From the Garage to the Third Floor

As you can imagine moving nearly 300 pounds of machine from the street level to the third floor of our house was no easy task. After uncrating, unbolting from the pallet and unbolting the cyclone (chaff collector) it was ready to be moved. I rounded up three strong men from work to help move it from the garage to our third story where it would find permenant residence on a super strong table located in my new coffee lab. The only problem was this machine was heavy as a mother antelope and we had no energy left by the time we moved it from its pallet until the time we got it up our porch, in through the slider on the side of our house and into the dining room. By the time we hit the dining room it was either pride or fall time because if we didn't put down the roaster it would have slipped from any one of our grasps. So we did the sensible thing and put it down on the floor. The next few minutes we let the blood flow back into our fingertips and when our arms felt as light as air. We tried to work up the courage and strength to pick up the roaster all over again and try for the next segment of its trip from the second floor kitchen up to the third floor coffee lab. The only problem was that there wasn't enough room for four people to squeeze through the stairway. So we moved everything out of the way between where the roaster was resting and where it was headed. We removed the door from its hinges, we removed the handrail from the wall and tried again. It was still too tight to fit four people through while holding securely on to the roaster. That's when it hit me, we weren't going to get this roaster up the stairs by conventional methods and using just raw strenghth. One of my friends and coworkers suggested a piano moving service. Brilliant! We put all our tools in their appropriate spots we admitted defeat and left with the roaster half way to its final destination.

I immediately called Adam's Moving Service of Seattle and talked to owner Adam about my ordeal and asked him if he owned equipment that could help distribute the weight and make carrying this hunk o' metal a two person job. He assured me he could do it. Not only could he do it, but he could do it immediately. Adam and friend showed up two hours later with harnesses in hand and slipped a six inch wide strap underneath the roaster and slowly lifted it up with their legs. The roaster was in motion and was heading for our steep and narrow stairwell. Adam and his accomplice maneuvered the roaster just right to fit into the stairwell and turned it just so to make it squeeze (within a centimeter or two) right through the doorway and started taking a sharp 90 degree angle upwards. After huffing and puffing and moving slowly and methodically up the stairs they made it and placed it unto the appropriate table top. I can fully, highly and without reserve recommend Adam's Moving Service to anyone looking for a great deal and great service! Thank you guys!

So that leaves me in the next chapter of getting my business up and running; the ventilation. At this point we expect to work on the ventilation between late March and early April. Look for more updates soon. Meanwhile, enjoy some of the pictures of the roaster in position and staring me in eyes taunting me. Some pictures of my green beans are also attached.

Mark Barany

Kuma Coffee