| 6ixStringJack: I hope you can get the person who helped back to help move it back soon. I really think that's your best option. |
| 6ixStringJack: Don't even know what a crowbar would go for these days since it's been years since I bought one. If you went that route, I think you'd need a big one at least 2 to 3ft long, and you'd need to put something under it to protect the floor and probably at the crow end of it to protect your bedframe (maybe not since it's metal... that's really up to you). But you'd still have to figure out how to safely put enough weight on the other end of the crowbar while also being able to slip the plate under the leg. I don't know how nimble you are these days, and I'd hate to be recommending anything to you that could get you hurt. |
| Brenda: Yeah, I think you are right. Have to see if I can get the person who helped me correct a mistake I made putting the frame together, can come by again. I hate metal frames. |
| Brenda: No, I am sure it isn't. But there must be a cheap kind of bar I can get somewhere for this type of grunt work. |
| Brenda: Yeah, I was thinking about leverage after my first attempt yesterday. Looking around at what I can use. |
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| 6ixStringJack: Getting help is going to be your easiest way if you can't lift a corner on your own for sure. |
| 6ixStringJack: Google's not much help on this one. They say to get a helper, or use a crowbar, or buy an expensive furniture lifter that you'd only use this one time. |
| 6ixStringJack: Ted's idea of leverage might help you out with that one. I'm wondering how we can rig something up that you could leverage each leg up while also being able to kick a plate under it. |
| Brenda: I gotcha. Just have to take another run at it. |
| Brenda: Sorry, I meant that I can't lift the legs onto the plates. They are pretty low and it is awkward. |
| 6ixStringJack: Once you've got the plates under each leg, you should have a much easier time pushing the whole bed, even if just bit by bit. That way you don't have small legs or wheels that are buried in the fabric and you've got the entire surface area of each plate redistributing the weight onto a much larger surface at each corner. |
6ixStringJack: I mean lift each corner leg onto a plate. If you were going to push them onto the plate, you could just push the bed into the wall without them.  |
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| Brenda: Got the plastic plates but not enough muscle to move the whole thing onto them. |
| Brenda: Nope, no magazines. I will have to try the bowls or plates. |
| Brenda: Nothing plastic in my kitchen but I 'm relatively sure I could get some when I am out. Today in the rain after washing. |
| 6ixStringJack: You could even try glossy magazines if you've got them lying around, but you'd want to make sure the bindings were facing toward the wall when you put them under the feet, and you should be willing to part with them because you'd probably shred them up getting the job done. |
| 6ixStringJack: Just thought of something. How about any plates or bowls in your kitchen??? Plastic, not glass.
If you could get them underneath your legs, you should have an easy go of it. But you'd want plates/bowls that are completely smooth on the bottom, and not those with an elevated circle lip/ring, otherwise it would defeat the purpose of enlarging the surface area. |
| Brenda: Hopefully, I will. Couldn't seem to find what you are talking about. I just tried with my hands and shoulder. I could get it to move to the left but not forward. I tried from the end of the bed and it wouldn't move forward at all. |