IMAGINE,a concert grand piano......1200
pounds of main piano body,on the piano board.....At origin in Phoenix,Az. With
NO steps,AND 4 guys,it was no problem.Then the customer(an ABC News
Executive)tells me it(at 12 feet 6 inches)it will not fit in the elevator at
destination.....DANG!
17'th floor,wide stairway,BUT,17
FLIGHTS?LEMME SAY IT AGAIN....17 FLIGHTS?.....
I did not know of any Saint Paul,Mn.condos
that were that tall....NIGHTMARES all the way up there....How am I going to
handle something that heavy,UP 17 FLIGHTS? I was ready to hire 6 guys,just for
the 3 hours it would take for that one piece.....Only when I called the shipper
24 hours before,there had been a snow storm that dumped 4 feet of snow and
their top floor condo,the roof fell in,.So now,EVERYTHING(thanks you weather
GOD)is going into a ground floor 2 bedroom,self storage in the same complex..I
don't have to mess with the piano..
I (yes this is years ago) took 2 guys out to residence
with me,expecting 50 feet and no stairs for the drop of 17,000 lbs,only to find
out that he got permission to place 1 thing upstairs.....YUP,the piano....
I don't remember the numbers from back
then,but it was like $2 for every step after the first flight,and 17
flights,with a turn between each,,the dollars for it was like $900.Way to good
to pass up......I remembered seeing a sign for the U of Mn.4 miles and thought
why not call the athletic dept...
FOOTBALL,players,STEROID abusers,1 eyebrow,no
neck,LINEMAN......I called and got 6 of the biggest guys I ever stood beside
for $50 per.....They had beer money and RAN up those stairs...After the second
flight,I got on the elevator,they still beat me to the condo.....WORK SMARTER
NOT HARDER!
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