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0 pointsluca_ing9y ago0 comments

> and weigh around 100kg

Yep.

I once carried a Miele washing machine up 3 flights of stairs with a friend. We thought we were about to die.

Later I looked up the specs in the manual: its counterweight weighs 120kg :´-(

The machine is (I think) around 30 years old, still going strong.

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jansan9y ago· 2 in thread

IMHO the most frustrating part about moving is having to carry stuff like dumbbells, counterweights etc, because they have only purpose: Being as heavy as possible.

Arizhel9y ago

With the counterweights, it'd be nice if it was easy to open up the machine and take the counterweight out. This would make it much easier to move a heavy machine up stairs.

luca_ingOP9y ago

Turns out it was, as I found out later.

I just have muscle than brains (and not particularly much muscle).

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