Transporting a Pool Table

2/8/2024 8:35:30 AM

Transporting a Pool Table

I am thinking of purchasing a used pool table. It will be kept in a usually unheated enclosed, insulated building.

The pool table will not be used much so was thinking of just getting a non-slate table. But everyone I have mentioned this to said that it has to be a slate-based pool table.

This pool table would have to be transported at least 25 miles.

I was thinking, to keep it simple, of taking the legs off the table and keeping the body whole. There are wide doors where the body can go into the building but there is one spot that is narrow(3 ft wide) that the body would have to be put on its side, for 4 feet or so. I have many piano dollies, from small to medium, so we could probably use them.

I had read a slate table should never be put on its side. Is that really a big no-no?

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Transporting a Pool Table

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billiardsforum on 2/20/2024 5:16:49 AM
...But everyone I have mentioned this to said that it has to be a slate-based pool table.

I second that advice. Used slate pool tables are generally plentiful in the market at low prices, so you shouldn't have any problems finding one to fit your budget (depending on where you live, of course).

I had read a slate table should never be put on its side. Is that really a big no-no?

That is generally correct. With that said, many people risk it. But if you crack any one piece, your investment is gone. Everyone's situation is different, and it all depends on comfortable you are with that risk.

I recommend that you read through the answers on these previous questions. They're highly relevant to your question:

Transporting a Pool Table

Title: Transporting a Pool Table
Author: user1707399317
Published: 2/8/2024 8:35:30 AM
Last Updated: 2/20/2024 5:07:25 AM
Last Updated By: billiardsforum (Billiards Forum)