Crate a Pool Table Please! Your Mehtod

Doodlesbilliard

Doodlesbilliard

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Hi there forum. I have a question about crating a table. I have done this maneuver several times in the past few years. I would like to hear from some of the veterans out there of how they go about a crate move job. Pics and description of method would be greatly appreciated. I want to hear in detail how you guys do the job. Thanks in advance for the read and I look forward to hearing the best methods. BTW our subject table is an 8 foot furniture style, three piece slate. Screw and glued frame. THANKS! PICS PICS PICS
 
No One knows?

I find it completely odd that no one has replied in over a week? Hmmm maybe I hit a topic that is a little vague for everyone? Feel free to respond.
 
Having done this several times you should be a expert at this by now.:D
I think the reply problem is most mechanics on here like myself will move tables from house to house ourselves. Carrying slates uncrated is a helluva
lot easier then crated ones.Crating is normally just for the ride,because soon as it is off the back of the truck,we are gonna uncrate it!

Most moving companies are normally the ones insisting on crating due to the liability factor. As far as the rest of the componets we normally have left over boxes for rails,legs,pockets and hardware. your frame can usually be left in one piece and if damage is a concern, some bubble wrap or packing material will work fine. A dismantled pool table is no more susceptible to damage then any other piece of nice furniture. Just handle with care and all will be fine.

As a side note, most but not all mnfrs ship the slate flate on a pallet
stacked on top of each other. a simple effective way. To store we prefer
standing on edge.
 
I go to home depot/lowes and buy 30 1"x4"s at 2.50 a piece and some 2" drywall screws, I make a simple crate 3" longer and 3" wider than the slate(inside measurements) so that they can go in/out easily. I like to use alot of 1x4s for extra support/protection but you could probally get it done with 20 . I line the crates with carboard before I screw them together.

As far as the table goes I save the boxes from some of my new tables and if the table is a Brunswick I can totaly dissasemble it and put it in all the original boxes. If it has a screwed and glued frame than I just box up the rails, pockets, aprons/blinds,legs and hardware then I attach a 1x4 on the bottom of the frame where the legs attach, line the table with carboard on the outside and stretch wrap the table and sometime all the boxes too.

So when I am done the entire table is crated and boxed up,looks very proffessional,and the customer is always happy with what they see.

If I dont have a box to fit a table part I will make one, the key is to have enuff cardboard,packing tape and stretch wrap to be able to box up everything. I charge 350-375 to do a crating job and it usally takes about 4 hrs to do all that by myself.
 
Wow, you DO reinforce them!!! I can effectively crate the slate from a 3-piece 1" slate 8' table using exactly EIGHT 8' 1"x4"s with no scrap. ;) I build them to fit the slate though, so once they are crated, there's not room to slide or shift weight. I do agree with everything else you guys have said... Crating is normally only done to make the moving companies and customers happy. And I like to save a set of boxes from a new table for the rest of the table.
 
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