196lb Tv
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196lb Tv
So I am moving, again, and the age old problem arises again.
How do I move this TV? I am of average build I would say, I cannot even come close to moving this thing even with another dude.
I am trying to come up with some sort of clever way to make it "easy".
Your thoughts?
TIA
How do I move this TV? I am of average build I would say, I cannot even come close to moving this thing even with another dude.
I am trying to come up with some sort of clever way to make it "easy".
Your thoughts?
TIA
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see if you can rent or buy on of the dolly things that they use to move big boxes around, it gives you great leverage and has wheels and sometimes straps too. We used to use them to move even crated lawn tractors and washing machines stacked two high when I worked at Sears in the recieving depatment.
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join a gym. find someone big enough to help you. make quick friends. then ask them if they wanna come over for a beer and while they are there say, "oh yeah, im moving today, would you mind helping me?"
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I have a TV that weighs about that much. Whenever I have to move it I get two other guys. Two guys, one on each end and the third is a backup in case someone slips or something. I don't take many chances on a $1500 TV. It is doable with two guys though. It's awkward but doable.
Edit: I'm average build also. 6'0 about 190 lbs.
Edit: I'm average build also. 6'0 about 190 lbs.
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I always dread when my inlaws move. They got a big screen TV that weighs ... Idunno. 300 - 400 pounds? So my father in law gets the idea that this TV goes UPSTAIRS!!! I told him then that it was going to be the last time I helped him move that TV. We had 4 guys moving that thing, with 2 extra guys standing by to pick up any slack.
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Also, when transporting it in a vehicle, rest it on 6 or 7 collapsed corrugated boxes. This'll act as a good cushion for those bumps.
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some dollies have tracks on the side that faces your legs, this way you can just drag it up the stairs and it doesn't scratch anything and there isnt any of that bouncing up stars and maybe loosing a tv
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When I have something heavy to move I rent a U-Haul appliance dolly. They have a strap to secure the load to the dolly and have track/rollers to go up and down stairs. I have moved a lot of things with them from freezers to slate pool tables (bit of a balancing act) and on and on.
Last one a couple months ago was, if I recall correctly, $9 a day.
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Last one a couple months ago was, if I recall correctly, $9 a day.
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Average build?? And you and another guy can't move it?? Huh?? When I was just out of HS, I was 6'0", 145lbs. (yes, I know, that's very thin), and I went to work for a moving company for a little while. Their approach was that 2 guys could move just about anything--and they stuck to it. Sure, I was tired by the end of the day, but I moved ALOT of heavy stuff, even a few upright pianos with only one other guy.
Fast-forward to now. I've put on 20lbs. (not all of it in the gut, either). I am a painter, and often have to carry 5 gal buckets of paint around. Most of them are 60-65lbs., but some are as heavy as 75lbs. each. Generally, I carry 2 at a time for better balance, so that works out to 120-150lbs. by myself. And, on a dare, I've carried 4 at once on a couple occasions (roughly 250lbs.--125lbs. in each hand).
Get a good grip, lift with your legs, and keep your back straight. Should be no sweat for 2 guys of average build.
Jason
Fast-forward to now. I've put on 20lbs. (not all of it in the gut, either). I am a painter, and often have to carry 5 gal buckets of paint around. Most of them are 60-65lbs., but some are as heavy as 75lbs. each. Generally, I carry 2 at a time for better balance, so that works out to 120-150lbs. by myself. And, on a dare, I've carried 4 at once on a couple occasions (roughly 250lbs.--125lbs. in each hand).
Get a good grip, lift with your legs, and keep your back straight. Should be no sweat for 2 guys of average build.
Jason
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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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Originally Posted by jroehl
Average build?? And you and another guy can't move it?? Huh?? When I was just out of HS, I was 6'0", 145lbs. (yes, I know, that's very thin), and I went to work for a moving company for a little while. Their approach was that 2 guys could move just about anything--and they stuck to it. Sure, I was tired by the end of the day, but I moved ALOT of heavy stuff, even a few upright pianos with only one other guy.
Fast-forward to now. I've put on 20lbs. (not all of it in the gut, either). I am a painter, and often have to carry 5 gal buckets of paint around. Most of them are 60-65lbs., but some are as heavy as 75lbs. each. Generally, I carry 2 at a time for better balance, so that works out to 120-150lbs. by myself. And, on a dare, I've carried 4 at once on a couple occasions (roughly 250lbs.--125lbs. in each hand).
Get a good grip, lift with your legs, and keep your back straight. Should be no sweat for 2 guys of average build.
Jason
Fast-forward to now. I've put on 20lbs. (not all of it in the gut, either). I am a painter, and often have to carry 5 gal buckets of paint around. Most of them are 60-65lbs., but some are as heavy as 75lbs. each. Generally, I carry 2 at a time for better balance, so that works out to 120-150lbs. by myself. And, on a dare, I've carried 4 at once on a couple occasions (roughly 250lbs.--125lbs. in each hand).
Get a good grip, lift with your legs, and keep your back straight. Should be no sweat for 2 guys of average build.
Jason
Thing is, this darn TV is only a 26" all the weight is in the mercury in the screen and it has no handles, the thing is impossible.
Average Build = 6'1" 165lbs
my helper about 5'9" 180, my mom is stronger.