anyone have one?
I’m thinking of buying their standard model … about $500 or so.
Always thought they look cool … then after paying a helper(plus buying the materials) last weekend and paying myself nothing … for repairing a section of scratched hardwood floor … I’m thinking it might be a good investment.
Had the fridge moved out for a prefinish install …. on 2 sheets of cardboard … slid great till something .. somehow .. got stuck.
This airlsled is supposed to “float” appliances over the flooring … easier/one man movement … and as long as the path is swept clear … absolutely no scratching.
Plus … it looks cool.
Anyone ever use one?
Jeff
Buck Construction Pittsburgh,PA
Artistry in Carpentry
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The sources I've read advise extreme caution when using one on a floor with any appreciable slope. Sometimes zero friction is good, sometimes it's not so good. Of course they were talking about moving multi-ton metalworking machinery.
Hi Jeff.
My Dad was a flooring installer & had one for 10 or maybe 15 years. Was the best investment in tools he ever made. When he retired all his tools were sold to another flooring installer, never offered any tools to me or my brothers. I told him years ago that when he packed it in that I would want to buy it from him, not inherit it or any thing.
I will be buying one in the future for sure, they really work great. The cost is easily off set by saving one floor, ( Kind of sounded like a liberal there for a moment, "If it only saves the life of one child.")
My dad kept a small box of misc. wood blocks & shims for lifting odd shaped items & to help steady on even loads. Before the air sled he kept 4 pcs of 1/4" masonite cut 12"x36" on the truck & used paste wax on them. You slide two pcs under the appliance legs & slide it out unto the next two pcs. and so on.
With the air sled you can even float your load over carpet bars with these heavy plastic runners that come with the air sled.
My dad said you have to take care of the sled as not to snag it on debris or sharp edges because you can tear them up. When the edges start to wear, he first covered them with duct tape & got a lot of additional miles out of them. You can send them in for recovering & your good to go for many years again.
Like any tool, if you take care of them they last.
A couple of boards & pcs of plywood & that boy of yours will ride for hours on it!!
Hope this helps some
Have a Merry Christmas.
PJE
Jeff
I have had an airsled for about 5 yrs. Impresses everyone when I push around a 60" Viking range with one hand and position it within 1/16". Have lifted everything from full height pantry cabs to pianos over everything from rough subfloor to limestone to carpet. One of the best tools I ever bought. I Highly recomend it for moving anything large and/or awkard and/or heavy.
Thanks guys ...
looks like I'll be buying one ... probably sooner than later ...
current job is to get all prefinish hardwood floors ... and a scattering of porceline tile ....
I could certainly justify the expense on this one project alone.
Glad to hear about the jigs and shims ... I was thinking I could hopefully rig up something to get more use out if it.
JeffBuck Construction Pittsburgh,PA
Artistry in Carpentry