Big tv

copper brass and alum... there all different from what i have seen.. Last one I scrapped had 3 of everything, 3 yokes etc etc.. Heavy suckers to say the least

Motorhead, if you want to pick up a Big screen and not throw out your back. Do what I do...

1. Back truck up to the back of the TV, leave some space for your tailgate to drop.

2. Lean tv back against tailgate and lift by the bottom, with your legs. The tailgate becomes the support for the TV, and you just rotate the bottom up, you're not lifting the whole weight of the TV.

3. TV will fall backwards into truck then just slide it all the way on and close the tailgate.

I've done it this way a few times and never felt anything negative, and I'm not a big guy either and only go out by myself...

Yea thought of that but I would of had to move it between cars an to the street. I was wondering if there's more copper in a projection screen or tube tv? I have no idea what the insides of a projection tv looks like.

Re: lifting something heavy onto a tailgate.

I did something just like this with a heavy clothes washer the other day. My partner and his pickup truck weren't available, and I needed to snag this thing before somebody else got it. So I backed my Grand Cherokee up, draped a piece of scrap carpet I keep in the back over the bumper so the paint wouldn't get scratched, leaned the thing in and lifted a bit with my legs. I got it in there myself, and like Insanity said, I'm not a real big, strong guy and couldn't have lifted the machine outright. I imagine that if I kept a longish piece of 2x4 with me I could have levered it up in there even easier.

Work smarter, not harder!

--Geoff