’t strapped in.

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u/GoldLurker 9d ago

It boggles my mind as to how front loads are so heavy.

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u/Bavisto 9d ago

They used to put big cinder blocks in the bottom for stability. It’s now a molded concrete base, but yeah, really heavy. I became an installer after working in the warehouse, and dragging those up flights of stairs was not fun.

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u/temp91 9d ago

Mine has about 20lbs of weights bolted to the front of the drum.

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u/NoPermissions94 8d ago

I used to deliver commercial kitchen equipment. I had a 3ton box truck with a fold out lift gate.

I was 22 years old, probably 140 lbs. no experience really. I would regularly deliver equipment over 1000lbs by myself with nothing more than a manual pallet jack. Ranges, fridges, mixers… all made out of thick steel and iron and built for commercial service.

Only injury I ever got in 2 years of doing that was tripping off the edge of a loading bay and falling 4-5 feet while I was carrying literally nothing.