LOL, once spent a few days on SWE salary (along with a few other guys) physically moving server racks from one facility to another. Yes, small company. As a one-off that sort of stuff is fine.
I was the technical director at a place where I was on one hand responsible for the dev team, and second highest paid person after the managing director. On the other hand I was also the person who'd lug new servers into our racks when needed. Part of the fun is being able to be all over the place and have a hand in every pie. Downside is the times when you don't have a choice because there's nobody else with the right skills.