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| DaleB |
Has anyone had experience with 'furniture movers' or sliders? We are soon replacing the main TV with a widescreen and want to slide the 200+ lb 36" Wega into another room. Carpet all the way.
I mean these things......
http://www.cleansweepsupply.com/pag...group28691.html |
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| phins2rt |
Dale,
I recommend these. I have used a set on our heavier furniture and they are pretty amazing (especially on carpet). Once you get them under the furniture, you can move just about anything with little effort. I don't have this exact brand, but the materials should be similar. Mine are just the big disks you put under the furniture legs. They do not mount on the furniture. |
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| pisay87 |
| I have something similar to those (got them from Home Depot) and they work. I also have an old 32" XBR crt than weighs a ton and with these I can move the beast fairly easily. |
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| vlam |
| Are you getting the new TV deliver? Why not pay the delivery guys a few extra bucks and have them move for you? |
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| DaleB |
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Originally posted by vlam
Are you getting the new TV deliver? Why not pay the delivery guys a few extra bucks and have them move for you?
Good point, will consider that. But wanted these in any case. Although having them around may mean the wife giving me more 'honey-do's"...I better think about this!
Thanks for the suggestions and link(s). |
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| crmsnidol |
| I helped a friend who was doing a floor tile job in a large custom kitchen. He said he needed help moving an industrial-sized stainless steel oven in order to tile under it. This thing was HUGE! There were 3 of us plus the homeowner (who was understandably nervous). My friend had picked up 4 of the round mighy movers and they worked great! I was really impressed. |
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| xfactor |
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Originally posted by vlam
Are you getting the new TV deliver? Why not pay the delivery guys a few extra bucks and have them move for you?
Good idea vlam,
I also have a 36" Wega "beast", and I doubt any 'sliding device' would be sufficient to move this monster on carpet...
The thing about the TV is the awkward distribution of the weight, it's extremely front heavy. I recommend at least three people of average strength, two, if the people are stronger than average.. |
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| TheWorm |
I've used these as well -- they're phenomonal. Haven't moved a 200lb+ TV (which is oddly-weighted, as xfactor mentioned) but did move a large bookcase (still full and I'd guess 150lbs), filing cabinet (still full, around 125lbs) and a 100lb color laser printer with ease.
A 200lb Wega with carpet all the way should be pretty easy...The main challenge will be getting them UNDER the TV or base the TV is on...you really just have to tilt one corner at a time to wedge it underneath. Once these things are underneath, you can push it with surprisingly little force.
Mine were from Ace Hardware, but I don't remember the specific brand. |
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| Maik |
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Originally posted by xfactor
Good idea vlam,
I also have a 36" Wega "beast", and I doubt any 'sliding device' would be sufficient to move this monster on carpet...
The thing about the TV is the awkward distribution of the weight, it's extremely front heavy. I recommend at least three people of average strength, two, if the people are stronger than average..
Weight distribution should pose no problem at all. If TV is on floor or on a table/base, one in each corner will do the trick quite simply. I have moved furniture well over 200 lbs with these babies. |
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| socalJD |
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Originally posted by xfactor
I also have a 36" Wega "beast", and I doubt any 'sliding device' would be sufficient to move this monster on carpet...
The thing about the TV is the awkward distribution of the weight, it's extremely front heavy. I recommend at least three people of average strength, two, if the people are stronger than average..
Me too, have a 36" Wega on factory Sony stand in the den - never thought of moving it, just vacuum/shampoo around the thing - not sure I ever want to move it, will just have to sell it with the house when the time comes . . .
Xfactor/Dale, as techno-savvy as you guys are, I'm surprised you haven't upgraded to a 42" Plasma by now - that is definitely next on my wish list . . . |
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| Emerald01 |
I think I have the same TV (36" XBR Wega -36XBR450). With the stand and contents, I'm sure it's about 300 lbs. I moved it several times with the DVD, cable box, PS2, and VCR, short distances in house from one side of the room to the other. We also move it during x-mas time. I slid it over carpet without those sliders with a little help from my petite wife (5'-0). When pushing over carpet, the TV tends to shift the carpet and may cause the carpet area that the TV was pushed from to be tighter and the area ahead of the TV to be loose and bulge a bit. It's definetly heavy.
The TV also rode in the MDX when we moved from our last place. :D
How would you get the sliders under the TV (assuming your using these to move the TV with little help)? If you were back in San Jose, I'd come over and help you. :)
I wish I could upgrade to a widescreen. :( |
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| DaleB |
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Originally posted by socalJD
Xfactor/Dale, as techno-savvy as you guys are, I'm surprised you haven't upgraded to a 42" Plasma by now - that is definitely next on my wish list . . .
Those 36" Wegas must have been popular!
Worm beat me too it. I am still in the learning/shopping stage. But I want to be prepared for it. So now it's moving other TVs around, getting rid of 2 older ones, planning for a table setup for the widescreen, etc. etc...and getting some decent OTA channels for locals as Dish does not provide them yet for HD...
Since I am in a gated-community, I thought it wise to mount the dish at the back of the house. That's before I thought I would ever have to receive channels over the air for HD.
Everybody here has the Terk antenna thingy that clamps on the dish. I always thought the Terk antennae sucked. But I guess in this location (it's rural) they work just fine for that purpose. So now I have to move the dish forward to put in line with the UHF transmitters, about 20 miles away.
I was among the first few people to move into the area. The sales-broker for the community was having her house built across from mine. 2 days after she moved in there was a dish in front of her house, mounted to the edge of the garage. I am the only one with it in the back. ......sometimes it's just easier to do nothing! |
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| MDXtacy |
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Originally posted by Emerald01
If you were back in San Jose, I'd come over and help you. :)
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Emerald01,
I live in San Jose and might be moving soon to a new house. I also have at 36" Wega. Want to help me move??? :D j/k |
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| xfactor |
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Originally posted by Maik
Weight distribution should pose no problem at all. If TV is on floor or on a table/base, one in each corner will do the trick quite simply. I have moved furniture well over 200 lbs with these babies.
I get you, however, I'm envisioning these devices in conjunction with a deep, of average pile carpet. I think the resistance/drag should decrease mobility exponentially. |
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| xfactor |
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Originally posted by socalJD
...Xfactor/Dale, as techno-savvy as you guys are, I'm surprised you haven't upgraded to a 42" Plasma by now - that is definitely next on my wish list . . .
I'd like to, but the TV's I like are at least $5K. I can't justify that expense at this time, unfortunately...:( |
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| greatscot |
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Originally posted by DaleB
Good point, will consider that. But wanted these in any case. Although having them around may mean the wife giving me more 'honey-do's"...I better think about this!
Thanks for the suggestions and link(s).
Hi Dale,
When is this move taking place? I'm available on Saturday if you need help. I use sliders of the disc kind previously mentioned on our hardwood floor.
Let me know if you need help. |
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| DaleB |
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Originally posted by greatscot
Hi Dale,
When is this move taking place? I'm available on Saturday if you need help. I use sliders of the disc kind previously mentioned on our hardwood floor.
Let me know if you need help.
I really appreciate that! But only in the planning stages until about mid to late March. But you are most welcome to view the new set once it's up and going. I got your number! |
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| greatscot |
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Originally posted by DaleB
. . . you are most welcome to view the new set once it's up and going. I got your number!
I am so there! :yesyes: |
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| Dr. Ken |
| I had a huge bulky 250 lb TV to be moved to the next room. It was easy to move, however, since I had a very strong friend (ex-footballer) who just picked it up and carried it. |
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| Emerald01 |
By himself?!:eek:
I'd like to see that. That would make a great event for 'World's Strongest Man'. I can see people lifting 250# and moving it to another location but the TV's akward size would make it very diffiicult. |
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| greatscot |
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Originally posted by Emerald01
By himself?!:eek:
I'd like to see that. . . .
now you know why he said "ex-footballer." :2: |
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| Dr. Ken |
| Well, I think it was 250 pounds. It was a 32" sony wega tv. BUt it is true, he did it himself, moving it about 25 feet to another room with great effort. We didn't put in on the scales to find the exact weight. |
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| Emerald01 |
| Oh-man, a 32". I was envisioning a 36". The 32" Wega weighs about 165 to 185 lbs. The 36" Wega XBR weighs about 235 without the stand. Imagine the 32" with another 45 lb plate on top and your arms spread out wider. Not that I can carry a 32" Wega by myself but I was picturing something a little more extra, extraordinary. |
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| G. COLTON |
For that light a load why not just two of you pict it up and carry it to the new location? Or just just slip a large piece of cardboard under the TV and two of you work together. One pull the cardboard and the other push the TV.
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| Dr. Ken |
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Originally posted by G. COLTON
For that light a load why not just two of you pict it up and carry it to the new location? Or just just slip a large piece of cardboard under the TV and two of you work together. One pull the cardboard and the other push the TV.
G
I am unable physically to handle much over 50#, so having someone else do it for me was great. If I were to help, it would have just been getting in the way. However, the cardboard idea is a good one.
About the only thing that I am good at these days is hitting a golf ball a little ways, punching keys on a computer keyboard, and driving our X. The last one is probably the best. |
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| G. COLTON |
I certainly understand that problem of only hitting the golf ball only a little ways. It gets shorter and shorter all of the time. I took up golf when I was about 52 and could hit it a reasonable distance. These days my best drives are probably only about 240 to 250. My average is more like 210 to 220.
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| DaleB |
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Originally posted by G. COLTON
I certainly understand that problem of only hitting the golf ball only a little ways. It gets shorter and shorter all of the time. I took up golf when I was about 52 and could hit it a reasonable distance. These days my best drives are probably only about 240 to 250. My average is more like 210 to 220.
G
A consistent and accurate 210-220 has to beat a lucky 250 any day of the week. |
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| Dr. Ken |
| The golf course that I play the most has narrow fairways, trees and out of bounds on both sides. So only being able to hit the ball a little ways is of great advantage. If I manage to hit it a long ways, it only goes further out of bounds and into the trees and thick underbrush. |
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| greatscot |
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Originally posted by Dr. Ken
. . . If I manage to hit it a long ways, it only goes further out of bounds and into the trees and thick underbrush.
have to admit I've even gone into the parking lot at one course :eek: |
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| Emerald01 |
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have to admit I've even gone into the parking lot at one course
Do you/Did you admit to hitting any cars? :D |
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| greatscot |
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Originally posted by Emerald01
Do you/Did you admit to hitting any cars? :D
I don't know for sure if I did, that would have been awful. I know how I would have felt had that happened to my car. |
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| TheWorm |
The best way to not hit something is to aim right for it. When I let someone play through and I'm on the green, I tend the flag for them when they're hitting up. No one has ever come close. Safest place.
(on topic: I'm a long-way-the-wrong-way hitter) |
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