Thoughts on hauling TV finds ...

[cwmoser]

Any thoughts on best way to haul home your TV finds?
Is is best to lay the set on its side? Standing up?

Certainly we should insure that the chassis is bolted down.

Anyone advocate that for certain TVs that the Chassis be removed first?

Any other precautions you would advise?

Carl

[DavGoodlin]

I had an Fury II cop car in HS. The trunk was huge.

I always removed the knobs and laid the set face down on a moving blanket.

You never knew when a curbside treasure would appear!

[compucat]

I haul mine home by holding it in the air while running around and yelling woohoo, woohoo.

[Kamakiri]

Depends on what you're using as a hauling vehicle. My two are a 1985 Chevy conversion van and a 2009 Scion xB. Both have carpeted floors, so every set that I've transported a distance has always been placed inside face down, this way there's less stress on the picture tube. Plus, the chances of a shifting load are minimal. I think that if the chassis is bolted in securely, this is the way to go.

[vts1134]

Originally Posted by compucat

I haul mine home by holding it in the air while running around and yelling woohoo, woohoo.

[holmesuser01]

I've had one near-miss with my DuMont RA-113.... I layed it on its face on a blanket in the truck bed. Chassis was up on the side of the cabinet. Little did I know that there was only one screw holding the chassis bracket to the cabinet, and it was partially out. No damage to report, and I've reassembled all the cabinet hardware with correct wood screws.

A bunch of years ago,

Found a Crosley 409 (?) console. Bringing it home, I layed it on its face in the truck. I didnt know there were no bolts holding the chassis, and the weight of the chassis was resting on the CRT bell. Luckily, I only drove about 2 miles like this.

[Kevin Kuehn]

Originally Posted by compucat

I haul mine home by holding it in the air while running around and yelling woohoo, woohoo.

That there is one very funny line.

[Phil Nelson]

Face down on thick quilts after securing the mounting hardware often works, although sometimes I pull everything just in case.

Notable exception: RCA 630TS and similar models whose CRT is removed through the front. The CRT was shipped separately from the factory and installed in the cabinet by the dealer. The mounting inside the cabinet is flimsy and can give way no matter how the set is positioned during transit. Removal takes only a couple of minutes, so there's no excuse for leaving the CRT in place unless you're robbing a house and hurrying to escape arrest.

I had an almost-mishap when bringing my RA-113 home. I removed the chassis, CRT, and yoke, but didn't think to check the safety glass and bezel, which a serviceman had reinstalled using a couple of licks of friction tape. I stowed the cabinet on its back, to avoid removing the knobs from the doors. A few minutes into the ride, I heard a BAM when the safety glass and bezel came loose and bounced off the floor. No harm done, but I felt like a dolt after taking so much care with the other bits.

Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html

[ChrisW6ATV]

Originally Posted by compucat

I haul mine home by holding it in the air while running around and yelling woohoo, woohoo.

Maybe you can get that Curtis Mathes combo that Einar was going to "toss in" his Fiero.

[ChrisW6ATV]

I bought a beat-up Ford Ranger pickup truck a couple of years ago that has already hauled several nice sets home. I added a plastic bed liner that makes it easier to slide TVs in and out, and four rope tie anchors in the top corners of the bed. I always carry sets upright with the front facing forward, wrapped in heavy moving blankets. I hold them in with ratcheting tie-downs.

[Tubejunke]

Originally Posted by Phil Nelson

Notable exception: RCA 630TS and similar models whose CRT is removed through the front. The CRT was shipped separately from the factory and installed in the cabinet by the dealer. The mounting inside the cabinet is flimsy and can give way no matter how the set is positioned during transit. Removal takes only a couple of minutes, so there's no excuse for leaving the CRT in place unless you're robbing a house and hurrying to escape arrest.

As I scrolled this thread I had this one bit of advise, but Phil beat me to it. And those chassis bolts, well, good techs don't need chassis bolts!

[Username1]

I moved my cabinet tv's, including George, my CTC5 over 100 miles in the bed of a pickup with a spare mattress under it, set face down, did the same for several other old cabinet tv's. Then when I got home "run around and yelling woohoo, woohoo!" When I was a kid however, I picked up portables by balancing them on my bicycle seat and walking them home. Cabinet sets were a different story. On the B&W sets I often wondered if I was going to find some little metal thing had fallen down onto the face of the screen and messed up the phosphorus but never happened..... The mattress probably gives the best insulation to the tube, is my thoughts.... and it makes the whole thing slide out nice too. Mattress with the green plastic silky feeling cover to it. I loosely tie the set to the bed so as not to let the road bumps transmit to the set. I think that anything that does not sit in a seat actually gets quite a vibration, so for an old cabinet set, I keep the mattress around....

[DavGoodlin]

Username1: "Cabinet sets were a different story."

I used a toy red wagon for heavy stuff before I had a car.
Got a metal cabinet 22" Zenith 20X1C38 that way.

[Dave S]

I've always had a minivan, and I've always transported sets standing up. I'd be interested in hearing of any trouble with picture tubes moved in the set that way. I've moved everything from CT-100s and 21" roundies to a big DuMont RA-103 console to 10" table models with the tube pretty loose inside that way, no problems.

I use several different types of tie-downs: mover's cinch straps, ratchet tie down straps and bungee cords. Also lots of moving blankets; moving blankets are your friend. If you use ratchet straps you have to be careful not to tighten them too much or you can crush the cabinet. (How do I know this?) I even move floor model Predictas standing up, bungeed to the back of the passenger seat.

I also had to learn the hard way to check that the chassis is bolted down tight. I got a big console radio once and as I tipped it back the amplifier slid right out. Somehow I managed to catch it before the globe 80 and 45 tubes broke.

[bgadow]

I've performed some very sloppy moves and gouged several cabinets because of it. Nothing fatal, though. Each set can be different, you have to base it on the exact construction. I will say, as others have, don't drive across the street with an early RCA. Before I realized that I brought home a 641TV, monster console. Drove all sorts of backroads, no hurry to get home. After I unloaded it I saw how the front of the crt wasn't really held by anything, and that neck was just dangling there are the yoke. But, it made it.