Moving a Hot Water Heater Alone!

Can a single woman move a 165 lb water heater all by herself?

We set out to test this for ourselves and documented the technique.

The people at the store loaded it into the car, so there is no problem there. The problem begins when you get home with the big, heavy item and have to get it into the house for installation.

The pictures on our site illustrate all the steps that it took for one small woman to get the water heater unloaded and onto a BigSlider™ utility mover where it could be easily dragged into the house. With a little maneuvering, it was all pretty easy, with no back strain and no injuries. Without the BigSlider™, it would have been an entirely different story.

How would you have done it?

Pulling Weeds: Efficient Weeding with BigSlider™ utility mover

There are two ways to use BigSlider when you're weeding. First, if you are fortunate enough to own two, you can put one in the bag and pull your 'instant trash can' on the other one. Also, I like the combination of my lawn bucket with BigSlider™ utility mover. It holds the lawn and leaf bag open, and the Easy-Go (which I bought at Lowe's) is like a tall bucket with a handle and two wheels. Easy-Go is sold under a Black & Decker license by Keter Plastic. It's not as stable as resting on another BigSlider™ because the Easy-Go is a little top-heavy. But once you get some weeds down into it, it'll stay upright.



Second, you can use BigSlider™ as a weeding sit-upon. Just put the weeds at the tail, move along the bed, then dump into the trash. This way you touch the weeds only once -- very efficient! And, if you end up with lots of full bags, you can use BigSlider™ utility mover to slide up to six 39-gallon lawn and leaf bags to the curb in one trip. You can see it in action at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jm7Wr9xuZQ

Pulling Chris Grundy at the National Hardware Show

"I first saw your product on Cool Tools reviewing the 2008 Hardware Dealers Show, was impressed with ease the small woman moved Chris Grundy around the floor !!" -- PP, CA

BigSlider made pulling Chris Grundy around look easy as it was, and that clip continued to be aired on Cool Tools "On the Move" episode up until August - thanks Cool Tools! And thanks Mr. P for remembering us at BigSlider™ utility movers.

Jeri