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Island Brah · 10-31-2017, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Annie6078OH

You're lucky – I'm 5'3" and had to get them by myself down into my basement. Fortunately, mine weren't near as big as yours, but I swear one rootball/stem weighed like 200# since it was just me! BTW, I also worked for beer!

I used Styrofoam packing material from the top & bottom of a set of speakers. They were about 1" thick. I broke them in 6-8"-wide pieces and just laid them between the stem and the strap "loop" that cradled it. It smashed a bit, but didn't break. It just allowed a bit more distribution of the weight than the single point.

However, my mistake ... after I'd posted, I looked at the photo again and THEN noticed the exercise ball. That was a really smart idea there! I think I may steal that one from you when I get another monster p-stem. Take it for what you will since I am FAR from an expert, but since I had an issue in the past from a p-stem leaning on something that didn't allow good air circulation at the pressure point, I think I will put a folded bath towel or similar between the stem and ball just to make sure air gets to the stem.

Again, really GREAT work and thanks for sharing the ideas!

Wow, great work moving that by yourself! I'd need lots of beer after that much lifting lol.

I too was thinking about the material of the exercise ball and thought the same about a folded towel/door mat or something. I can wedge a piece of some sort of fabric in between the ball and the pstem. My friend who uses the exercise ball said he adjusts the ball a few month in so this doesnt happen and he doesn't use anything in between them. I like the idea of using a towel or mat better then to move them a bit.

I'll also start keeping my eye out for some styrofoam. I'll loosen each strap one at a time and put some styrofoam there too. I think I have some time before anything bad will happen to the pstem due to the straps.

I'm glad you saw this post so we can share ideas. This is my first year storing like this so I'm learning too!