How to you load an 810 alone?

[west al]

That's why Roadies are around. A good one knows all the ways to move massive gear.

 

[fauxtoe]

These help -

 

[Spectrum]

My takeaway from this thread is that instead of wimping out and getting a 410 everyone should get an 810.

 

[FatherTrucker]

Good Question !!!!! Unless you have a hatchback or truck, I don't see how it's possible. I own a sedan, and that prevents me from owning an 810.

I used to get a Peavey 8x10 into the back seat of a Dodge Stratus. Took some doing but I made it happen haha

 

[fauxtoe]

My takeaway from this thread is that instead of wimping out and getting a 410 everyone should get an 810.

I wouldn't even call it wimping out. If you have room for an 810 in your vehicle I think they are the better option. Other than vertical height, they take up literally zero extra stage floorspace compared to a 410. Having the speakers near head height also makes for a much better playing experience.

However, I do have both, but the SVT410HE and not the HLF that has been mentioned in the thread. It's no slouch either when it comes to weight and it lets you know when dead lifting. It's fairly easy to roll the 810 around and load it into my hatchback. It also lives upstairs and my wife and I get it up there no problem with the help of the handles I added to the bottom.

 

[Gothic]

With three herniated discs, I don't know how many other bulging and an ACDF surgery already done, only thing I'm carrying is a preamp/di with cab sim.

 

[Topkat13]

Very carefully.

 

[okabass]

I have a DIY 8x10" cab (Ampeg dimensions). I put it alone in my old BMW 316 E30, four-door sedan. It just goes on the back seat. When it is cold weather you must take the sitting poster off to get the windows closed.

 

[JeezyMcNuggles]

I see a lot people say a 410hlf is harder to move than an 810e.... I have both and I'm not really sure I follow the logic. I can carry my 410 up and down steps wtih no help... the 810 requires an appliance dolly, 2 ratchet straps, a back brace, and 3 tylonol (with codine)

I can lift the 410 up and down from my tailgate and wheel it in and out.

How do you get on loading an 810 alone? Do you tilt it back first, and then lift at the bottom end and slide it on the skid pads? I usually recruit help, and then load it in and out wheels first.

The 810 has an appliance dilly built in to it, it's at shoulder height, and you pull up to what you want to load it in, turn it around, lean it back, and let gravity lift half the weightas you tilt it in to your truck, van, or hatchback. Going up stairs is also easier, although you might want to purchase better wheels. Stand a couple steps up, pull it up to the step, give a little tug. It rolls right up. Going down, a whole lot nicer on you than the wheels.

 

[JeezyMcNuggles]

No, it’s a physical effect. And it’s not the heaviness. It’s the amount of speakers and the amount of air they move.

And the fact that they're made out of solid, sturdy, materials, that don't have resonation and vibration problems.

 

[JimmyM]

The MarkBass 8x10 is 76 pounds lighter than an SVT. 89 vs. 165...

I’ve played thru one. Is not bad. Came in second in a shootout with an SVT 810e and a GC Acoustic 810 I once did at GC when they got one.

 

[Rip Van Dan]

This is why all these used ones for sale have the tolex stripped off them.

As long as you actually use skid rails on the back you shouldn't tear up the tolex. HOWEVER....I've seen a lot of 810's with tolex entirely worn through at one end or the other, usually up near the top.

 

[2cooltoolz]

Oops!! Wrong forum!!


Yeah. I know it's a sportie...

This one's not!

 

[Chickenwheels]

To get an 810 down the stairs, you lie it on it’s back near the first step, get 3 of your mates to help you lift the SVT onto the grill cloth, and then give the whole thing a dang good shove

 

[JimmyM]

Small rugs and padded covers are highly recommended for keeping your tolex spiffy.

 

[Smokey P]

Where are you getting a 76 pound 410hlf, I had an old one from the 90s that was easily over 100?

 

[JimmyM]

Where are you getting a 76 pound 410hlf, I had an old one from the 90s that was easily over 100?

Newer ones are much lighter.

 

[ashtray]

That Ampeg video makes it look super easy. It is not. I went to buy a used Ampeg 8x10. I think it weighed 160-200 pounds? I couldn’t easily tip it on to the wheels, much less dead-lift the bottom half up in to my car.

I used an SWR 8x8 cab. It tilted pretty easily. Getting it in/out of my wagon wasn’t too bad. Stairs sucked. And some stages were too tall, so I had to dead lift the cab up there during set up without throwing my back out before a 3 hour long show.

Moving to smaller and lighter cabs helped a LOT. I also used a fold up hand truck and it made transportation and even stairs painless with a 50 pound cab.

 

[fretlessman71]

I used to have an Ampeg "4015" I think it was..... 4x10, 1x15, built-in wheels. Called it The Fridge. Lived on the 2nd floor of a 6-plex with a clangy metal staircase. Used to load that cab in/out by myself. Even learned exactly where to start flipping the cabinet on its head so it would lay down and "roll" into the back of my station wagon.

I was also in my 20s, had gold-pressed latinum balls, and a perfectly-functioning 5th lumbar. Ah, those were the days...

 

[tminus10]

That’s the thing: you have to lift the HLF, 85lbs not 76. You don’t ever actually lift the 810 and it has its own built in dolly.