How much is cushion replacement?

nothing wrong with expanding your search zone a little bit. i went over an hour and a half to get mine and that was closer than the original one that i wanted.
 
rrich1 said:
nothing wrong with expanding your search zone a little bit. i went over an hour and a half to get mine and that was closer than the original one that i wanted.
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I would drive that far for a table I knew was worth it. But like I mentioned in my other thread, the first 2 tables I looked at the owners waited until I arrived to tell me the furniture was damaged from dogs although both listed them in great condition.
 
Jim Vondrell said:
Here you go. Just set up a time to pick it up.
http://miami.craigslist.org/mdc/spo/2521055898.html
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Nice. I'll likely pay to have a mover do it now so dealing local is fairly important, unless this guy wants to go lower.

That's nearly an hour and a half away. Going to be hard to find a decent price on moving it when they have to drive 2-3 hours.

Not sure I want to risk moving the slate on my own.
 
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Sonic04GT said:
Nice. I'll likely pay to have a mover do it now so dealing local is fairly important, unless this guy wants to go lower.

That's nearly an hour and a half away. Going to be hard to find a decent price on moving it when they have to drive 2-3 hours.

Not sure I want to risk moving the slate on my own.
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nothing hard about moving the slate. if you and a buddy do it, it is really easy. just place some blankets between them during travel and they will not break. they are not glass.
 
rrich1 said:
nothing hard about moving the slate. if you and a buddy do it, it is really easy. just place some blankets between them during travel and they will not break. they are not glass.
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Just expect the slate to be heavier than you expect it to be (does that make sense?). If you've never carried slate before, it can catch you off guard, especially if it is a 9'. Smaller tables are not that bad. Also make sure you're carrying correctly. It's very easy to get your back twisted up if you're not carrying properly with the other person.

I would also correct you by saying the slate SHOULD not break. The reason I recommend having a pro do it though is they have carried slate before and know how to do it without hurting their backs. And on the off chance something happens and a piece of slate DOES get broken, you're not out the money for a new piece/set.

I've just seen way too many tables that people try to move on their own and it turns out bad. Dynamo bar box for example that I sold an hour and a half on eBay. The buyer insisted against my recommendations on picking up the table themselves. They showed up with a trailer and 4 people put it on there. 2 days later, they called me wanting to know what I was going to do about their broken slate. Shit happens, as they say. They were out almost $600 more to pay me to drive an hour and a half the wrong way to get a new piece of slate, deliver it to them and recover it. I offered to deliver it initially for much less than that.

I'm not saying you can't do it, but sometimes for the difference, it's just worth it to let the pros handle it.
 
Club Billiards said:
Just expect the slate to be heavier than you expect it to be (does that make sense?). If you've never carried slate before, it can catch you off guard, especially if it is a 9'. Smaller tables are not that bad. Also make sure you're carrying correctly. It's very easy to get your back twisted up if you're not carrying properly with the other person.

I would also correct you by saying the slate SHOULD not break. The reason I recommend having a pro do it though is they have carried slate before and know how to do it without hurting their backs. And on the off chance something happens and a piece of slate DOES get broken, you're not out the money for a new piece/set.

I've just seen way too many tables that people try to move on their own and it turns out bad. Dynamo bar box for example that I sold an hour and a half on eBay. The buyer insisted against my recommendations on picking up the table themselves. They showed up with a trailer and 4 people put it on there. 2 days later, they called me wanting to know what I was going to do about their broken slate. Shit happens, as they say. They were out almost $600 more to pay me to drive an hour and a half the wrong way to get a new piece of slate, deliver it to them and recover it. I offered to deliver it initially for much less than that.

I'm not saying you can't do it, but sometimes for the difference, it's just worth it to let the pros handle it.
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good post.

we moved my gc and the slate with the backing was a little heavier than i was expecting but was no issue. my father and i took apart the table with the owner there. The past owner actually has a side pool table install business and really helped a lot with best way to do things.

"should" is what i said in my head before i typed that but not what i put down. :grin:

All in all moving the gc was a 4 out of 10 in difficulty. I would say the hardest part was making sure you know how to take the table apart. I searched online and found the manuel so i didnt split the slate with the pins and being able to know how many bolts held what together.
 
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