196lb Tv
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Originally Posted by Knobby4604X4
I work for a furniture store as a delivery person. We have used only two people on the crew for the past eleven years. We have moved just about anything you can think of that someone might have in a house, either as a tippable side job or just in order to be able to set the new furniture into place. Pianos, sleeper sofas, safes, tanning beds, pool tables, motorcycles, refridgerators, etc... Most people tend to overestimate the weight of an item. Granted, the weight of the tv is probably close to two hundred pounds! My suggestion is that if you can't do as suggested above (lift with legs and grunt it out) then hire two guys that can. Safer for you, money for them.
If the television is a 'floor' cabinet type, you can rent or borrow a set of Roll-or-Carri's. These devices are used to move upright pianos. They slip under each side of the cabinet and are then strapped across the cabinet to each other. A rocker system lifts the whole thing up onto a set of wheels and you can roll it along or use the handles to lift over thresholds or up stairs...
If the television is a 'floor' cabinet type, you can rent or borrow a set of Roll-or-Carri's. These devices are used to move upright pianos. They slip under each side of the cabinet and are then strapped across the cabinet to each other. A rocker system lifts the whole thing up onto a set of wheels and you can roll it along or use the handles to lift over thresholds or up stairs...
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From: just outside of Phila.
There must be kids in your neighborhood. Get a couple of teenagers in there for a couple of bucks a piece, or older kids for some beer. I know I'd move a tv for someone with a friend for a case of beer.
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You can use a hand truck, just don't forget a furniture blanket, out you will most likely scratch the heck out of the TV cabinet with the strap, cart, and evry doorway, piece of furniture, and unexpected statue between there and the truck.
Truthfully, 196# is nothing that 2 guys shouldn't be able to lift and move together. When working in a warehouse environment, I was required to lift these alone, and lift them up onto/remove them from shelves without damage.
(Note, don't ever drop a 42" TV from 14 feet, they don't bounce nearly as well as you would think
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Truthfully, 196# is nothing that 2 guys shouldn't be able to lift and move together. When working in a warehouse environment, I was required to lift these alone, and lift them up onto/remove them from shelves without damage.
(Note, don't ever drop a 42" TV from 14 feet, they don't bounce nearly as well as you would think
.)
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