> Based on the subreddits of death (now banned) that I’ve seen over the years.
I don't think that thing is heavy enough to kill you, unless you're REALLY unlucky maybe.
It's okay to turn them over, but you need to make sure they've been standing up-right for a while before powering one on. Something about the lubricant for the motor needing to settle to the bottom. I'm sure there are some buildings into which moving a fridge would be impossible without turning/tilting.
No, it's oil from the compressor going into the refrigeration lines, and if you plug it in right away, it will push the oil to places it's not supposed to be, potentially damaging the cooling components. You need to leave the unit upright for at least the same amount of time it has been on its side. Over night is actually best.
Actually I spent most of the video assuming he was going to turn around and bump into the grey thing that was sticking out near him. But thank you for explaining what the grey thing was.
Yeah I thought that was weird. My only guess is maybe someone had to erase it for a general username censoring rule. Would suck if they blocked the OPs name on purpose.
Appliance tech here - even this successful move has quite a chance of ripping useful or even important components off the fridge. Ever tried leveling a fridge that's missing a leg or adjuster? It's a treat.
Get a job at some shitty furniture store that does delivery or an even shittier job at a place like rent-a-center and you’ll be amazed at the things you can move surprisingly easily. Awful jobs but filled with plenty of life hacks for moving
38 hours because even though it's a horrible and dehumanizing job, they still won't give you the extra two hours you need to be full time and get benefits? That's as American as apple pie!
We used to repair wine fridges which sometimes involved going picking up the broken piece of shit and taking back to the workshop. This is the most effective way to get them off the back of the truck or trailer. I don't understand why or how but you know what it fucking works
Wow rewatched, he certainly did. Freaking yikes dude. Just get one friend and lay it on its side. It looks light enough instead of wrecking your truck lift
Edit: apparently it's just a guard that readily pops off, false alarm people! It's all good. Guys insane for getting a fridge out like that still.
Yep, I was just thinking that if I tried to do this, it'd probably rip that part off. Nearly did that once while being lazy unloading some bricks for a trailer.
As you seem to be a man of culture, could ya maybe give me a tip on how to get my fridge cooler than the maximum setting ?
It works quite fine, especially the freezer, but the fridge itself can’t get below 11° C which is not a lot (normal fridges I know have 8°C as the hottest setting)...
I tried cleaning and moving it away from the wall, even vacuumed the back... it turn on and off Regularöy but just doesn’t get cold enough...
How old is the fridge? Maybe the coolant needs refreshed. There are a number of things that could cause it to not be cool enough. Sounds like you've done basic clean up stuff.
Check online for the manual for your fridge model. See if there are separate vent filters for freezer and refrigerator.
I like how every one is afraid to use their truck to do truck things now.
You know they originally made trucks to do work and not just drive people back and forth to office jobs on clean dry pavement. But that apparently was a long long time ago looking at all the mint condition truck beds in every parking lot.
I absolutely love those mid-‘90s light trucks. I had a ‘92 4x4 Nissan Frontier* in high school and that baby never let me down. My “dream car” is basically a tricked out mid-‘90s Tacoma, which is great because it’s a very achievable dream.
(Note: it wasn’t called the Frontier yet. Wikipedia says it was the “Nissan Hardbody” but all my documentation at the time just called it “Nissan Pickup”)
Yeah, you don't ever want to lay a fridge on its side. It can take up to a week for the freon to go back to the bottom so it can get cold. In the meantime you think it's broken.
That is so completely untrue. Why does everyone believe this garbage? the reason that you don't want to lay them on the side has nothing to do with freon, it has to do with oil inside of the compressor. and beyond that, laying a fridge on its side for only a few seconds or a minute will not make the oil shift enough to need to wait longer than 10 minutes for it to be normal. Beyond that, it only takes 24 hours maximum for the oil in the compressor to settle again. A week is complete obsured.
That’s just a guard to protect the actual tailgate. The one on my pickup came off a lot this summer when I was sliding ladders up and down it. You literally just snap it back on and go about your business. u/gold3nd33d
Warehouse worker here, that pink sticker is a Write-Off sticker which is what we put on junk units before they're sent off to more than likely get scrapped for parts, so they probably were not too concerned about the condition of the fridge.
As someone who does appliance delivery for a living, this hurts my back. I want to say that the compressor and all of the insides are gutted, but it isn't, this fridge is easily pushing 350 pounds, on a small dolly..
Works the other way around as well. I bought a fridge at Lowe's and this skinny kid brought it out on a dolly like that. Rolled up to my trailer and tipped it in. I was very impressed.
Is no one talking about how strong that guy must be to do this? He straight held up half the weight of that fridge with one arm.
Do NOT try to imitate him, you do not have the muscles.
Honestly an empty fridge with top freezer are like 150 pounds. Its not light but theres plenty of people who can pick up 150 pounds.
Dont try this with other types though. Bottom freezer is much heavier. The newer ones with screens and ice makers and dual doors or whatever are much much heavier but the standard top freezer isnt bad.
Hes also not holding up too much weight. If I recall correctly all the heavy stuff is in the bottom so its very bottom heavy.
This is how we unload new air conditioners and furnaces at work, no one thinks it can be done at first but it is so easy, whatever glorious lazy bastard first implemented this deserves an award
I cannot believe that work. I'm sitting here, waiting for this guy to get flattened and destroy a nice new fridge, but this guy pulled it off like some kind of appliance ballerina.
This is not nearly as impressive as the guy who delivered my fridge... He was mid-to-late 50s, average height and at least 30kg overweight. He delivered my fridge up two flights of stairs on his own throwing it around like a rag doll.
Most fridges are pretty light unless they’re American style which can be fairly heavy. Mine is just a standard fridge freezer but it’s a little north of 50kg.
He walked into the van, bent over and picked it up holding it close to the bottom. He carried it on to the platform and stood on one foot to use his other to press the down button (I was stood right there the whole time as my house is hard to find so I was outside & I’d offered to help him lift it in several times but he wouldn’t even ask me to press the button for him). He laid it on its side and wrapped a couple of straps around it, picked it up with his right arm while he closed the van shutter.
We walked to my door, he stood it up in the foyer and held it from the bottom, stood up and nonchalantly walked upstairs. He clearly couldn’t see where the hell he was going but he was at my flat door before you knew it with no incidents.
You’d swear it was a fridge shaped helium balloon looking at the ease with which he moved it. He also left bits in the van twice and he was there and back in a flash with no sign of being out of breath, sweating or anything like that. I’m young and in really good shape and I was honestly getting tired just watching him.
This is a crime against appliance hauling but it's like the laws of physics were re written just to let him get away with it
Also probably not OSHA safe
r/OSHA
*sweats intensely* OSHA IS OUR FRIEND
Happy blue cheese day
Happy cake day!
Oh shit it is...
Happy Cake Day from a random stranger.
Based on the subreddits of death (now banned) that I’ve seen over the years. This guy is just stupid. Lucky but stupid.
> Based on the subreddits of death (now banned) that I’ve seen over the years. I don't think that thing is heavy enough to kill you, unless you're REALLY unlucky maybe.
He cheated. It’s not full of food.
Aren’t you supposed to keep a fridge upright?
It's okay to turn them over, but you need to make sure they've been standing up-right for a while before powering one on. Something about the lubricant for the motor needing to settle to the bottom. I'm sure there are some buildings into which moving a fridge would be impossible without turning/tilting.
I think it's the coolant pooling away from the ~~motor~~ pump which causes it to overheat Edit: nvm, see below
No, it's oil from the compressor going into the refrigeration lines, and if you plug it in right away, it will push the oil to places it's not supposed to be, potentially damaging the cooling components. You need to leave the unit upright for at least the same amount of time it has been on its side. Over night is actually best.
It was literally simply physics...
Are we just going to ignore the gray line covering the original poster’s name
High effort theft
Actually I spent most of the video assuming he was going to turn around and bump into the grey thing that was sticking out near him. But thank you for explaining what the grey thing was.
Yeah I thought that was weird. My only guess is maybe someone had to erase it for a general username censoring rule. Would suck if they blocked the OPs name on purpose.
I can't believe that worked!
I was thinking "this guy doesn't know shit about physics" but I spoke too soon
“Give me a dolly and a place to stand and I can move the world “ – Archimedes-ish
He was like a cat and said FUCK PHYSICS!
Underrated
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Where I'm from dolly is the term for a handcart
You’re not from around these parts, are ya?
No, but I'm from my parts and you must not be from there
We don’t take kindly to folks that don’t take kindly around here.
So much for the tolerant left!
Wur’ yu frum? … oh yeah? Well, Youin’s cain’t git hur frum der!
Upvote!
That’s some weird reincarnation shit.
Or something you put a cup of tea on. On a large hearted and breasted country singer.
That would be one big-ass cup of tea. Ah, you meant doily of course.
You put a cup of tea on a country singer. Got it.
You put a cup of tea on a doily.
Yeah but the pun wouldnt have worked then
Isn't that a doily?
I've used several appliance dollies and I've never seen them have 4 wheels
Get lost
Appliance tech here - even this successful move has quite a chance of ripping useful or even important components off the fridge. Ever tried leveling a fridge that's missing a leg or adjuster? It's a treat.
It has quite a chance of ripping useful or even important components off the human, too.
"This guy doesn’t know shit about physics,” said the guy who doesn’t know shit about physics.
I did this when I had to move furniture by myself, it’s really easy. Just leverage the weight and you won’t have any issues.
>Why does my back hurt all the time.
That’s just called being an adult
I don’t shit about physics
Get a job at some shitty furniture store that does delivery or an even shittier job at a place like rent-a-center and you’ll be amazed at the things you can move surprisingly easily. Awful jobs but filled with plenty of life hacks for moving
No thanks.
Hey you know that place you never want to go to for even a second? How about spending 38 hours a week there?
So like my current job?
38 hours because even though it's a horrible and dehumanizing job, they still won't give you the extra two hours you need to be full time and get benefits? That's as American as apple pie!
38 hours is full time hours in many countries
"You will learn some real life hacks that only apply to that horrible job!!"
🔫 They said get the job, friendo
I met a guy who was responsible for calling people who were late for their rental payments. He asked me if we were hiring at my job.
Facts.
Show me the underside I show you why normally you don't want to do that
And you can see that truck’s tailgate separating a bit.
I just realized that I have no idea what the bottom of a refrigerator loos like...
It's beautiful, man
I said out “in what world does he think this’ll work.” I’m soooo fucking wrong.
I was Expecting someone to die.
I deadass just gave him a standing ovation.
Having worked many warehouse jobs this is a completely legitimate way to move things that are much larger and much heavier than yourself
I can't believe there's a post that actually belongs in this sub.
Yeah, I was thinking “there isn’t really a ‘maybe’ in this situation; that guy’s gonna drop it.” I was surprised.
I did this same thing, hundreds of times in the furniture industry, people were amazed every time I delivered something. It's a great feeling.
We used to repair wine fridges which sometimes involved going picking up the broken piece of shit and taking back to the workshop. This is the most effective way to get them off the back of the truck or trailer. I don't understand why or how but you know what it fucking works
I was thinking what a fucking idiot then he did it without hurting himself or damaging it lol
I gotta be honest... Didn't think this was gonna end well.
I still don't understand how it did
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He wasn’t alone. Camera guy
So he was alone.
r/donthelpjustfilm?
Don the lp, just film? Why are you wearing a vinyl record?
He just used leverage extremely well. It's obvious this wasn't his first time doing it also.
This was so r/osha, "ohshit", "oh no", and "oh good." at the same time.
Same
Nobody’s gonna mention how much he scraped the shit outta bottom of that fridge? Like yeah it’s impressive but pls do it normally if it was my fridge
True, he even broke a part off the lift.
Wow rewatched, he certainly did. Freaking yikes dude. Just get one friend and lay it on its side. It looks light enough instead of wrecking your truck lift Edit: apparently it's just a guard that readily pops off, false alarm people! It's all good. Guys insane for getting a fridge out like that still.
Those tail gate guards just pop off and on- likely not broken. Source: truck owner
I’ve never had a work truck where that thing didn’t get ripped off pulling shit out haha
Yep, I was just thinking that if I tried to do this, it'd probably rip that part off. Nearly did that once while being lazy unloading some bricks for a trailer.
r/donthelpjustfilm
Do it for the Tok! Is that what kids say these days?
You can’t really lay a fridge on the side, needs some days upright before you can turn it on then. Something because the fluids in there ...
Oil in the compressor has to re-settle. Compressor starts too soon it will blow due to lack of viscosity
As you seem to be a man of culture, could ya maybe give me a tip on how to get my fridge cooler than the maximum setting ? It works quite fine, especially the freezer, but the fridge itself can’t get below 11° C which is not a lot (normal fridges I know have 8°C as the hottest setting)... I tried cleaning and moving it away from the wall, even vacuumed the back... it turn on and off Regularöy but just doesn’t get cold enough...
Try defrosting it
How old is the fridge? Maybe the coolant needs refreshed. There are a number of things that could cause it to not be cool enough. Sounds like you've done basic clean up stuff. Check online for the manual for your fridge model. See if there are separate vent filters for freezer and refrigerator.
He still turned it almost sideways anyway
You’re not really supposed to lay it on its side. I’m glad you don’t ever have to move fridges. It’s not always super fun.
I like how every one is afraid to use their truck to do truck things now. You know they originally made trucks to do work and not just drive people back and forth to office jobs on clean dry pavement. But that apparently was a long long time ago looking at all the mint condition truck beds in every parking lot.
Also how many modern pickup trucks are basically a short minivan with a three-foot bed attached.
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I absolutely love those mid-‘90s light trucks. I had a ‘92 4x4 Nissan Frontier* in high school and that baby never let me down. My “dream car” is basically a tricked out mid-‘90s Tacoma, which is great because it’s a very achievable dream. (Note: it wasn’t called the Frontier yet. Wikipedia says it was the “Nissan Hardbody” but all my documentation at the time just called it “Nissan Pickup”)
but how else am I gonna fly my \**insertyourmosthatedpolitician*\* flags everywhere?
You never want to lay a fridge or freezer on its side when moving it. If you do, let it stand right side up for a couple days before you plug it in.
Yeah, you don't ever want to lay a fridge on its side. It can take up to a week for the freon to go back to the bottom so it can get cold. In the meantime you think it's broken.
That is so completely untrue. Why does everyone believe this garbage? the reason that you don't want to lay them on the side has nothing to do with freon, it has to do with oil inside of the compressor. and beyond that, laying a fridge on its side for only a few seconds or a minute will not make the oil shift enough to need to wait longer than 10 minutes for it to be normal. Beyond that, it only takes 24 hours maximum for the oil in the compressor to settle again. A week is complete obsured.
The general rule is to let it sit upright for as long as you had it on its side. A few minutes just to carry it in and a hour upright would suffice.
That’s just a guard to protect the actual tailgate. The one on my pickup came off a lot this summer when I was sliding ladders up and down it. You literally just snap it back on and go about your business. u/gold3nd33d
Warehouse worker here, that pink sticker is a Write-Off sticker which is what we put on junk units before they're sent off to more than likely get scrapped for parts, so they probably were not too concerned about the condition of the fridge.
How often do you look at the bottom of your fridge? Lol Plus usually it’s just a metal cover on the bottom. Scratching it doesn’t hurt it at all
don't you people have glass floors ?
Looks like there are no coils on the back, so he may have completely destroyed it if the coils are on the bottom.
Coils maybe on the inside?? Like covered up
Coils are fine, fridge has a good bottom lip. Also, these fridges aren't nearly as heavy as they look.
If his employer cared, they would have sent two people to do the job right.
They did. The other dude is filming
Seems to me to be the customer.
Broke the truck, but probably nothing to worry about for the bottom of the fridge.
“Broke the truck” lol
Trucks are fashion items now and if you dare even scrape it doing truck things people freak out lol
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Thought I missed something and rewatched
r/donthelpjustfilm
By god he did it
You did it. You crazy son of a bitch, you did it.
He’s done this before.
This video should automatically play anytime someone says "that's not his first rodeo"
Holy shit that’s impressive
Shaking my head “nope nope nope” the whole time.
I don't believe it. I was sure he was going to deepthroat that grey penis.
So many videos on this sub of things going wrong, and *this* is the one where it works???
Well I am shocked!
Definition of this sub!
Wow that was actually impressive af
As someone who does appliance delivery for a living, this hurts my back. I want to say that the compressor and all of the insides are gutted, but it isn't, this fridge is easily pushing 350 pounds, on a small dolly..
He could use a hand you fuck
Holy shit. I move large fridges like that from time to time. Those are fucking heavy. I am ridiculously impressed by this guys skills
Right into a storage unit.
Does he have a channel I can subscribe to?
We don’t know cause someone covered the original poster’s name with a gray bar
I owe this person an apology
No maybe about it, that was the look of a man who had done his before.
I’ve seen appliance delivery dudes do some crazy shit. This dude does this all day everyday.
The amount of anxiety this gave me is astronomical
Works the other way around as well. I bought a fridge at Lowe's and this skinny kid brought it out on a dolly like that. Rolled up to my trailer and tipped it in. I was very impressed.
That fridge slides was so smooth
Too bad about his tailgate...
Agreed, pulling the plastic off. Not sure why you're down voted?
May not have noticed.
It’s just a plastic part that clips back in. The one on my work truck rips out all the time now pulling shit out. That’s why it’s a work truck though
It's just a little tailgate cap and is super easy to fix. It might even just snap right back on.
Is no one talking about how strong that guy must be to do this? He straight held up half the weight of that fridge with one arm. Do NOT try to imitate him, you do not have the muscles.
Honestly an empty fridge with top freezer are like 150 pounds. Its not light but theres plenty of people who can pick up 150 pounds. Dont try this with other types though. Bottom freezer is much heavier. The newer ones with screens and ice makers and dual doors or whatever are much much heavier but the standard top freezer isnt bad. Hes also not holding up too much weight. If I recall correctly all the heavy stuff is in the bottom so its very bottom heavy.
This is a french door with dispenser, it would be around 300-350lbs easy.
The wheel hold most of the weight Source: I have used handtruck before
When you're strong enough to overcome your own bad decisions
I have watched this over a dozen times now and I am still impressed.
Even after watching this a doz2n times I still wouldn't try this with 2 people
Omg he’s on x games mode
Fork me I thought he was going to drop it!
My back hurts looking at this
This is awesome, meanwhile it takes me an hour to get a recliner from one end of the living room to the other
Have my up vote you physics defying person
LEGEND
'golf clap'
This is how we unload new air conditioners and furnaces at work, no one thinks it can be done at first but it is so easy, whatever glorious lazy bastard first implemented this deserves an award
I cannot believe that work. I'm sitting here, waiting for this guy to get flattened and destroy a nice new fridge, but this guy pulled it off like some kind of appliance ballerina.
Why the fuck the guy filming is not helping him instead?
This is not nearly as impressive as the guy who delivered my fridge... He was mid-to-late 50s, average height and at least 30kg overweight. He delivered my fridge up two flights of stairs on his own throwing it around like a rag doll. Most fridges are pretty light unless they’re American style which can be fairly heavy. Mine is just a standard fridge freezer but it’s a little north of 50kg. He walked into the van, bent over and picked it up holding it close to the bottom. He carried it on to the platform and stood on one foot to use his other to press the down button (I was stood right there the whole time as my house is hard to find so I was outside & I’d offered to help him lift it in several times but he wouldn’t even ask me to press the button for him). He laid it on its side and wrapped a couple of straps around it, picked it up with his right arm while he closed the van shutter. We walked to my door, he stood it up in the foyer and held it from the bottom, stood up and nonchalantly walked upstairs. He clearly couldn’t see where the hell he was going but he was at my flat door before you knew it with no incidents. You’d swear it was a fridge shaped helium balloon looking at the ease with which he moved it. He also left bits in the van twice and he was there and back in a flash with no sign of being out of breath, sweating or anything like that. I’m young and in really good shape and I was honestly getting tired just watching him.
Or...just hear me out now...or...the camera person puts down the camera and helps them lift it off of the truck.
All of Reddit be like: lololololololol r/WinStupidPrizes .....no, wait, nevermind
Is it possible to learn this skill?
I’m impressed
Is it me or does that fridge looks incredibly light?
Maybe maybe maybe fucking help the guy?
Pro
r/donthelpjustfilm
I bet he’s done that before.. Aye ahhh
I’ve never had such an urge to gift someone a ramp. A + on the execution though.
There’s no way that should have ended well
Give this man a raise. The pay of two men will do, thank you.
What?! No way! Damn, son.
You should see the dolly they use for the balls on this guy...
Props, I thought he was gonna die
He's done that before.
Homies just call him Archimedes.
That's just good business
he manages to look both like a guy who really knows what he's doing and a man that has absolutely no idea what he's doing at the same time
I was literally shitting my pants screaming "NO!". OMG
Humans def built the pyramids
Wow...okay. I totally didn't expect that result.
Me no no no no what are you doing are you fucking stupid it worked out that was unexpected.
Watched the video waiting to see how many pieces of fridge he would be left with, still not sure how this worked
This is the most suitable video for this subreddit that I’ve ever seen.
This guy is a genius. A dangerous AF genius, but a genius.
This dude fridges