Steve, When moving your machine, please be very careful on the stairs. You should not have any problems with the machine. Be cautious for your self. When we took ours on the road my husband chose to not use the stairs to get it to the vehicle (raised ranch house). Instead he drove the lawn tractor with it's trailer to the back of the house, there the machine and tractor were on the same level (2 steps outside). He proceeded to drive the tractor, and trailer with the Amaya down our very steep front yard, at least a 30-45 degree pitch. I should have taken pictures! :) We used cloths pins on the thread spool column above the thread so that thread would not be falling off getting in the way. Terri Embroidery Creations