LCD in Box - Must carry upright?

My friend is having a 46" LCD HDTV delivered to my house with the
intent of then carrying it home in his pickup truck. He wonders, as do
I, whether he can carry the box laying down, or must he somehow prop
it upright? Anyone?

Thanks

Duke

On Thu, 14 May 2009 12:04:35 -0400, jw wrote:

My friend is having a 46" LCD HDTV delivered to my house with the intent
of then carrying it home in his pickup truck. He wonders, as do I,
whether he can carry the box laying down, or must he somehow prop it
upright? Anyone?

Would probably be safer upright, but I've transported several laying flat
without problems. Consider how they're handled by shipping companies.:-)

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My friend is having a 46" LCD HDTV delivered to my house with the
intent of then carrying it home in his pickup truck. He wonders, as do
I, whether he can carry the box laying down, or must he somehow prop
it upright? Anyone?

Thanks

Duke

Laying a screen flat is not recommended, because of possible pressure on the
screen surface by foreign objects. Depending on the size of his pickup, he
could stand up the box parallel to the rear window of the pickup and use
straps or rope to hold it down and against the cab end of the bed. The
other position is length wise using straps on both ends of the box and truck
bed.

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My friend is having a 46" LCD HDTV delivered to my house with the
intent of then carrying it home in his pickup truck. He wonders, as do
I, whether he can carry the box laying down, or must he somehow prop
it upright? Anyone?

Thanks

Duke


An acquaintance recently inherited a 46" LCD from someone, so he went to
pick it up. A four hour drive on a major highway lying flat on a
blanket in the bed of a pickup, the panel did not survive.

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The preferred position is upright, but if it's still in the box with
all of the original packing materials intact and in place and nothing
is placed on top of the box during transport, it will be fine.


On Thu, 14 May 2009 12:04:35 -0400, wrote:

My friend is having a 46" LCD HDTV delivered to my house with the
intent of then carrying it home in his pickup truck. He wonders, as do
I, whether he can carry the box laying down, or must he somehow prop
it upright? Anyone?

Thanks

Duke

said this on 5/14/2009 12:04 PM:
My friend is having a 46" LCD HDTV delivered to my house with the
intent of then carrying it home in his pickup truck. He wonders, as do
I, whether he can carry the box laying down, or must he somehow prop
it upright? Anyone?

Thanks

Duke
I have a 42" I brought home on a blanket in the back of my Saturn.
Seats down etc, laying flat face up. Nothing on top of it. We had to
take it out of the box, the box was too big to go in the car. I also
didn't drive more than 10 miles home on Interstate. And drove like a
grandma too. Scared witless all the way home for fear of a hard bump
in the road.
I guess I lucked out. Its been working for 3 years.

"Big_Al" wrote in message
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said this on 5/14/2009 12:04 PM:
My friend is having a 46" LCD HDTV delivered to my house with the
intent of then carrying it home in his pickup truck. He wonders, as do
I, whether he can carry the box laying down, or must he somehow prop
it upright? Anyone?

Thanks

Duke
I have a 42" I brought home on a blanket in the back of my Saturn. Seats
down etc, laying flat face up. Nothing on top of it. We had to take it
out of the box, the box was too big to go in the car. I also didn't
drive more than 10 miles home on Interstate. And drove like a grandma
too. Scared witless all the way home for fear of a hard bump in the
road.
I guess I lucked out. Its been working for 3 years.

42" is smaller then 46", and the larger the screen size the greater the
risk. When your going over bumps that screen is flexing with the shear
weight of it. With Plasma's it can be even worse. You see the Glass
Trucks, they keep the glass standing upright for a reason. It's leaning a
bit so it doesn't fall over when it's unstrapped, but it's upright and
supported pretty good. 46", 50", 60" the risks go up. Size, road
conditions, Distance. You break it, you now have a expensive Paper weight.
I put my new 50" Plasma in the back of my Truck and strapped it down
Upright. In the Box it was HUGE and wouldn't fit sideways, so long ways in
Center and good Straps holing it down and from falling one way or the other,
and I didn't have to far to drive. You may not even notice the crack right
away, it could be a small hairline crack that grows worse from them heating
up when on to cooling down when off. Then again it could get completely
shattered. Your taking your chances laying it down. If it won't fit
standing up, borrow a truck or van or Rent, or have it delivered where you
live. Also make sure you check it out and make sure it's fine when it's
delivered BEFORE the delivery people take off on you and/or your friend.

JBDragon wrote:


"Big_Al" wrote in message
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said this on 5/14/2009 12:04 PM:
My friend is having a 46" LCD HDTV delivered to my house with the
intent of then carrying it home in his pickup truck. He wonders, as do
I, whether he can carry the box laying down, or must he somehow prop
it upright? Anyone?

Thanks

Duke
I have a 42" I brought home on a blanket in the back of my Saturn.
Seats down etc, laying flat face up. Nothing on top of it. We had
to take it out of the box, the box was too big to go in the car. I
also didn't drive more than 10 miles home on Interstate. And drove
like a grandma too. Scared witless all the way home for fear of a
hard bump in the road.
I guess I lucked out. Its been working for 3 years.

42" is smaller then 46", and the larger the screen size the greater the
risk. When your going over bumps that screen is flexing with the shear
weight of it. With Plasma's it can be even worse. You see the Glass
Trucks, they keep the glass standing upright for a reason. It's
leaning a bit so it doesn't fall over when it's unstrapped, but it's
upright and supported pretty good.

The glass truck methodology is a good point. I'm looking at one out my
window right now and not only are the larger panes supported on the
perimeter edges, they're also supported across the interior areas with
additional padded supports. A flat panel TV display is only supported
on it's perimeter edges inside it's own frame, no matter how it's
positioned. Original packing material is designed with this in mind,
and they're always shipped vertically without the pedestal stand attached.


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email reply - I am not a 'ten'

"Jer" wrote in message
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The glass truck methodology is a good point. I'm looking at one out my
window right now and not only are the larger panes supported on the
perimeter edges, they're also supported across the interior areas with
additional padded supports. A flat panel TV display is only supported on
it's perimeter edges inside it's own frame, no matter how it's positioned.
Original packing material is designed with this in mind, and they're
always shipped vertically without the pedestal stand attached.
...

It strikes me that sooner or later a major city is going
to have a moderate earthquake with the primary shaking
lateral, and a big component of the damage is going to
be half the households in that city needing replacement
of flat screen TVs, not to mention that they'll be getting
all their broadcast news from radio for a while. Stopping
the TV from falling over isn't going to help if the TV frame
goes in some direction while the glass tends to stay
where it is.