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Installing huge tv with drywall lifter ?

As TV’s have become insanely large and heavy, it’s getting harder and harder to find a friend to come help.. I’ve exhausted all my helpers and need a tool move my 85 in Sony (110lbs) by myself. All I need to do is add an Apple TV. Quick and simple and not worth calling a friend again. 

Surely someone has a tool, jack, or lift for quickly lifting a TV on the wall. I was told a Drywall Lift may be what I’m looking for but those sure are big. 

Anyone else had any luck with something like this?

dtximages
elliottbnewcombjr
7,790 posts
 

 

vvvvvv6

that’s a darn good idea, also at Harbor Freight, here’s a 17" pair of locking ’hands free’ hose clamp pliers that might work

https://www.harborfreight.com/long-reach-universal-hose-clamp-pliers-57784.html

variation with 35 degree angle

https://www.amazon.com/SMOTIVEPRO-Degree-Pliers-Locking-Mechanism/dp/B0FNK12BZB/ref=sr_1_20_sspa?sr=8-20-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9tdGY

 

abnerjack
272 posts
 

Screw an eye bolt or some sort of hook into a ceiling joist or rafter and then use a  pulley system to do the lifting.  Easy enough to cradle the tv in some nylon straps.  You can tie down the pulley system while you work on the tv.  If I were nearby I would love to help.  

I was brought up by depression era parents who appreciated the value of a dollar and wouldn't pay anyone to do something they could do.  I assumed these values along with necessity.  I the rural area in which I lived we did it without calling Best Buy (which didn't exist) or pulling up a video on the web (which didn't exist).  I saw some nice everyday inventions which got us by.  Before duct tape and super glue we had coat hanger wire and binder twine.

I am amazed at how inept people are today.  My stepdaughter was visiting me and her son called and said that the stool in the bathroom would not stop running and wondered what to do.  He is now an MD and is so frickin' smart, but lacks what many call common sense. 

elliottbnewcombjr
7,790 posts
 

OP,

Not back from the hospital yet?

What have you done?

dtximages OP
377 posts
 

Thank you for all the great ideas, thoughts, and maybe even prayers idk..

The Frame is a great idea and I love this tv, except it's a "clean" wall with nothing on it so the control box would be a challenge.  I already had this Sony Master 8k tv that I refuse to use elsewhere.

I love the pully system idea, but again, this is the main room and I'm hot putting hooks in my ceiling.. but I do love the idea.

I have not tried my desk idea yet but it's on the schedule.. I have three young kids who don't afford me one minute to myself. 

 

I feel there is an innate need within a man to figure out how to accomplish things. I sit in an office all day, but I can still change a tire, unclog a drain, do basic man stuff. I have a tool or an idea for everything and I don't like be defeated and having to phone a friend if not absolutely necessary.

 

 

 

elliottbnewcombjr
7,790 posts
 

Apple TV has a small box, hdmi out, and wireless remote.

That TV has 1 side and 3 bottom HDMI inputs. Won't long pliers reach those easily?

 

 

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