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Dear Daughter got a FREE refridgerator from an Uncle Billy who is moving. Nice side by side... huge. Although I'm clearly not able to do any of the hefting, I volunterered to be transprtation officer with Cummins & landscape trailer. I hung a U turn in Uncle Billy's cull-de-sac, straigtened the rig out & backed right up to the refridgerator outside the garage. I had adviced DDaughter to rent a refridgerator hand truck from U-Haul which was done. I was concerned about the expander metal on the trailer ramp but we laid plywood over it & a couple of strong guys rolled it right on. I'd given the tieing down a lot of thought. I'd have liked the load over the axle but there was nothing to keep it up-right. I felt the risk of it getting loose & tipping over on a pothole was just too great. We secured it to the upraised ramp with a 2" ratchet strap. Added a couple of 1" straps for bonus & another over the top. Before leaving home, I had my wife get our water jugs, 5 gallons each... 8 I think... a row across the front of the trailer & strapped down for counter weight. 320# if my calulations are correct. (When we traveled with horses, we trucked plenty of water... also much use at encampments.) On her narrow older neighborhood street, I had to go by her driveway & turn around by backing into a neighbor's (nice wide) drive... Then pulled past & backed into her angled drive pretty easily. The neighbor, across the street, came over with his strong son to help & the fridge was soon off the trailer, up 4 steps onto her porch, turn & up 2 steps into her front door... & into her kitchen. I stayed out of the way. I am shopping, starting today, for more HD ratchet straps. A truck is only half a truck without necessary equipment. I will not buy a strap with out putting my fingers on the fabric. I've had flimsy straps chafe through in a single use... The cleap ones in sealed packages.