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Great info here, thanks guys!
One question for ya'll though. Do the Escalaras work on a curved wood staircase such as the one in this photo? Anyone tried this?
I'm worried about the mechanics just not gripping the stairs the way its supposed to. So far I've just used manual carrying (tough), and sliding up in a box on a blanket (easier but no cakewalk). It would definitely be nice to have something that doesn't rely on enlisting help every time.
IMG_2204 (resized).jpegQuoted from ZMeny:Will it work? Yes. Will it be easy? No, unfortunately nothing makes landings or spiral stairs easy. My only concern would be the angle that the stairs take midway up. It looks like the path gets more narrow and turn is sharper.
Tell me this, have you used a regular appliance dolly hauling a pin before on those stairs? Each stair is technically still straight so after each step you’d just square it up before going up the next.
Your right, it does get narrow and sharp halfway up. The only dolly I tried can move the pin around on flat ground just fine, but the wheels were too small to help getting over the individual step. I think a larger, true appliance dolly might work alright if I tried. Wish I was into pinball before I decided on the upstairs gamerooom layout. Thanks.
Quoted from rai:I saw a lot of videos to decide and came across this might help it says the escalara can go anywhere a normal dolly will go.
Wow that is pretty convincing... much more narrow and curved stairs in that video than I have. Thanks
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