Pool Table Pandemonium: How Five Movers Conquered 900 kg in Salmon Arm

Pool table and special item moves are always a little more challenging than the normal relocation but not all pool tables are created equal and sometimes it's a near-impossible feat to move them anywhere. In one case, Deepak Verma from Two Small Men with Big Hearts’ Kamloops branch was assigned to such a move where the pool table in question weighed roughly 900 kg and was owned by a client who refused to take it apart it any way. To this day, Deepak considers it to be the most challenging move of his career.

“I was already in Salmon Arm finishing another shift when my dispatcher called," he says. "There was a pool table move. They had already sent three guys and they couldn’t lift it. How could three guys lift 900 kilograms?”

The customer had explicit instructions.

“I don’t want to take that apart. I want that thing as it is out of my home,” Deepak recalls.

This was a far stretch from the normal residential move. The weight of the table combined with the tight corners of the house made this job seem almost impossible.

“Three feet or two feet from the door… just getting it out of the room was so hard,” Deepak says.

They called in reinforcements. There were now five movers working on this.

“Seriously, believe me. Maintaining the balance, lifting it through all the doorways, it was so hard. It took around six hours to take that pool table out of the home and place it in the garage,” he says.

Getting the pool table onto the truck was another challenge entirely.

“The main part was standing it on the dolly. It was starting to crack, and the customer said, ‘I don’t care if the side got cracked. I want this pool table out.’ So we did it anyhow,” Deepak explains. “We had one person maintaining balance in the middle, and two guys on each corner. We moved inch by inch so it wouldn’t fall on anybody.”

Getting it onto the truck tested the limits of everyone.

“We couldn’t use ramps because we couldn’t lift the table that high. So we laid four blankets on the edge of the truck and lifted it from the bottom — all five of us — and pushed it in. That took around four hours. Pool table… so heavy,” Deepak laughs.

Salmon Arm is a nice place to live but it's old homes can be tricky to navigate.

“The drop-off was only five or ten kilometers away, but it was going into the garage, and the house had tight spaces everywhere. Every inch mattered,” Deepak says.

Deepak explains how they mainatined standards of safety throughout this insane move.

“We were wearing gloves, moving inch by inch, communicating constantly. It’s the only safe way to deal with a pool table this size. If it falls… someone could get seriously hurt. I did a pool table move two years before, but we took it apart in three pieces. That was so easy. This time, if the customer doesn’t allow disassembly, don’t take the job. It’s risky for our lives, seriously.”

To this day, no other job compares.

“That’s the hardest, heaviest move I have ever done in two years,” he says. “One person had to maintain balance in the middle, two guys at each corner, inch by inch. If anyone moved too fast or lost grip, it could have ended badly.”

Physically, it was a brutal experience. But Deepak takes pride in having completed the job.

“Even though it took hours, and it was exhausting, we managed to get it out, onto the truck, and delivered safely. The customer was happy, and we were safe. That’s what matters most,” Deepak says. “Every move is unique. Every move has its challenge. But when you finish safely, it’s worth it.”

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