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Mike Marlow[_2_]

zzzzzzzzzz wrote:
On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 23:45:49 -0400, "Mike Marlow"
wrote:

Lobby Dosser wrote:

The OP is talking about a Tube TV of 150+ Pounds.

I know that he stated he thought it was 150 pounds - but... that's
not even likely. Think of the last console TV you lifted from back
in the 80's - they weren't that heavy. More like 40-60 lbs.

32" flat screen CRT? Yeah they are that heavy. That's a *lot* of
glass and often MDF casing. Our 1982 vintage 25" RCA table top was
100 lbs.

Damn - I was stronger than I realize back then, I guess. I just put up a
32" flat screen in our bedroom - using a wall mount. I know that one is
well under 100 lbs. I hung a mount that would carry 100 lbs, but only
because I wanted the movements it was capable of. It's quite over capacity
for the TV hanging from it.

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-Mike-