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Just a one ton cabinet...

This is just a story…. of a heavy cabinet and a guy out of his element.
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The other day, perusing facebook marketplace, I came across a lady who had a file cabinet to give away. Not usually interested in file cabinets but this one had a lot of drawers. They were for storing large file cards. I'm thinking, "That could come in handy for all the smaller stuff I've got around crowding the existing drawers and cabinets I currently have.
I met her at a storage locker. A guy was there before me picking up something. She asks him to hang around to help load the cabinet in my truck. He says that he's got an appointment so I think, "it's just a file cabinet" and tell him I can handle it. My mistake. When I go to move it I'd swear it was bolted to the ground. After quite awhile I managed to load it into my truck. I tried an embarrassingly large number of times in different ways. I surely don't mind lifting anything. It never has bothered me, but in the past ten years, at 65, things are getting heavier. I managed to get it in the back of my F-150 and tell her that she was right and I made a mistake letting they guy go. She just gave me an agreeing stare. Also, it doesn't help that every truck I get, the tailgate seems to be eight inches higher than the previous one.
When I got it home I only had to get it out of the truck and up 4 steps to my garrison workshop over the in-ground garage. Gravity helped getting it down off the tailgate but it ended with a thud. Going up the steps was a lesson in the foolish meets the ridiculous.
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I went into the house to find the cabinet online. I found it at an office supply store and discovered that it weighed in at 278 pounds. I put it on it's back on a plank on the steps. I squatted with my back to it and pushed with my legs. It felt just like the thing was filled with bricks. It felt that dense.
I swore, I gave up a few times, laughing by myself, sitting on the steps with my back to the bottom of the cabinet. After about thirty minutes I only had to flip it upright. I won't even mention how pathetic that was.

I'm glad I got it. I've got so much stuff to put in it. It's a commercial piece of office furniture. The drawers hold 150 lbs. each and the extend out the full length. But, I earned it.
I don't anticipate it falling over with drawers extended. If I sat on the drawer it wouldn't budge. Right now, empty it still feels bolted to the floor.
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#2 ·
Just a one ton cabinet...

This is just a story…. of a heavy cabinet and a guy out of his element.
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The other day, perusing facebook marketplace, I came across a lady who had a file cabinet to give away. Not usually interested in file cabinets but this one had a lot of drawers. They were for storing large file cards. I'm thinking, "That could come in handy for all the smaller stuff I've got around crowding the existing drawers and cabinets I currently have.
I met her at a storage locker. A guy was there before me picking up something. She asks him to hang around to help load the cabinet in my truck. He says that he's got an appointment so I think, "it's just a file cabinet" and tell him I can handle it. My mistake. When I go to move it I'd swear it was bolted to the ground. After quite awhile I managed to load it into my truck. I tried an embarrassingly large number of times in different ways. I surely don't mind lifting anything. It never has bothered me, but in the past ten years, at 65, things are getting heavier. I managed to get it in the back of my F-150 and tell her that she was right and I made a mistake letting they guy go. She just gave me an agreeing stare. Also, it doesn't help that every truck I get, the tailgate seems to be eight inches higher than the previous one.
When I got it home I only had to get it out of the truck and up 4 steps to my garrison workshop over the in-ground garage. Gravity helped getting it down off the tailgate but it ended with a thud. Going up the steps was a lesson in the foolish meets the ridiculous.
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I went into the house to find the cabinet online. I found it at an office supply store and discovered that it weighed in at 278 pounds. I put it on it's back on a plank on the steps. I squatted with my back to it and pushed with my legs. It felt just like the thing was filled with bricks. It felt that dense.
I swore, I gave up a few times, laughing by myself, sitting on the steps with my back to the bottom of the cabinet. After about thirty minutes I only had to flip it upright. I won't even mention how pathetic that was.

I'm glad I got it. I've got so much stuff to put in it. It's a commercial piece of office furniture. The drawers hold 150 lbs. each and the extend out the full length. But, I earned it.
I don't anticipate it falling over with drawers extended. If I sat on the drawer it wouldn't budge. Right now, empty it still feels bolted to the floor.
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Did you take the counterweight out of the bottom/back? It was added to long pull drawer cabinets to prevent tipping.

Nice find.
 

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Just a one ton cabinet...

This is just a story…. of a heavy cabinet and a guy out of his element.
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The other day, perusing facebook marketplace, I came across a lady who had a file cabinet to give away. Not usually interested in file cabinets but this one had a lot of drawers. They were for storing large file cards. I'm thinking, "That could come in handy for all the smaller stuff I've got around crowding the existing drawers and cabinets I currently have.
I met her at a storage locker. A guy was there before me picking up something. She asks him to hang around to help load the cabinet in my truck. He says that he's got an appointment so I think, "it's just a file cabinet" and tell him I can handle it. My mistake. When I go to move it I'd swear it was bolted to the ground. After quite awhile I managed to load it into my truck. I tried an embarrassingly large number of times in different ways. I surely don't mind lifting anything. It never has bothered me, but in the past ten years, at 65, things are getting heavier. I managed to get it in the back of my F-150 and tell her that she was right and I made a mistake letting they guy go. She just gave me an agreeing stare. Also, it doesn't help that every truck I get, the tailgate seems to be eight inches higher than the previous one.
When I got it home I only had to get it out of the truck and up 4 steps to my garrison workshop over the in-ground garage. Gravity helped getting it down off the tailgate but it ended with a thud. Going up the steps was a lesson in the foolish meets the ridiculous.
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I went into the house to find the cabinet online. I found it at an office supply store and discovered that it weighed in at 278 pounds. I put it on it's back on a plank on the steps. I squatted with my back to it and pushed with my legs. It felt just like the thing was filled with bricks. It felt that dense.
I swore, I gave up a few times, laughing by myself, sitting on the steps with my back to the bottom of the cabinet. After about thirty minutes I only had to flip it upright. I won't even mention how pathetic that was.

I'm glad I got it. I've got so much stuff to put in it. It's a commercial piece of office furniture. The drawers hold 150 lbs. each and the extend out the full length. But, I earned it.
I don't anticipate it falling over with drawers extended. If I sat on the drawer it wouldn't budge. Right now, empty it still feels bolted to the floor.
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Did you take the counterweight out of the bottom/back? It was added to long pull drawer cabinets to prevent tipping.

Nice find.

- Madmark2
Ahhh…. no….. I went out to the shop to look. There is a space at the bottom (as can be seen in the picture) but I didn't see any way to get to it. No removable covers inside or outside that I can see. But if there is such a thing then, my three stooges endeavor just became more stoogy. !!!
So that's where all the weight is. I wondered as the metal is certainly not thin but it couldn't comprise all that mass.
 

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Just a one ton cabinet...

This is just a story…. of a heavy cabinet and a guy out of his element.
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Wood Cabinetry Floor Flooring Wood stain

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The other day, perusing facebook marketplace, I came across a lady who had a file cabinet to give away. Not usually interested in file cabinets but this one had a lot of drawers. They were for storing large file cards. I'm thinking, "That could come in handy for all the smaller stuff I've got around crowding the existing drawers and cabinets I currently have.
I met her at a storage locker. A guy was there before me picking up something. She asks him to hang around to help load the cabinet in my truck. He says that he's got an appointment so I think, "it's just a file cabinet" and tell him I can handle it. My mistake. When I go to move it I'd swear it was bolted to the ground. After quite awhile I managed to load it into my truck. I tried an embarrassingly large number of times in different ways. I surely don't mind lifting anything. It never has bothered me, but in the past ten years, at 65, things are getting heavier. I managed to get it in the back of my F-150 and tell her that she was right and I made a mistake letting they guy go. She just gave me an agreeing stare. Also, it doesn't help that every truck I get, the tailgate seems to be eight inches higher than the previous one.
When I got it home I only had to get it out of the truck and up 4 steps to my garrison workshop over the in-ground garage. Gravity helped getting it down off the tailgate but it ended with a thud. Going up the steps was a lesson in the foolish meets the ridiculous.
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Wood Shipping box Flooring Floor Hardwood

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I went into the house to find the cabinet online. I found it at an office supply store and discovered that it weighed in at 278 pounds. I put it on it's back on a plank on the steps. I squatted with my back to it and pushed with my legs. It felt just like the thing was filled with bricks. It felt that dense.
I swore, I gave up a few times, laughing by myself, sitting on the steps with my back to the bottom of the cabinet. After about thirty minutes I only had to flip it upright. I won't even mention how pathetic that was.

I'm glad I got it. I've got so much stuff to put in it. It's a commercial piece of office furniture. The drawers hold 150 lbs. each and the extend out the full length. But, I earned it.
I don't anticipate it falling over with drawers extended. If I sat on the drawer it wouldn't budge. Right now, empty it still feels bolted to the floor.
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Cabinetry Table Drawer Wood Dresser
Hey there… I'm so glad you posted this!!
In the spring I answered an ad for a cabinet that I really had to have. It was 24" wide, 54" high and ten drawers.
The man said he was on disability, and couldn't help me load it. I figured.. a file cabinet isn't that heavy, how much could this possibly weigh? My god that thing was heavy!!
Then, I found a similar cabinet, 18w and 46 hi, at H4H with 6 drawers, same construction. Both times I thought I wrecked my back for good!
Once home, I knew I'd have to carry down the drawers separately. So, I pressure washed them inside and out. The smaller one needed paint, and they both were loaded with stickers. Goo Gone!! Then, I discovered that the middle compound slides would roll right out once the drawers were removed! That made it tolerable for me to get each of them downstairs to my shop. The big one has all my screws in it, well sorted, the smaller one has some surplus tools in it for now.

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The large one is marked "Kodak Film File", the smaller one is Herman Miller Co. Both are lacking an interlock to prevent more than one drawer open at a time!
You are so right, these are deceptively heavy.
 

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Just a one ton cabinet...

This is just a story…. of a heavy cabinet and a guy out of his element.
.
Wood Cabinetry Floor Flooring Wood stain

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The other day, perusing facebook marketplace, I came across a lady who had a file cabinet to give away. Not usually interested in file cabinets but this one had a lot of drawers. They were for storing large file cards. I'm thinking, "That could come in handy for all the smaller stuff I've got around crowding the existing drawers and cabinets I currently have.
I met her at a storage locker. A guy was there before me picking up something. She asks him to hang around to help load the cabinet in my truck. He says that he's got an appointment so I think, "it's just a file cabinet" and tell him I can handle it. My mistake. When I go to move it I'd swear it was bolted to the ground. After quite awhile I managed to load it into my truck. I tried an embarrassingly large number of times in different ways. I surely don't mind lifting anything. It never has bothered me, but in the past ten years, at 65, things are getting heavier. I managed to get it in the back of my F-150 and tell her that she was right and I made a mistake letting they guy go. She just gave me an agreeing stare. Also, it doesn't help that every truck I get, the tailgate seems to be eight inches higher than the previous one.
When I got it home I only had to get it out of the truck and up 4 steps to my garrison workshop over the in-ground garage. Gravity helped getting it down off the tailgate but it ended with a thud. Going up the steps was a lesson in the foolish meets the ridiculous.
.
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I went into the house to find the cabinet online. I found it at an office supply store and discovered that it weighed in at 278 pounds. I put it on it's back on a plank on the steps. I squatted with my back to it and pushed with my legs. It felt just like the thing was filled with bricks. It felt that dense.
I swore, I gave up a few times, laughing by myself, sitting on the steps with my back to the bottom of the cabinet. After about thirty minutes I only had to flip it upright. I won't even mention how pathetic that was.

I'm glad I got it. I've got so much stuff to put in it. It's a commercial piece of office furniture. The drawers hold 150 lbs. each and the extend out the full length. But, I earned it.
I don't anticipate it falling over with drawers extended. If I sat on the drawer it wouldn't budge. Right now, empty it still feels bolted to the floor.
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Cabinetry Table Drawer Wood Dresser
Dan, I have the metal separators that fit in the grooves, if you need them!
 

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Just a one ton cabinet...

This is just a story…. of a heavy cabinet and a guy out of his element.
.
Wood Cabinetry Floor Flooring Wood stain

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The other day, perusing facebook marketplace, I came across a lady who had a file cabinet to give away. Not usually interested in file cabinets but this one had a lot of drawers. They were for storing large file cards. I'm thinking, "That could come in handy for all the smaller stuff I've got around crowding the existing drawers and cabinets I currently have.
I met her at a storage locker. A guy was there before me picking up something. She asks him to hang around to help load the cabinet in my truck. He says that he's got an appointment so I think, "it's just a file cabinet" and tell him I can handle it. My mistake. When I go to move it I'd swear it was bolted to the ground. After quite awhile I managed to load it into my truck. I tried an embarrassingly large number of times in different ways. I surely don't mind lifting anything. It never has bothered me, but in the past ten years, at 65, things are getting heavier. I managed to get it in the back of my F-150 and tell her that she was right and I made a mistake letting they guy go. She just gave me an agreeing stare. Also, it doesn't help that every truck I get, the tailgate seems to be eight inches higher than the previous one.
When I got it home I only had to get it out of the truck and up 4 steps to my garrison workshop over the in-ground garage. Gravity helped getting it down off the tailgate but it ended with a thud. Going up the steps was a lesson in the foolish meets the ridiculous.
.
Wood Shipping box Flooring Floor Hardwood

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I went into the house to find the cabinet online. I found it at an office supply store and discovered that it weighed in at 278 pounds. I put it on it's back on a plank on the steps. I squatted with my back to it and pushed with my legs. It felt just like the thing was filled with bricks. It felt that dense.
I swore, I gave up a few times, laughing by myself, sitting on the steps with my back to the bottom of the cabinet. After about thirty minutes I only had to flip it upright. I won't even mention how pathetic that was.

I'm glad I got it. I've got so much stuff to put in it. It's a commercial piece of office furniture. The drawers hold 150 lbs. each and the extend out the full length. But, I earned it.
I don't anticipate it falling over with drawers extended. If I sat on the drawer it wouldn't budge. Right now, empty it still feels bolted to the floor.
.
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Dan, I have the metal separators that fit in the grooves, if you need them!

- poopiekat
Thanks, this one has rows of slots with separators that move forward and back ward by squeezing a clip and sliding them. Once you let go of the clip it locks into place. It really is a nice cabinet. New, online at office depot it lists for $949.
 

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Just a one ton cabinet...

This is just a story…. of a heavy cabinet and a guy out of his element.
.
Wood Cabinetry Floor Flooring Wood stain

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The other day, perusing facebook marketplace, I came across a lady who had a file cabinet to give away. Not usually interested in file cabinets but this one had a lot of drawers. They were for storing large file cards. I'm thinking, "That could come in handy for all the smaller stuff I've got around crowding the existing drawers and cabinets I currently have.
I met her at a storage locker. A guy was there before me picking up something. She asks him to hang around to help load the cabinet in my truck. He says that he's got an appointment so I think, "it's just a file cabinet" and tell him I can handle it. My mistake. When I go to move it I'd swear it was bolted to the ground. After quite awhile I managed to load it into my truck. I tried an embarrassingly large number of times in different ways. I surely don't mind lifting anything. It never has bothered me, but in the past ten years, at 65, things are getting heavier. I managed to get it in the back of my F-150 and tell her that she was right and I made a mistake letting they guy go. She just gave me an agreeing stare. Also, it doesn't help that every truck I get, the tailgate seems to be eight inches higher than the previous one.
When I got it home I only had to get it out of the truck and up 4 steps to my garrison workshop over the in-ground garage. Gravity helped getting it down off the tailgate but it ended with a thud. Going up the steps was a lesson in the foolish meets the ridiculous.
.
Wood Shipping box Flooring Floor Hardwood

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I went into the house to find the cabinet online. I found it at an office supply store and discovered that it weighed in at 278 pounds. I put it on it's back on a plank on the steps. I squatted with my back to it and pushed with my legs. It felt just like the thing was filled with bricks. It felt that dense.
I swore, I gave up a few times, laughing by myself, sitting on the steps with my back to the bottom of the cabinet. After about thirty minutes I only had to flip it upright. I won't even mention how pathetic that was.

I'm glad I got it. I've got so much stuff to put in it. It's a commercial piece of office furniture. The drawers hold 150 lbs. each and the extend out the full length. But, I earned it.
I don't anticipate it falling over with drawers extended. If I sat on the drawer it wouldn't budge. Right now, empty it still feels bolted to the floor.
.
Cabinetry Table Drawer Wood Dresser
Hey there… I m so glad you posted this!!
In the spring I answered an ad for a cabinet that I really had to have. It was 24" wide, 54" high and ten drawers.
The man said he was on disability, and couldn t help me load it. I figured.. a file cabinet isn t that heavy, how much could this possibly weigh? My god that thing was heavy!!
Then, I found a similar cabinet, 18w and 46 hi, at H4H with 6 drawers, same construction. Both times I thought I wrecked my back for good!
Once home, I knew I d have to carry down the drawers separately. So, I pressure washed them inside and out. The smaller one needed paint, and they both were loaded with stickers. Goo Gone!! Then, I discovered that the middle compound slides would roll right out once the drawers were removed! That made it tolerable for me to get each of them downstairs to my shop. The big one has all my screws in it, well sorted, the smaller one has some surplus tools in it for now.

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The large one is marked "Kodak Film File", the smaller one is Herman Miller Co. Both are lacking an interlock to prevent more than one drawer open at a time!
You are so right, these are deceptively heavy.

- poopiekat
I'm looking forward to not filling it up too much because I know it will fill up fast enough! And you understand. Like I said, I could have sworn the thing was filled with bricks. Amazingly heavy for what it looks like.
 

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Just a one ton cabinet...

This is just a story…. of a heavy cabinet and a guy out of his element.
.
Wood Cabinetry Floor Flooring Wood stain

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The other day, perusing facebook marketplace, I came across a lady who had a file cabinet to give away. Not usually interested in file cabinets but this one had a lot of drawers. They were for storing large file cards. I'm thinking, "That could come in handy for all the smaller stuff I've got around crowding the existing drawers and cabinets I currently have.
I met her at a storage locker. A guy was there before me picking up something. She asks him to hang around to help load the cabinet in my truck. He says that he's got an appointment so I think, "it's just a file cabinet" and tell him I can handle it. My mistake. When I go to move it I'd swear it was bolted to the ground. After quite awhile I managed to load it into my truck. I tried an embarrassingly large number of times in different ways. I surely don't mind lifting anything. It never has bothered me, but in the past ten years, at 65, things are getting heavier. I managed to get it in the back of my F-150 and tell her that she was right and I made a mistake letting they guy go. She just gave me an agreeing stare. Also, it doesn't help that every truck I get, the tailgate seems to be eight inches higher than the previous one.
When I got it home I only had to get it out of the truck and up 4 steps to my garrison workshop over the in-ground garage. Gravity helped getting it down off the tailgate but it ended with a thud. Going up the steps was a lesson in the foolish meets the ridiculous.
.
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I went into the house to find the cabinet online. I found it at an office supply store and discovered that it weighed in at 278 pounds. I put it on it's back on a plank on the steps. I squatted with my back to it and pushed with my legs. It felt just like the thing was filled with bricks. It felt that dense.
I swore, I gave up a few times, laughing by myself, sitting on the steps with my back to the bottom of the cabinet. After about thirty minutes I only had to flip it upright. I won't even mention how pathetic that was.

I'm glad I got it. I've got so much stuff to put in it. It's a commercial piece of office furniture. The drawers hold 150 lbs. each and the extend out the full length. But, I earned it.
I don't anticipate it falling over with drawers extended. If I sat on the drawer it wouldn't budge. Right now, empty it still feels bolted to the floor.
.
Cabinetry Table Drawer Wood Dresser
This made me laugh. I stopped at a random estate sale once and was super excited to find a unit similar to yours. This one had side by side drawers on it for a TON of storage. I thought it would be awesome in the basement where i want to setup an area for working on old planes and hand tools.

I went over to the cabinet to try and just tip it a little to gauge how much it weighed. I think I heard it laugh at my efforts. Needless to say that by myself there was no way I was getting it in the bed of my truck and still live long enough to get it home.

I can only imagine the struggle to get that thing loaded, unloaded, and pushed up the stairs into your garage. Be proud of that thing and take good care of it because I doubt you want to move it back out.
 

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Just a one ton cabinet...

This is just a story…. of a heavy cabinet and a guy out of his element.
.
Wood Cabinetry Floor Flooring Wood stain

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The other day, perusing facebook marketplace, I came across a lady who had a file cabinet to give away. Not usually interested in file cabinets but this one had a lot of drawers. They were for storing large file cards. I'm thinking, "That could come in handy for all the smaller stuff I've got around crowding the existing drawers and cabinets I currently have.
I met her at a storage locker. A guy was there before me picking up something. She asks him to hang around to help load the cabinet in my truck. He says that he's got an appointment so I think, "it's just a file cabinet" and tell him I can handle it. My mistake. When I go to move it I'd swear it was bolted to the ground. After quite awhile I managed to load it into my truck. I tried an embarrassingly large number of times in different ways. I surely don't mind lifting anything. It never has bothered me, but in the past ten years, at 65, things are getting heavier. I managed to get it in the back of my F-150 and tell her that she was right and I made a mistake letting they guy go. She just gave me an agreeing stare. Also, it doesn't help that every truck I get, the tailgate seems to be eight inches higher than the previous one.
When I got it home I only had to get it out of the truck and up 4 steps to my garrison workshop over the in-ground garage. Gravity helped getting it down off the tailgate but it ended with a thud. Going up the steps was a lesson in the foolish meets the ridiculous.
.
Wood Shipping box Flooring Floor Hardwood

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I went into the house to find the cabinet online. I found it at an office supply store and discovered that it weighed in at 278 pounds. I put it on it's back on a plank on the steps. I squatted with my back to it and pushed with my legs. It felt just like the thing was filled with bricks. It felt that dense.
I swore, I gave up a few times, laughing by myself, sitting on the steps with my back to the bottom of the cabinet. After about thirty minutes I only had to flip it upright. I won't even mention how pathetic that was.

I'm glad I got it. I've got so much stuff to put in it. It's a commercial piece of office furniture. The drawers hold 150 lbs. each and the extend out the full length. But, I earned it.
I don't anticipate it falling over with drawers extended. If I sat on the drawer it wouldn't budge. Right now, empty it still feels bolted to the floor.
.
Cabinetry Table Drawer Wood Dresser
I can only imagine the struggle to get that thing loaded, unloaded, and pushed up the stairs into your garage. Be proud of that thing and take good care of it because I doubt you want to move it back out.

- sansoo22
I don't think it will ever damage. It's built like a tank… and about the same weight.. ;-)
 

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Just a one ton cabinet...

This is just a story…. of a heavy cabinet and a guy out of his element.
.
Wood Cabinetry Floor Flooring Wood stain

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The other day, perusing facebook marketplace, I came across a lady who had a file cabinet to give away. Not usually interested in file cabinets but this one had a lot of drawers. They were for storing large file cards. I'm thinking, "That could come in handy for all the smaller stuff I've got around crowding the existing drawers and cabinets I currently have.
I met her at a storage locker. A guy was there before me picking up something. She asks him to hang around to help load the cabinet in my truck. He says that he's got an appointment so I think, "it's just a file cabinet" and tell him I can handle it. My mistake. When I go to move it I'd swear it was bolted to the ground. After quite awhile I managed to load it into my truck. I tried an embarrassingly large number of times in different ways. I surely don't mind lifting anything. It never has bothered me, but in the past ten years, at 65, things are getting heavier. I managed to get it in the back of my F-150 and tell her that she was right and I made a mistake letting they guy go. She just gave me an agreeing stare. Also, it doesn't help that every truck I get, the tailgate seems to be eight inches higher than the previous one.
When I got it home I only had to get it out of the truck and up 4 steps to my garrison workshop over the in-ground garage. Gravity helped getting it down off the tailgate but it ended with a thud. Going up the steps was a lesson in the foolish meets the ridiculous.
.
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I went into the house to find the cabinet online. I found it at an office supply store and discovered that it weighed in at 278 pounds. I put it on it's back on a plank on the steps. I squatted with my back to it and pushed with my legs. It felt just like the thing was filled with bricks. It felt that dense.
I swore, I gave up a few times, laughing by myself, sitting on the steps with my back to the bottom of the cabinet. After about thirty minutes I only had to flip it upright. I won't even mention how pathetic that was.

I'm glad I got it. I've got so much stuff to put in it. It's a commercial piece of office furniture. The drawers hold 150 lbs. each and the extend out the full length. But, I earned it.
I don't anticipate it falling over with drawers extended. If I sat on the drawer it wouldn't budge. Right now, empty it still feels bolted to the floor.
.
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For your next trick, find a four or five-drawer, FIREPROOF filing cabinet. Many times they come with a combination lock that will require the services of a locksmith to reset. I recall they tip the scale somewhere in the 600 lb. range, empty.

Moving one of these beasts, anywhere, will let you know the identity of your true friends. Or, look for local piano movers and stand aside while the experts grunt and groan that cabinet to a place where it will never move again.
 

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Just a one ton cabinet...

This is just a story…. of a heavy cabinet and a guy out of his element.
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The other day, perusing facebook marketplace, I came across a lady who had a file cabinet to give away. Not usually interested in file cabinets but this one had a lot of drawers. They were for storing large file cards. I'm thinking, "That could come in handy for all the smaller stuff I've got around crowding the existing drawers and cabinets I currently have.
I met her at a storage locker. A guy was there before me picking up something. She asks him to hang around to help load the cabinet in my truck. He says that he's got an appointment so I think, "it's just a file cabinet" and tell him I can handle it. My mistake. When I go to move it I'd swear it was bolted to the ground. After quite awhile I managed to load it into my truck. I tried an embarrassingly large number of times in different ways. I surely don't mind lifting anything. It never has bothered me, but in the past ten years, at 65, things are getting heavier. I managed to get it in the back of my F-150 and tell her that she was right and I made a mistake letting they guy go. She just gave me an agreeing stare. Also, it doesn't help that every truck I get, the tailgate seems to be eight inches higher than the previous one.
When I got it home I only had to get it out of the truck and up 4 steps to my garrison workshop over the in-ground garage. Gravity helped getting it down off the tailgate but it ended with a thud. Going up the steps was a lesson in the foolish meets the ridiculous.
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I went into the house to find the cabinet online. I found it at an office supply store and discovered that it weighed in at 278 pounds. I put it on it's back on a plank on the steps. I squatted with my back to it and pushed with my legs. It felt just like the thing was filled with bricks. It felt that dense.
I swore, I gave up a few times, laughing by myself, sitting on the steps with my back to the bottom of the cabinet. After about thirty minutes I only had to flip it upright. I won't even mention how pathetic that was.

I'm glad I got it. I've got so much stuff to put in it. It's a commercial piece of office furniture. The drawers hold 150 lbs. each and the extend out the full length. But, I earned it.
I don't anticipate it falling over with drawers extended. If I sat on the drawer it wouldn't budge. Right now, empty it still feels bolted to the floor.
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For your next trick, find a four or five-drawer, FIREPROOF filing cabinet. Many times they come with a combination lock that will require the services of a locksmith to reset. I recall they tip the scale somewhere in the 600 lb. range, empty.

Moving one of these beasts, anywhere, will let you know the identity of your true friends. Or, look for local piano movers and stand aside while the experts grunt and groan that cabinet to a place where it will never move again.

- 1965scooper
Yes, I do remember helping move one, a legal size 4-drawer fireproof one, for a Real Estate office. It blew out both pneumatic tires on the hand truck we were using. Thankx for reminding me of that day, Scooper!
 

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Just a one ton cabinet...

This is just a story…. of a heavy cabinet and a guy out of his element.
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The other day, perusing facebook marketplace, I came across a lady who had a file cabinet to give away. Not usually interested in file cabinets but this one had a lot of drawers. They were for storing large file cards. I'm thinking, "That could come in handy for all the smaller stuff I've got around crowding the existing drawers and cabinets I currently have.
I met her at a storage locker. A guy was there before me picking up something. She asks him to hang around to help load the cabinet in my truck. He says that he's got an appointment so I think, "it's just a file cabinet" and tell him I can handle it. My mistake. When I go to move it I'd swear it was bolted to the ground. After quite awhile I managed to load it into my truck. I tried an embarrassingly large number of times in different ways. I surely don't mind lifting anything. It never has bothered me, but in the past ten years, at 65, things are getting heavier. I managed to get it in the back of my F-150 and tell her that she was right and I made a mistake letting they guy go. She just gave me an agreeing stare. Also, it doesn't help that every truck I get, the tailgate seems to be eight inches higher than the previous one.
When I got it home I only had to get it out of the truck and up 4 steps to my garrison workshop over the in-ground garage. Gravity helped getting it down off the tailgate but it ended with a thud. Going up the steps was a lesson in the foolish meets the ridiculous.
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Wood Shipping box Flooring Floor Hardwood

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I went into the house to find the cabinet online. I found it at an office supply store and discovered that it weighed in at 278 pounds. I put it on it's back on a plank on the steps. I squatted with my back to it and pushed with my legs. It felt just like the thing was filled with bricks. It felt that dense.
I swore, I gave up a few times, laughing by myself, sitting on the steps with my back to the bottom of the cabinet. After about thirty minutes I only had to flip it upright. I won't even mention how pathetic that was.

I'm glad I got it. I've got so much stuff to put in it. It's a commercial piece of office furniture. The drawers hold 150 lbs. each and the extend out the full length. But, I earned it.
I don't anticipate it falling over with drawers extended. If I sat on the drawer it wouldn't budge. Right now, empty it still feels bolted to the floor.
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Cabinetry Table Drawer Wood Dresser
GRATZ on your beautiful new cabinet tank :<)))
 

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Just a one ton cabinet...

This is just a story…. of a heavy cabinet and a guy out of his element.
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The other day, perusing facebook marketplace, I came across a lady who had a file cabinet to give away. Not usually interested in file cabinets but this one had a lot of drawers. They were for storing large file cards. I'm thinking, "That could come in handy for all the smaller stuff I've got around crowding the existing drawers and cabinets I currently have.
I met her at a storage locker. A guy was there before me picking up something. She asks him to hang around to help load the cabinet in my truck. He says that he's got an appointment so I think, "it's just a file cabinet" and tell him I can handle it. My mistake. When I go to move it I'd swear it was bolted to the ground. After quite awhile I managed to load it into my truck. I tried an embarrassingly large number of times in different ways. I surely don't mind lifting anything. It never has bothered me, but in the past ten years, at 65, things are getting heavier. I managed to get it in the back of my F-150 and tell her that she was right and I made a mistake letting they guy go. She just gave me an agreeing stare. Also, it doesn't help that every truck I get, the tailgate seems to be eight inches higher than the previous one.
When I got it home I only had to get it out of the truck and up 4 steps to my garrison workshop over the in-ground garage. Gravity helped getting it down off the tailgate but it ended with a thud. Going up the steps was a lesson in the foolish meets the ridiculous.
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Wood Shipping box Flooring Floor Hardwood

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I went into the house to find the cabinet online. I found it at an office supply store and discovered that it weighed in at 278 pounds. I put it on it's back on a plank on the steps. I squatted with my back to it and pushed with my legs. It felt just like the thing was filled with bricks. It felt that dense.
I swore, I gave up a few times, laughing by myself, sitting on the steps with my back to the bottom of the cabinet. After about thirty minutes I only had to flip it upright. I won't even mention how pathetic that was.

I'm glad I got it. I've got so much stuff to put in it. It's a commercial piece of office furniture. The drawers hold 150 lbs. each and the extend out the full length. But, I earned it.
I don't anticipate it falling over with drawers extended. If I sat on the drawer it wouldn't budge. Right now, empty it still feels bolted to the floor.
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Cabinetry Table Drawer Wood Dresser
Nice score! I have one of those, but ten drawers for 3X5 cards. I took all the dividers out, since I'm using it for tools.
 

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