x_X better hire someone, and you might want to be worried about maggots in that case. Things could be far worse then just that smell.

Why worry about maggots? They'll get it all in the end.

Fortunately, its quite well sealed with the lid closed.

Maggots are little baby flies, fool. Unless the freezer is left open it isn't likely they'll happen.

Get some giant rolls of plastic wrap (like they use for wrapping pallets) and go to town? I suspect that enough layers of that would seal the thing up enough that it can be moved without much worry of spills or scent leakage.

Alternatively, dig a hole in the floor, at least twice as deep as the fridge is tall, bury the fridge in it, and seal it in with concrete.

Or maybe nuke it from orbit. Its the only way to be sure.

However, the plastic wrap idea is a very very good one. This is a job for industrial adhesives, plastic wrap, and duct tape.

Fortunately the freezer unit is sitting on a wooden frame. I shall probably attach something to the frame and with a little mechanical assistance, drag it out of the basement, out the back basement door and then to the place where large appliances go to die.

One day, someone shall build upon the large appliance burial ground...and terrible spirits will consume those that dwell upon those forgotten, hallowed grounds.

I agree with Aethwolf.

Also, my favourite episode, when lobster goes bad. ;p Although it didn't actually fail in their case.

I can only wish you good luck and my condolences. @@;

Duct tape. Lots and lots and lots of duct tape o__o god that must suck

lol At least it didn't turn into some kinda living slime and attack you like in Cowboy Bebop

Bahahahaha! That Cowboy Bebop clip is golden. I've been there. Had to haul fridge trays from the trailer out into the yard and just hose the things out. =( I don't even want to know what percentage of what we cleaned out was sentient.

like a crime scene investigation ;3
it helps to soak the inside with either vinegar or alcohol for a while, and just air it out. the smell goes away eventually.

I don't plan on re-using the freezer so if I can get it outside and away from the house, I can even let nature do its thing.

oh ok... throw it down a stairwell ;D

id very strongly suggest roughly 6 of those strong ratcheting tie down straps the straps are like an inch wide and really strong - plus possibly the saran wrap crap. we had to do just that with 4 freezers at my old job, just trust me when i say do not tip spill or open those suckers.

Also a very good idea. Thanks!

Glargh!!!!

Go with Cougar's idea. Saran wrap where the lid is and tape down the edges, then strap the damn thing down to be safe. Proceed to heave up and out of the house with many strong backs and something small with wheels..damn my brain failed me on the name.

I think the word you're looking for is a dolly or hand-truck.

Those are some very good suggestions here. God forbid i ever have to deal with anything like this, but if I do at least I'll have some idea of what to do.

Ah thankyou!!! Trying to think of the name of a dolly at 4 am when your've been awake with a r yr old all day is like trying to rollerblade through snow.

Poor Mulefoot. I hope everything works out okay hun.

That has just happened to me as well, but the freezer was dumped in the derelict hotel at the top of my street, so the smell filled the whole street.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

So far the best suggestion I have has already been mentioned, plastic wrap, duct tape and mechanical advantage.
Best of luck to you.

Oh. My God. I do not envy you. I know what one pound of meat is like when it's gone that far, I don't want to even imagine that amount. Best of luck with that

Ohhh.. I'm soo sorry.. but.. *LOL*... SUCKS TO BE YOU! BWaaaahahahaaa... *snicker* (wipes a tear from his eye) Though yes, that's just goddamn horrible. Seriously.. I've had that happen though I caught it after a week and not after... MONTHS.. THINK THOUGH! All those folks who buy niiiice hermetically sealed coffins that won't decay will have their bodies turn into a putrescent liquid slime that lasts.... for ETERNITY.

Of course, you could just open it up, vacate teh house for a few days and let the dogs eat the contents. Dogs *ARE* rather handy that way. OH! NO! .. wait.. *I KNOW*.. let CHICKENS eat it.. they will eat *ANYTHING*.. and I do mean anything. it's SCARY what a chicken will eat.

Okay, sorry, enough ass hattery at your expense. But yeah, duct tape the seam with gorilla tape, it works better than Duck tape, and then wrap it with plastic pallet wrap, then cinch down several of those rat shitting straps and drag that fucker out the basement door. Good luck with that.

Its alright. Its a funny situation. It just sucks to be me.

yeah, that's one of them kinds of things that you look back on in twenty years, while drunk, laughing your ass off going "REMEMBER THAT TIME....." But at the moment it's........ PPfffffuck nasty. :)

i hope there is a door on the basement that goes right outside
*gives you a drum of febreeze

Bleh. That does suck. Get some sealant, close that fucker up and use a furniture dolly to haul that mess outta there. Sorry to hear about that and hope you can get it taken care of.

Oh god eew. Did you see it? :D

I had this happen to me a couple years ago. We had a freezer with all kinds of meat in the garage. Somehow, the cord came unplugged, and we didn't know about it. Until it was much too late. While it didn't degrade into sludge, it was pretty rotten. Threw the meat away, and cleaned that thing out with bleach. Its sitting in the garage empty and smelling much better. But as a few suggestions were made, anything to tie the lid down making sure it cannot open, and then getting an appliance dolly and loading it on there and then taking it out and to its final resting place. I know how not fun that situation can be.

Before I got to the bottom I was already thinking Toys In The Attic.

Get a load of febreeze and spray constantly as the sucker is moved out. If I saw the area it was in, I could probably suggest something more concrete to help remove it.

lmao! I was reading it and thinking the same thing... bebop. I love that episode XD

If only I could jettison this thing into space.

You can always blame Obama and his universal health care system =3

Haha, I was reminded of that episode after I read the first paragraph. Be glad it's inanimate!