The major piece is actually made of rock!Īlso, keep in mind that taking it apart is much more complicated than it might seem. All you need is to be handy, organized person, with good carpentry skills, some special tool equipment and have a few strong friends. They have the necessary expertise to take it apart, carefully catalogue and pack each important part and assemble it in your new home with impressive efficiency. FlatRate Moving has excellent movers who have moved every large piece of furniture from massive couches to, yes, complicated pool tables. While you may want to take on the huge task of moving a pool table with a couple of buddies, you should seriously consider hiring professionals. It will require a near-complete disassembly of the table and a healthy amount of muscle power to move the pieces that do not come apart.
#HOW TO MOVE A VALLEY POOL TABLE HOW TO#
Again the more hands the better, the heavy cargo strap for security, and above all be safe.Learning how to move a pool table is the first step if you want to DIY the job. I feel the slate is better protected in the table cabinet and not moved seperatly. The carpet scraps/strips help going over door thresholds also. The heavy carpet scraps on the floor/stairs are a real help when the table is moved off the dolly. I wish I could unload everything and take a couple of pictures for you but its buried in the back of the storage area under quite a bit of garage stuff. The 2 long (44/48") 2x4s rails lengthwise that the skirt rests between makes the total dolly height 13 1/2. The wheels are 8" dia and with the swivel/lock/mount they are about 9 1/2" high-then mounted on the short (abt 27/28")2x8s (another 1 1/2 high)=11" resting place for the skirt of the table. The dolly wheels I got were used on a piece of ground equipment from Boeing aircraft surplus salvage. With the wheels locked fore/aft when the table is tipped on to the dolly the dolly may tip up a couple of inches on the 2 wheels closest to the table but they dont skid sideways and thats an important reason for the locked position of the wheels. Use judgement as the leg bolts are only into plywood. With the legs still in place it gives you some leverage to help control the tip. My table dolly is about 13" high so when tipping the table up on 2 legs and getting it on to the dolly it is not too much of a transition from tipped to being on its edge on the dolly. Be safe and remember you buy the beer after the move. I have moved the easy ones with 1 other guy but the hard moves it helps to have several friends as more hands can help. The 8' tables have to be slid from the dolly to the trailer and for that I have some old heavy carpet.
I have a covered trailer and 7' tables fit fine with the dolly I have. Number the legs and table so the legs go back where they were. I tip the table up onto the dolly and then use a sturdy cargo strap around the table and dolly.
I covered mine with indoor/outdoor carpet.
It needs to have a space of at least 20" between the 2x4's as thats where the skirt of the table will set.
I mounted the casters to the 2X8 (approx 30") and then the 2x4 (approx 40-48") on each edge. With the table strapped to the dolly one guy lifts and kinda juggles/rocks his end while the other guy steadies his end. I use 3 pcs of osb/plywood for lawns/gravel and move over 2 and shuffle the back ones to direction of the move. I now use the dolly to store a Ford motor and transmission. I've left it LONG for out doors as I feel its more stable. Fore/aft makes a long/short wheelbase dolly. If they swivel and they have a load it can become off center and may tip. Not brakes but casters that lock fore/aft. I built a dolly with 2x4/2x8 and some large LOCKING caster wheels. If you are moving more than a few table you might want to build a dolly.
#HOW TO MOVE A VALLEY POOL TABLE PC#
I've moved 1 pc slate tables with the slate in place.
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