![]() The primary shortfall for the Forearm Strap is that it doesn’t take advantage of the strength in your legs or your back…something that the Shoulder Dolly has perfected. But I’ve done a ton of research on the experience that others have had with them, and I think I have a pretty good feel for what these offer and what they don’t. Let me caveat this by mentioning I haven’t tried these for myself. I want to focus here on really what is the only other “lifting assister” product that is widely used. But Shoulder Dolly remains the most used, most relied upon option. There are a few others out there making lifting straps that work via a harness, like Shoulder Dolly. You can lift heavy objects, awkwardly shaped objects, long objects, tall objects…none of it is any match for the Shoulder Dolly. It’s essentially a two person lift assist that magnifies your cumulative strength to a level that would be completely impossible without it. The video below will help give you more context: And honestly the best way to actually explain how you use it in practice is to see it in action. Then, through the magic of leverage and distributed weight, you lift items that were previously impossible with just two people, and you easily walk them to their new destination. You slide the strap underneath the object you want to lift, then each person squats, locks the strap into place, and stands up. It’s essentially one huge strap that connects two people via a harness of sorts that each of them wears. It epitomizes all the qualities I look for in a great product. And because of that, it’s one of my absolutely favorites. I only wish it was available forty years ago, I could have saved my back and knees a lot of wear and tear.The Shoulder Dolly is one of the most simple, straightforward, elegant products that I have on my list. If you are a full time billiard mechanic and installer and want the safest and easiest way to move slate, it's the best tool I've ever used. The OTL-vise is a tool for professionals, a guy working part time doing a few recoveries on the weekends and an occasional move of an eight ft home table probably can't justify the expenditure. That dolly, just for moving Diamond tables is $800.00 Our utility dolly with locking straps and fold down back wheels is $400.00 plus modifications another $250.00 These are the tools of our trade. We service and install Diamond tables, without the Diamond dolly you would be totally screwed. We use it to move frames, tools, sheet goods such as plywood as well as slate. It's also very light weight and with the various attachments you can move a lot more that just slate. Third, This dolly is small and takes up very little room on the shelf in our trucks and vans. I've moved many slates with cargo straps, one miss step and the person on the bottom is in harms way as well as possibly pulling the upper person down as well. I've been moving and installing tables for over forty years, full time, and this device is the best and safest way I've ever tried. Secondly, is how easy it is to use, at almost 60 years of age I can move a 9 ft slate up and down a flight of stairs, by myself if need be. The issues for our company are safety first, the OTL-vise is the safest way we've found of moving slate up and down stairs, across long driveways and back yards and even on level floors. ![]() We do move a lot of slate, including 700 lbs carom slates, one piece 8 ft slates, and many 9 ft three piece slates. Maybe I'm wrong but I'd think that a professional would have to move a lot of pool table slate to offset the price of the OTLVISE. A lot of the stores that deal in pool tables and billiards supplies are on a downward trend. The professional that I found to setup my table did it as extra income, he said he didn't know anyone else that did moving and setup full-time. And quite frankly how many professionals in the pool table industry is there, it too me some time to find a professional to set up my table, pool and billiard shops are getting harder to find. Man up has nothing to do with it, working smarter and safer is a lot more important and at 45.00 for the shoulder moving straps it's well worth it not to injury your back or even strain it, as a back injury is usually long-term. I rather to use the shoulder harness moving straps, most of the weight is on your shoulders and not on your back. I'm not putting it down or saying it's bad in any way, just that I feel it's over the top for moving pool table slate.
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