Heavy Item Movers
Safes, gym equipment, oversized furniture, pianos, pool tables and hot tubs, moved by our own crews with the right equipment, extra hands and a route planned ahead.
Heavy Item Movers for the Pieces That Need a Plan
Most furniture can be carried by two strong people. Some items cannot. A gun safe can weigh several hundred pounds or more, a slate pool table comes apart into heavy slabs, and a hot tub is usually too wide for a standard gate. As heavy item movers, we treat these pieces as their own job inside the move, with the right equipment, the right number of people and a route worked out before anything is lifted. Crews from our Dayton moving company and our Cincinnati movers plan every heavy lift the same way.
What We Move
We move home and gun safes, armoires and solid wood wardrobes, oversized sectionals, large refrigerators, washers and dryers relocated as-is, and home gym equipment such as treadmills, ellipticals and weight machines. Appliances should be disconnected from water, gas and power before we arrive, since we move them but do not install them. Three of the heaviest jobs have their own dedicated process and page: our pool table moving service for slate tables, hot tub relocation for spas going to a new yard, and upright and grand piano moving for instruments of every size.
The Equipment and Crew Behind Each Lift
Heavy items move on equipment built for them: appliance dollies with ratchet straps, four-wheel furniture dollies, stair-rated hand trucks, thick moving pads, ramps and plywood runners to protect floors and lawns. We add extra crew when an item calls for it instead of asking two people to manage a load that needs four. On stairs, each step is taken under control with people above and below the piece. Floors, door frames and railings are padded before the item moves an inch. A door may come off its hinges for a few minutes if that gives us the extra inch we need.
Measuring the Path Before Moving Day
The biggest problem with heavy items is often not the weight but the path. A safe that went into a basement before a remodel may not fit the new stairwell, and an armoire that fit through the old front door may not clear a tight turn at the new house. Before we quote, we ask for the item’s dimensions and approximate weight, plus photos of doors, stairs, turns and the ground outside. If something truly will not fit, we tell you before move day, not halfway down the stairs.
