How To Move Washer/Dryer off Ledge

[zeruel]

So, the exhaust vent some how worked its way loose off the back of my dryer. That is easy enough to fix, but the problem is moving the thing. Its a stacked washer dryer unit, and it is up in this little nook on a ledge that is about nine inches high:


I don't think I can rock it off that ledge with out causing a disaster. And I also can't get in there with a tool to detach the dryer from the washer with out moving it first. So what is the best way to move this thing? Some kind of lifting dolly? Any recommendations?

I'm also aware I need to install a drain/drain pan under the washer too. So I will need to move it again in the near future, and therefore don't mind investing a reasonable amount in equipment if it makes it simpler/keeps me from dieing under a falling dryer.

[lthenderson]

I would lay a rug down on the floor and then stack/build a sturdy platform that is as high as the ledge perhaps slightly higher. Then just pull the unit out onto your platform. You can then pull the rug to slide it across the floor enough to where you can get behind to reattach the dryer ducting and install the pan before reversing it.

[HPstache]

Check to see if the nearest Lowes or Home Depot rent out a hydraulic lift dolly.  Though I do like the idea of the platform & rug mentioned above as well!

[zeruel]

So, what I ended up doing was buying two of these furniture dollys https://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwaukee-1-000-lb-Capacity-Furniture-Dolly-33700/100057209 and building a platform of the appropriate height on top of them with two by fours and plywood. I used some wheel chocks to keep it from moving when I didn't want to, and some air shims to get furniture sliders under the legs of the machine. This worked pretty well.

The air shims were very useful because one of the legs ended up off the platform some how, and I used them to get it back on.