Re: How much lighter is a striped cabinet ?

If the people weren't so squeamish about it, you could
just lay it down on some cardboard and slide it on its
back down the stairs.

"Keith, Brendan" wrote:

> > ----------
> > From: Christopher X. Candreva[SMTP:chris@westnet.com]
> >
> > One is a non working (just the gas pedal it looks like) Pole Position.
> > Trick is, it's on the third floor of a house. A very big, expensive house.
> > Luckily it has wide stairs.
> >
> > If I strip out the cab, does that significantly change the weight, such
> > that
> > a few guys could carry it down stairs ? I'm figuring the monitor and
> > power
> > supply are a significant part of the weight.
> >
> > They want me to use a moving company, but the ones I've called want $230
> > to
> > do it.
> >
> >
> Your best bet would be to get two VERY strong guys to lift it up and
> carry it down. PP is quite heavy and removing those parts won't help
> a lot. Alternately, you could get 4 average guys to lift it but they'd
> have to practically march in perfect step to get it out without swaying,
> then one guy loses it, etc. Try to get a couple guys from a moving
> company to stop by on their off hours. Give them $30 each.
>
> Brendan Keith
> brendan.keith@wilcom.com
Received on Thu Jul 29 14:44:34 1999