{"id":29868,"date":"2018-01-19T08:13:59","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T16:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dolly.com\/blog\/?p=2613"},"modified":"2026-04-28T07:53:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:53:05","slug":"dolly-moves-vending-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/dolly-moves-vending-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"Moving Like a Machine: How Dolly Moved a 600-Pound Vending Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We all like to think of ourselves as strong, but some items are so heavy, even the craziest crossfitters and most gung-ho gym rats have to admit that they just can\u2019t lift it. When there are friends around to help move the heavy stuff, it\u2019s easy to ignore your pride, ask your friends for lifting help, and get the job done. But as Boston <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dolly.com\/get-started\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=customer-story-vending-machine\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dolly<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> user Fred found, sometimes asking friends for help isn\u2019t an option. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Fred was faced with a 600+ pound vending machine that needed to be moved, there was no pallet jack, and no co-workers to help him out. Fred needed some extra muscle.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>A Mechanical Predicament<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fred\u2019s issue was not one with an easily foreseeable solution. \u201cI needed to move a vending machine within a school from the ground floor to the lower level. The machine is too big to fit in the elevator, so it had to go outside the building and around the block, down a little slope, and in a different door. The machine weighs about 625 pounds when it is empty, and it was stocked with beverages and snacks!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2614\" src=\"https:\/\/dolly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/fred_s_vending_machine.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The only option that Fred thought of was to move it himself, and this was barely a solution. \u201cI would have to rent a pallet jack, buy some 2\u2019 x 8\u2019 pieces of wood, rent a truck and ramp in order to transport the pallet jack, and then recruit some friends to help me move the machine safely down the slope outside. I was apprehensive, as I considered this to be a very heavy and dangerous job!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But a solution was on its way: Fred was about to get the help he needed from\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dolly.com\/get-started\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=customer-story-vending-machine\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dolly<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>The Right Kind of Dolly<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI was wondering how I could find some people to help me, and I looked up and saw an ad for Dolly while riding on the subway. That very day I looked into it, I was happy with the price that was quoted, and I scheduled the move.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2615\" src=\"https:\/\/dolly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/freds-vending-machine.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rest was easy for Fred, all he had to do was stand back and supervise. \u201cOn the day of the move, my Dolly Helpers arrived, and to my surprise they were going to move the machine with a heavy duty dolly instead of a pallet jack! I was initially nervous, but both my Helpers were so fearless and confident that they could handle the job without a problem, so I just stepped back and watched them move the machine.\u201d Ten minutes later, the job was done\u2014hours before Fred would\u2019ve finished if he\u2019d done it himself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDolly made it easy for me to find people who were willing to help me with this difficult task for a reasonable price. Thank you, Dolly! It is good to know you are there when I need you!\u201d We\u2019ll raise a glass of juice from our office vending machine to that!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all like to think of ourselves as strong, but some items are so heavy, even the craziest crossfitters and most gung-ho gym rats have to admit that they just can\u2019t lift it. 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