Moving PP cockpit advice

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Hi,

I found an empty PP cockpit about 4 hours away from me. I'm thinking about borrowing a full size truck, but dont want to get there and not be able to take it home for some stupid reason.

I am reasonably sure it will fit in the bed of a full size truck (like F150) how hard would it be to get in there. Regular cabinets you can just lean back, pick up one end and push. Is it transportable with the monitor end on its back? Has anyone done that with this cockpit and how many people did it take? Or any other advice?

Thx!
 
Mine has casters on it and we brought it home on my 5x8 trailer that came from Tractor Supply. It came home with everything assembled and the trailer isn't super high, so easy to load and unload.

May want to rent one like that if you can.
 
I've moved 2 complete ones before with just my buddy and myself.

We just moved the cabinet to the back of the truck, picked up the one end and set it on the bed door. Then lifted the back of the cabinet and slid it in the bed.

If you can't close the bed door, then just be sure to strap it good.
 
I've moved 2 complete ones before with just my buddy and myself.

We just moved the cabinet to the back of the truck, picked up the one end and set it on the bed door. Then lifted the back of the cabinet and slid it in the bed.

If you can't close the bed door, then just be sure to strap it good.
I'm not as youg as I used to be and neither are my friends... lol How much would you estimate we'd be picking up on one end? 200-250 lbs?
 
I just moved a cockpit two weeks ago. The casters are amazingly helpful. Yes, you could stand it on the back end, no problem at all. By the way it is 5 feet long 25 inches wide and 52 inches high. It weighs 250 pounds.
 
I just moved a cockpit two weeks ago. The casters are amazingly helpful. Yes, you could stand it on the back end, no problem at all. By the way it is 5 feet long 25 inches wide and 52 inches high. It weighs 250 pounds.
Caster are great when they dont look like this...

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When we picked mine up the guy had a trailer and ramps. We pushed up on the trailer them pushed it up on the truck. I dont want to think about what we would have done otherwise. At home I rented ramps at Home Depot for $15. That worked great but surprised we didnt dump it because the wheels were fighting us to keep it in a straight line down the ramp.
 
The only trouble I've ever had moving my Pole Position cockpit was when we brought it into my new Arcade. The Arcade has a ramp from the garage down to the game room floor. Seems pretty straightforward, except you have to take into account the door jam that sits at the top. It basically sits parallel to the garage floor, but overhangs the ramp a bit so when we brought the cockpit in and rolled it forward over the pitch change, it ended up getting stuck on the jam and turned into a 300 pound teeter totter. Ended up causing some damage to the place where the two side pieces come together. I basically just vacuumed up the crumbled particleboard from the carpet, tucked the T-molding back in and forgot about it. But now 8 years later, I'm thinking I should probably address the damage that was caused.

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Caster are great when they dont look like this...

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View attachment 849662

When we picked mine up the guy had a trailer and ramps. We pushed up on the trailer them pushed it up on the truck. I dont want to think about what we would have done otherwise. At home I rented ramps at Home Depot for $15. That worked great but surprised we didnt dump it because the wheels were fighting us to keep it in a straight line down the ramp.
Those just need some caster oil...

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