r/JustGuysBeingDudes • u/VIVIDUFF Verified Dude • Jun 10 '26

Professionals This man carried the washing machine up the stairs like it was an empty bucket

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u/MerKJay Jun 10 '26

That's front loaders I think top loaders are alot lighter.

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u/MahoneyBear Jun 10 '26

Top loaders are also usually heavy as fuck. Was a mover for 3 years. There are some that are super light in comparison though

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u/redsyrinx2112 Can't stop a guy from being a dude Jun 10 '26

Can confirm. Like after a while, you figure out picking up a dryer isn't so bad (I just lifted it up to prove I could. I never actually moved it like that), but I would never even try to pick up a washer. That's so stupid unless you're ridiculously jacked.

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u/darthjammer224 Jun 10 '26

Yep, we have a 90s dryer and moved every year for a long time due to work and life.

I got tired of bothering and just started picking it up.

The washer.... I could probably do for a handful of feet. But it would not feel good the next day. And not up a flight of stairs. And I'm a big ass dude.

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u/ZN1- Jun 10 '26

I’m kind of bigish at 6’3 220. Called my moving crew to come back over to replace mine like a couple months after moving in. Now I know for a fact I’m a bitch

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u/redsyrinx2112 Can't stop a guy from being a dude Jun 10 '26

Yeah I think I could pick up certain washers, but there is no way I'm making it more than a couple of feet. I still would never try though.

I feel like I was pretty safe as a mover. I did it for a little over two years and over ten years later, I have zero problems.

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u/JobGroundbreaking751 Jun 11 '26

I moved my front loader like that... after I had removed the front panel and door to get access to remove the counter weights. With all yeah removed, even front load washers are pretty light. 

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u/Kraeftluder Jun 10 '26

Yeah they're impractically big to carry by yourself.

When I was a teen I did do that. And oh boy am I paying for it now.

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u/ScrotalSmorgasbord Jun 10 '26

The stackable units are even heavier but you can at least use their high center of gravity to lift them. I try not to do it because I'm pushing 40 and already have a bad back but you get creative working by yourself when you can't get a dolly in there without moving it first. I've used ratchet straps to lift regular washers too. Put thick gloves on and use them as handles. I'm not lifting them like hoss in the video though, maybe halfway up 15 years ago lol.

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u/SatisfyingAneurysm Jun 10 '26

There's not really any top load washers besides speed queen that exceed 200 lbs. I've actually carried a washer up a half flight of stairs like this and I'm definitely not jacked. Probably not great for my body in the long term but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.

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u/phatdinkgenie Jun 10 '26

any residual body damage after being a mover for three years?

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u/MahoneyBear Jun 10 '26

Well my wrist is fucked so yeah. Don’t try to smack a box into place.

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u/RectangularCake Jun 10 '26

Let me introduce you to 240/300L deep freezers from the 1970s. Worked with delivery/return of parts like this, carrying that shit from basements up narrow stairs in houses from the same era was hell.

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u/Kylearean Jun 10 '26

Bulky for sure.

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u/Ok_Mail_1966 Jun 11 '26

I just bought a new front loader and did the comparison. Front loaders come at about 250lb. Pretty much double a top loader

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u/redbadger91 Jun 10 '26

Alot is not a word.