It looks like a 1950's model. Chicago area Craigslist.
http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/zip/1067372910.html
http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/zip/1067372910.html
FREE 1950's stove.
- Thread starter goatfarmer
- Start date
sudsmaster
Well-known member
I've hauled a number of stoves like that.
The trick is to disassemble it as much as possible... These are all bolted together and they can be unbolted to make them more portable.
To singlehand one into my pickup, I would generally remove the following:
Burner Grates
Griddle
Burners (both range and oven(s))
Drip trays
Grease pans
Range covers
Grills
Roasting pan(s)
Broiling drawer(s)
If necessary the sides can be removed fairly easily, as well as the top that holds the drip trays.
After all that the stove has probably lost a hundred or more pounds. To get up a flight of stairs, however, two people and a good appliance dolly will probably be needed, and it helps if the stairs are wide (as in exterior basement stairs on many older homes).
The trick is to disassemble it as much as possible... These are all bolted together and they can be unbolted to make them more portable.
To singlehand one into my pickup, I would generally remove the following:
Burner Grates
Griddle
Burners (both range and oven(s))
Drip trays
Grease pans
Range covers
Grills
Roasting pan(s)
Broiling drawer(s)
If necessary the sides can be removed fairly easily, as well as the top that holds the drip trays.
After all that the stove has probably lost a hundred or more pounds. To get up a flight of stairs, however, two people and a good appliance dolly will probably be needed, and it helps if the stairs are wide (as in exterior basement stairs on many older homes).
Yeah, a friend and I once came across a mid-30's Wedgewood trash & gas range out on the curb. We pulled everything we could off of it right there and lightened it up enough to lift it onto the truck. Then again, we were both under 30 at the time . . .
That stove was eventually installed in my partner's kitchen before we got our own place together. When he moved, it went into a friend's kitchen a few blocks away. He eventually sold the house with the stove in it, and the buyer advised she wanted to keep it.
With each move of the stove we used the same routine of stripping it down and moving it ourselves, usually with three or four of us, which really lightened the load even further.
Not sure I'd go to the trouble for the stove pictured, though.
That stove was eventually installed in my partner's kitchen before we got our own place together. When he moved, it went into a friend's kitchen a few blocks away. He eventually sold the house with the stove in it, and the buyer advised she wanted to keep it.
With each move of the stove we used the same routine of stripping it down and moving it ourselves, usually with three or four of us, which really lightened the load even further.
Not sure I'd go to the trouble for the stove pictured, though.
sudsmaster
Well-known member
The real difficult to move items are those welded cast iron fireplace inserts. They work and often look great, but they really don't come apart much. Basically big lumps of heavy iron.
Similar threads
