A freebie RCA CTC169

[zeno]

Originally Posted by Kamakiri

Holy Mother of GOD. HEAVY doesn't describe this set.....

Well, got it loaded in the van. This is the Home Theater series set. Must weigh 300 lb easy.

Got it unloaded, and carefully with 4 family members assisting, we got it inside the back hall. Once it was inside the back hall, the set slipped off the dolly and the picture tube got necked. PSSSSHhhhhhh.



I tried my best

I truly fell sick & feel your pain. Its one thing when you do it to a customers set & the boss has to pony up for a new jug. This is MUCH
worse. Now you gotta go find another one, many more fish in the sea.
You just have to know where to drop your line & the bait to use.........
I will have an extra ale for you tonite.

73 Zeno

[Jon A.]

Damn. Better accidental destruction than deliberate anyway.

[jstout66]

Oh Tim... Crap! That Sux.... And after moving that heavy ba**ard....
The people that I had helped move theirs offered it to me when they fot a flat screen. I loved the set, but said NOPE. I am DONE moving anything that heavy ever again.

[Kamakiri]

Originally Posted by jstout66

Oh Tim... Crap! That Sux.... And after moving that heavy ba**ard....
The people that I had helped move theirs offered it to me when they fot a flat screen. I loved the set, but said NOPE. I am DONE moving anything that heavy ever again.

And as am I. I couldn't believe that televisions actually weighed SO much. After this week with the Dumont Sherwood and then this one, I'm about pooped. I'll harvest as many parts from this set as I can, but it won't be too many I'm guessing.

At least it was this one that got necked, and not the Sherwood.....

[dishdude]

I cringed when I saw that picture thinking back about how heavy those sets were to deliver. RCA actually made one even heavier, it was a 36" with a VCR storage compartment with smoked glass doors under the CRT. We'd deliver one of those, and usually remove a working CC II or Colortrak that we would kick off the back of the truck when we got back to the shop, neck the crt and break the cabinet down to fit in the dumpster. At the time I felt bad doing it to a Zenith, but now I feel bad thinking about doing it to any set.