[PersonOfInterest]

Originally Posted by C. C. Rider

I have a large, heavy color television set in my living room that I need to get rid of. According to the Owner's Manual, it weighs 185 pounds. Although it still works great, I have bought a new Smart TV that I want to hook up, but first I need to get rid of the old TV.

Any advice on how to get rid of it without killing myself or ruining my back? If I were younger, I'd just get a friend or two and carry it out of the house, but now my friends are getting old too and don't want to mess with carrying heavy stuff.

I have a 4-wheel dolly, but it is only about 6" high and the TV is sitting on an entertainment center about 25" off the floor. I have no way of safely getting the TV off the entertainment center and onto the dolly.

Anyone have any suggestions or advice? I live south of The Villages. Thanks.

You could burn it down to Ash which would weigh considerably less.

[C. C. Rider]

Originally Posted by DAVES

Entertainment center? Beware many of the not very old entertainment centers will not fit the new larger TVs. We bought our TV from Best Buy. The salesman had a great line which is valid-no one wishes they bought a smaller set. The set we bought, would not fit in my car. I seem to recall we paid like $35 for delivery and set up. The packing is at best marginal. Broken, damaged is not that unusual. Also, I would suggest you plug the TV, the box etc into a surge protected power strip. How many times do we get told to shut off and reboot the ???????? far easier than needing to move the furniture etc to get to the outlet. Just turn off the power strip.

If you pay the few bucks for a set up, I would guess you could get the guys to pick up your old set.

My sectional entertainment center in the living room is 39" wide in the middle where the TV goes. That's just wide enough for a new 43" (diagonal) TV to fit. I realize that a 43" set is not "large" by today's standards, but it will be plenty wide enough for our purposes, especially considering that we have gotten used to watching the old 36" (diagonal) set for so many years.

We have another smaller one-piece entertainment center in the den and the new TV wouldn't fit in it.

[C. C. Rider]

Originally Posted by Toymeister

Yes, I have one

Hmmm. I'll keep you in mind if you would be willing to lend it or rent it out cheaply. I've arranged for my Lawn Service guy to come and move it to the curb for me on Monday for the sum of $50. If for some reason he doesn't do it, I might be interested in borrowing or renting yours.

Another option for me would be to build/add some type of stand to my low 4-wheel dolly to raise the height to equal that of the entertainment center. I could certainly do it, but I don't know whether the cost in time and materials would be worth it.

These days, it just seems easier to pay someone cash to get the job done and be done with it rather than spend time building/crafting something that I might never need to use again and would just take up space in my already crowded garage. I think that what I really need is a 2 BR house and a 6 car garage/workshop. I've already got a 3+ car garage and it isn't big enough.

[Toymeister]

Originally Posted by C. C. Rider

Hmmm. I'll keep you in mind if you would be willing to lend it or rent it out cheaply. I've arranged for my Lawn Service guy to come and move it to the curb for me on Monday for the sum of $50. If for some reason he doesn't do it, I might be interested in borrowing or renting yours.

Another option for me would be to build/add some type of stand to my low 4-wheel dolly to raise the height to equal that of the entertainment center. I could certainly do it, but I don't know whether the cost in time and materials would be worth it.

These days, it just seems easier to pay someone cash to get the job done and be done with it rather than spend time building/crafting something that I might never need to use again and would just take up space in my already crowded garage. I think that what I really need is a 2 BR house and a 6 car garage/workshop. I've already got a 3+ car garage and it isn't big enough.

I'll do it for 40.00. or come get it for 20.

I use this as an out feed table on my shopsmith. Occasionally, someone in the neighborhood needs something unloaded. It's good for that.

[C. C. Rider]

If you'll come get it this afternoon for $20, then it's yours to keep. Let me know ASAP. Is there a way to send personal messages (PM's) on this site?

EDIT: Oops, I may have misunderstood your meaning. I sent you a PM. I thought you meant that you would come get the TV for $20, but now I understand you to mean that you would rent your table to me.

As I mentioned, my lawn guy is supposed to come and get it tomorrow afternoon, and I've agreed to pay him $50 for doing so. If you can beat that deal and get it today, it's yours. Otherwise, I'll just pay my lawn guy to move it... provided he shows up which I think he will. If he doesn't show up, I'll consider renting your table (if that's what you mean). Thanks.

[dtennent]

To the folks who like to break things and put them into the garbage - The glass in CRTs usually have about 15-25% lead oxide which is toxic. Yes, it is part of the glass but any time you break glass, it is possible to create some fine particles which can then land on surfaces around the area where you are working (if not in your lungs). Even if you sweep it up, do you really want that going to a landfill? Please try to find a place that will recycle the glass appropriately.