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how does one go about moving a mattress? I am pondering selling this full-sized one and acquiring a twin-sized one.

I actually know the answer to this one, due to my family's tendency to rearrange furniture for no reason at all.

It helps to have two people. Make a clear path from the location of the mattress to where you want it to end up, say, garage or truck to carry it away in. Tip it up on it's side, ease it off the bed frame, grip the ends for dear life, have one person push and one pull, and slide it along the floor until you get to wherever you're going. If you're alone, you do it much the same way only standing halfway between the ends of the mattress, holding onto the top and letting it lean on you while you slide it. This can be tricky or downright hazardous depending on the size of the mattress. For something bigger than maybe a double, I'd say definitely have two people, especially if there will be stairs involved.

And, um, in the event that that's not the kind of explanation you were looking for, my appologies!

Oh, and also, hi, you don't know me, I found your journal by clicking the friends list of someone from a random interest search, so the fact that you have no idea who I am should not be a reason for concern. The wonders of LJ. :)

yay for random people! Besides, a LotR fan and an ex-GW fan is always good on my chart! (Especially those engaged in making an Eowyn costume!)

Anyway, thanks muchly for your advice! Problem is, I'm a poor college student w/ no car. Or at least, the only car that I might be able to "borrow" is one of those little ones with no roof rack or whatever you call that thing. Therefore, the problem is not in the moving from stationary position, but in the moving from another location far away.

I hear a favorite trick is to bungee the thing to the top of the care despite the lack of roof rack, or use clothesline wrapped several times through all four windows (one side to another) and around the object on top, tied in big ugly knots that you can't get untied when the time comes. That, however, doesn't stand up to high speeds, since a mattress would act rather like a sail once wind got under it. While it makes a funny mental image, I imagine it wouldn't be so fun on an open road. Not that I've tried, mind you.

When I said bungee the thing to the top of the care, I undoubtedly meant "car," but my fingers are no longer keeping up with my brain. Oops.

mmm. ::nodnod:: Well, I figure driving slowly = @ night and local, which is better than walking slowly at night carrying large mattress through bad neighborhoods.

Yeah, it's that time of night when spelling becomes phonetic and spastic, which is further impeded by the general obtusity of the English language. (Also when the brain ceases to make sense of anything it says)

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