flying pizza oven?

[james]

Re: flying pizza oven?

Hey Maver,

We ship the Toscana ovens all around the states -- we've even shipped them to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain (the customer was the Royal Family -- really!). They are on a re-inforced metal tray (4" angle iron welded in the center), with a layer of structural concrete. We are able to lift them with a forklift and get them off and on trucks, and you can even set then on the ground with the larger liftgate trucks.

Customers build a block stand and set the oven in place.

Your oven will weigh more, but the concept is the same.

What about moving the oven and upper enclosure by lifting from underneath the hearth, and building a new stand at your new house? You should definitely do it while the oven is fired and cooking pizza.
James

[redbricknick]

Re: flying pizza oven?

Maver. I am amazed that you are going to do this. I reckon it's going to go beautifully, and am eager to see the photos. It might pay to have a TV crew there or something for encouragement. And pizza. Would it be possible to perform this task with the oven at temperature?

[maver]

I'm not sure where to place this post, but I've been struggling with a serious pizza oven issue. We're going to move to a house about five miles away to solve a serious commuting issue for my wife (it's closer to my work by a little but will save her about an hour a day in combined time in the car with shuttling our kids). I initially planned to start over with a new oven (how many people here thought the - when I build my next oven - was a real plan?). Considering the material and time, I figured I'd be lucky to have an operational oven again within six months. Then a friend suggested looking into a crane.

I've found Paulages estimates of weights,

http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/f6/w...t=calculations

and plan to sit down with the materials list which I followed pretty closely in building my pompeii oven to get a good estimate for the block stand and the slab. The crane operator wondered about moving the crane in 2 pieces, with the hearth, dome and house first, then the slab and block stand. I did cover with PVC the four rebar posts that protrude from the block stand, and used aluminum flashing to physically isolate the hearth from the stand, so it's feasible that I could separate the two.

Anyone with experience or stories about moving a completed residential oven? I figure even if it costs a few thousand dollars for the move I probably come out ahead (considering time, materials). I've been pretty freaked out about the move from the oven standpoint - I hope I'm not straying too far from reality with this.

Marc