Here is an antique Brunswick-Balke-Collender Royal billiard table that we were hired to move from an upstairs room to our client’s garage. This massive five by ten-foot pool table weighs in at an incredible 1600 pounds, almost as much as two standard size eight-foot pool tables. The Royal, circa 1928, features a three-piece slate bed. Each slate is 1.5 inches in thickness and weighs a whopping 400 pounds each. Coming downstairs with each slate was probably one of the most difficult tasks that my crew and I have ever done. We transported the table to my client’s home, also in Yorba Linda, luckily there were no stairs on the receiving end!
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Billiards Back Breaker
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Nice table! Just bought one like it. Slate is 1.5 inches thick on mine also. ( Brunswick Royal normally came with 1 inch slate, 1.5 was extra when you bought one new.) These are very heavy as the guy I hired to move it knew well. ( Loaded slate by himself ) A Cadillac Snooker Table!!!!!!
David, your comment takes me back to the day we moved that mammoth 5×10 BBC from my client’s upstairs game room. Enjoy your table my friend, they sure don’t make them like they used to! Well actually I take that back, Connelly Billiards produces a mega monster pool table called the Ultimate! The ultimate features 2 inch thick slates, another back breaker to deliver!