Tips for Moving Furniture

1. Glass and stone table tops or slabs should always be moved in a vertical position. Tie them up against the sides of a truck instead of laying them flat on the floor. When manipulating such a top, to place it on a table base for example, lift it from the sides rather than the ends...this puts less stress on the piece. The same applies to solid wood tops (there is no potential problem with a veneered top).
2. When transporting wooden tables in a truck, the (blanketed) top can be tied against the side of the truck or it can be placed upside-down on a blanket on the floor of the truck bed. This is a more stable position, plus it gives you more convenient space for other objects.
3. Don't have any wood-on-wood contact between pieces of furniture that are being transported. Use blankets or bubble wrap to pad them.
4. When loading a truck, put in the larger, heavier items first.
5. Generally furniture can be moved around on carpet by placing it on a piece of clean, heavy cardboard, and then pulling the cardboard. There are also available several types of sliders for dragging furniture around. You can google on "furniture moving sliders" to find them.