Telescoping Genie Lift would lift it, they can be rented from a tool rental place, ratchet straps underneath.
Plastic panWas it a metal or plastic pan?
Already tried that, it doesn't work.I will use my MityVac through the threaded opening for the T&P valve.
80 gal x 8 lb/gallon is 640 lb. + 300 lb. So roughly 1000 lb filled.
I was not really being serious!!Already tried that, it doesn't work.
An 80 gal heat pump water heater is just over 300 lbs. The two plumbers doing the install slid over the pallet it was on next to the metal pan and slid it into the pan. But even doing that they had to lift the whole weight up to get it positioned properly. I am 70 and my neighbor is 69 recovering from bruised rib. The edge of the metal pan will fold or dent like cardboard if any weight is put on them.Still trying to figure out why we're talking hundreds of pounds to move this thing. They aren't very heavy empty, simple two person job.
If solo do what's something like what's already being suggested: tip it up, slide the tray halfway under, then stick a soccer ball or similar under it, roll it back like the ancient Egyptians or the dudes who built Stonehenge, tip it back and remove the ball. Done. Did this in a very tight spot by myself to get a washing machine into a pan.
jeff