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Cheapest way to transport a medium-sized dining table?

A friend is giving me his old dining table just to use temporarily in our new place (mainly for storing things on!). However, it's a fair old size so won't fit in our estate car.

What's the cheapest way to get it from his house to ours - a distance of around 7 miles?
Everyone is entitled to my opinion!

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  • Mallotum_X
    Mallotum_X Posts: 2,591 Forumite
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    Borrow a roof rack, or find a friend with a trailer.
  • chewmylegoff
    chewmylegoff Posts: 11,466 Forumite
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    evoke wrote: »
    A friend is giving me his old dining table just to use temporarily in our new place (mainly for storing things on!). However, it's a fair old size so won't fit in our estate car.

    What's the cheapest way to get it from his house to ours - a distance of around 7 miles?

    hire a van or a man with a van.
  • kazwookie
    kazwookie Posts: 14,177 Forumite
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    Can the legs unscrew off it? to make it a bit smaller?
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  • Cheapest = walk.
    Act in haste, repent at leisure.

    dunstonh wrote:
    Its a serious financial transaction and one of the biggest things you will ever buy. So, stop treating it like buying an ipod.
  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
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    hire a van or a man with a van.

    Look up your local Gumtree, small ads, newsagent window, etc for same
  • azkaban420
    azkaban420 Posts: 815 Forumite
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    Would it fit in a friend's 7-seater where they can remove or fold down the seats?

    Az
  • evoke
    evoke Posts: 1,286 Forumite
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    Cheers all. A man with a van quoted £25 so that's cheaper than buying a roof rack and less hassle. The table is worth several hundred quid so it'll be £25 well spent.
    Everyone is entitled to my opinion!
  • mlz1413
    mlz1413 Posts: 2,971 Forumite
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    put a quilt on top of car roof, put table on top with the legs in the air, strap very very tightly and securely and don't go under any low bridges!

    £25 quid probably well spent to let someone else do it.
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