1.2TL Shipping Weight Versus Actual Speaker Weight

Reagan
Reagan Posts: 116
edited January 2013 in Vintage Speakers
Can anyone save me the trouble of getting the 1.2TL's on the bathroom scale? The manual identifies "shipping weight" as 180 lbs. Does that include the original carton? I remember the carton was the size of a refrigerator. If so, can anyone confirm the actual cabinet weight?

Thanks,

Reagan
Speakers: Polk 1.2TL w/VR3 mods and Dreadnaught interconnects
Amplification: ARC Reference 110 w/KT150s; Cary Audio SLP-05 w/Ultimate Upgrade
Vinyl: VPI HW19 MK III (Heavily Modded); Origin Live Silver Tonearm; Hana ML Cart; Pete Riggle VTAF; VPI TNT Platter; SAMA; Iphono3
Digital: Aurender N100H; Benchmark DAC1
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,559
    edited January 2013
    I'm pretty sure the 180 lbs. is the speaker alone, shipping weight would be more.
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  • Moose68Bash
    Moose68Bash Posts: 3,843
    edited January 2013
    When I had my SRS 1.2a speakers shipped from Florida to New Hampshire, the speakers weighed in at 185 pounds each. I don't know what the total shipping weight was, but I had them heavily protected in individually constructed boxes and then wrapped together and strapped to a pallet.
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  • Reagan
    Reagan Posts: 116
    edited January 2013
    I called Polk and they confirmed that "shipping weight" includes all packaging.

    For what it may be worth, I weighed one of the 1.2TL's and it weighed 155 lbs versus 185 lb "shipping weight" identified in the manual. While I was at it (being overly anal), I also weighed one of the SDA 1A's and the speaker weighed 72 lbs (versus the listed shipping weight of 85 lbs).

    The only reason that I am interested on knowing the exact weight is that I was trying to determine the compressive forces imposed on the bass brace if the two rear spikes are removed. (It turns out to be about 17 lbf in compression).

    Reagan
    Speakers: Polk 1.2TL w/VR3 mods and Dreadnaught interconnects
    Amplification: ARC Reference 110 w/KT150s; Cary Audio SLP-05 w/Ultimate Upgrade
    Vinyl: VPI HW19 MK III (Heavily Modded); Origin Live Silver Tonearm; Hana ML Cart; Pete Riggle VTAF; VPI TNT Platter; SAMA; Iphono3
    Digital: Aurender N100H; Benchmark DAC1
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