Bush & Lane Weight

[Newton Hunt]

Floor loading standard is 300 pounds per square inch.  that
is "standard".  You're porch loading depends upon span,
spacing and size of joists and type and thickness of
flooring.

An old upright weighing 800 pounds puts 200 pounds per
caster (a little more in the back) on less than a square
inch, so, eight casters would be better than four and 3/4"
plywood can suport this and a lot more weight.

		Newton


Tom Robinson wrote:
> 
> Anyone know how many Newtons (or stones, pounds, kilograms, etc.) a 1914
> Bush & Lane upright weighs?  Should I place it on two dollies for
> transport across my front porch or just lay down sheets of plywood?  I'm
> afraid that if it plunged through the floor.......I would have to work
> it into the decor somehow.
> 
> tom robinson
> east tennessee