I took delivery of a Noden Adjust-a-Bench today that has a solid 1.75 inch maple top. I need to move it to my detached shop, which is across my yard. This thing is extremely heavy, much more so than I thought it would be. I thought I'd be able to put it on my oversize dolly and roll it into the shop. However, its too heavy for me to lift up and secure it to the dolly. I was thinking of getting a co-worker to help me put it on some scaffolding platform I have and rolling it across my yard, using some plywood to keep the casters from sinking into the yard.
With the weather we're having, I'd like to do this as soon as possible before the top turns into a potato chip from the humidity. Does anyone else have a better idea? Other methods could include putting it on furniture dollys, strapping it on there and then use the same rolling method, but I'm afraid the dollys might twist out of alignment as I roll it across the yard. The top does seem to have a coat of something like maybe shellac all around it. Right now, its sitting in my carport underneath a blanket and still on the pallet.
With the weather we're having, I'd like to do this as soon as possible before the top turns into a potato chip from the humidity. Does anyone else have a better idea? Other methods could include putting it on furniture dollys, strapping it on there and then use the same rolling method, but I'm afraid the dollys might twist out of alignment as I roll it across the yard. The top does seem to have a coat of something like maybe shellac all around it. Right now, its sitting in my carport underneath a blanket and still on the pallet.