My 13x40 Advance went down into a basement, out and down into a second one, then back out into a shed, then into my current basement. I was young and sort of semi-fit when this started (in 1986) and I could handle some pretty heavy weights (probably why I hurt so much every morning now). For the first moves, I took the motor, headstock, and tailstock off, then I could move it around with an appliance dolly easily enough. For the last move, I stripped the bed right down and carried the headstock and carriage into the basement, then the stand. For the bed, I had a couple of sawhorses ready, then had my wife set one about a dozen feet away. I could pick up the bed and walk four or five steps to the sawhorse, where I could rest. She would then set the other sawhorse the same distance ahead, and I would repeat the pick-up and carry. Once inside the basement (a walkout basement), I had to go up two steps, cross a small landing, then down two steps. That was the hardest sequence. From there, I just set it on the stand and put it back together. If I have to move it again, I will remove a section of the wall (timber frame) and take it out with the excavator. The differences between then and now are twofold; I no longer have the ability to pick up heavy objects without some serious repercussions, and I now own machinery which means I don't have to! WH