Sorry pal, put I'm out of town this weekend. I know how hard it is to move that with only two guys, so I hope you can find some help. 4+ people makes the move SO MUCH EASIER.

Good luck!

Also, the 14 foot (and larger) U-hauls have ramps, which would make your task significantly easier.

Good point. The ramp is ESSENTIAL! A good dolly (for the main cabinet) helps, too.

14-footer at least, for ramp.. I see.
Thanks for the tip! 

Moving the DDR cabinet - success

First time in a U-Haul - *Mind Blown* - The U-haul experience~

I'll be moving a cabinet in a couple of weeks and I'm absolutely freaking out about it - would you mind sharing a bit of your experience to maybe ease my troubled mind? Right now my biggest concern is whether you had to use a dolly to get it onto the U-Haul or if you were able to just roll it around on its own wheels, because for some reason moving this thing around on a dolly sounds like a nightmare... Or if you had to use a dolly, was it not actually that bad? Did you move it somewhere easy like a garage or did you manage to squeeze it through some doorways? Were there any pitfalls you ran into that I haven't asked about?

Sorry about the barrage of questions but for some reason as soon as the machine came into my ownership I started completely freaking about moving it...

Personally, I used a dolly for mine. Getting the machine to roll up a U-Haul's narrow ramp is difficult at best. Using a dolly (for me) wasn't too bad at all. Just center it on the backside of the main cabinet and use straps to secure it to the dolly's frame (so the machine won't roll forward off the dolly's foot lip-thingy). The #1 thing you need when moving a machine is people. If you can get 4, then you're fine. 3 is doable and 2 is a challenge.

Mine went from inside a house to a garage. Sometimes you need to be concerned about door width clearances and such, but that's something you'll have to measure and verify on your own. Make sure to separate the pads into two halves. This makes it much easier to maneuver.

Honestly, the only reason moving one of these is a PITA is due to it's awkward shape. If you have enough people to help out, it shouldn't be too bad.

Edit:
Oh yeah, even though it was said already, rent a U-Haul with a ramp or get a truck with a lift gate. I cannot even begin to imagine lifting this thing into a truck without either of those two things.

Thanks. I've got a crew of five total people assembled and we're getting a U-Haul with a ramp and a heavy-duty dolly has been borrowed, so hopefully we can handle it without any major issues. I'd already done my research on separating the pads so that should go smoothly too. Now I just hope that it'll fit through my doors, because no matter how many times the measurements seem to work out I can't help but worry...

I can relate to the intimidation of the upcoming moving challenge .__. Yeah..

We didn't use a dolly with my Uhaul this time around for the Supernova cab. In our case it was actually possible to scoot it on with its own wheels, though it really depends on the type of machine I think. 20" width wheels may be smaller than the 25" Uhaul ramp, but other things like the props on the bottom of the cab can get in the way.

Just like Suko, we moved ours from inside a house to a garage ; )
It was totally able to fit through the doorways sideways.

Any actual straight-up "lifting" of the machine completely off the ground will be the most difficult thing, so if you can manage by tilting it up/down stairs, that would likely be easier than deadlifting it onto a dolly. If you have 4 or more confident lifters, you'll probably be okay regardless.


One surprising thing was that the sheer weight of the cabinet (when going up the ramp) seemed to keep it pretty balanced on its own. We had a tad bit of unsteadiness going down though, so it was a very good thing to have a couple spotters on the lower corners & sides. [5 people total as well~]

Yeah, it turns out I'd been going with some too-big measurements that conflated the width of the pads with the width of the cabinet, so I should be able to fit the thing through my doors without getting stuck. Also luckily I don't have to go up or down any stairs with this thing. I'm starting to feel good about it!

Thanks again to both of you - you've really eased my mind. I didn't lose any sleep over it last night!