"Arfa Daily" wrote in message
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I'm not a morning person in the first place, and the day got off to a
really bad start when this morning, the missus awoke me from a deep sleep
to announce "Come on. Get up. We've got a job to do !" The job turned out
to be swapping the bed in one of our spare bedrooms for one at the
daughter's house. Now I have always loathed moving beds. The boxy bases
never quite fit in the back of an estate car both at once, and mattresses
are ridiculously heavy and have a mind of their own, particularly on
stairs where they are very floppy, and at tight restrictions where they
inexplicably become so stiff that they won't bend. Also, for something so
soft, they have a peculiar ability to scratch any wall that they pass
within a foot of ...

But this all aside, once again as I got involved with moving the hateful
thing, I had to wonder WTF they don't stitch handles onto the 'short'
sides of a mattress ? It's all very nice having them on the long sides so
that you can position the mattress on the base, but when it comes to
moving one from A to B, the only sensible way is with it upright, and then
there is nothing other than the piping around the edge of it, to grab hold
of.

I've been moving the bloody things for more than 40 years now, and I don't
recall ever having seen one with handles on the ends. Does anyone know of
a 'real' practical reason for this ?

Its hard to do given the weight involved and the strength of the sides.

I have seen it done on one single mattress.