I was told that one of the most compelling reasons to hire good DC movers is because they have the muscle and the equipment to carry, load and haul your refrigerator upright. The first time I moved a refrigerator, nobody even told me that I shouldn’t have moved the refrigerator on its side, and because it was the convenient way to get it on the pickup, that’s exactly how I moved it. A couple of months later, when the rather ancient, hand-me-down, reconditioned refrigerator conked out, I assumed it was simply age.
After seven moves though, and a lot of valid and not so valid insights on the subject, I now know that it is essential that a refrigerator be moved upright. To do so is really quite hard, you need the proper tools which only a good DC moving company will have.
The reason you need to move a refrigerator upright is that the oil in the compressor will drain out into an overflow tube if you tip it over to the wrong side. The right side depends on the make and model, so to be safe, it’s best not to tip it at all. The tube is vertical when the refrigerator is tipped, but elevated and horizontal while it is upright; which means that it is quick to drain when tipped, but slow to return even after it is set upright again. No oil means no lubrication for the compressor’s moving parts, and a drastic shortening of its service life. DC movers know how to move refrigerators and other fragile “moveables”. The best thing really is to leave the moving to them.
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