Moving A Large TV

The smartest thing to do is measure the opening of the hatch, along with the length of the hatch with the seats down from top of the hatch threshold forward. Because of the very dramatic drop from the top of the roof to the rear you have limited cargo heigth in the cargo area, but much more heigth in the passenger area.

In general spec sheets won't give you the dimensions you need for real world use.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(kinghuang @ Jun 5 2007, 02:19 PM) [snapback]456001[/snapback]</div>

Your TV is just a shade too big. Assuming no difference in dimensions from my 2004, the rear hatch opening is only 38 inches wide, 1.5 inches narrower than your TV, and although the actual length is very close, the height at the very back is too low. If the height at the back were the only issue, you could leave the hatch open a bit, but I don't think you could get it in due to the width. That's one big TV.

Caveat: I'm assuming the dimensions you gave are for a rectangular box. If those are actually maximum dimensions on an irregular shape, then it's so close that you might possibly be able to do it, but it's too close to tell without trying.

 

Holy hollow metal batman!
Your TV is way too big!
I have a 56"x56"x18 rear projection pedestal by Toshiba which I had tyo strap to a trailer to move from LA to Vegas. It looked like the conning tower of an imperial star destroyer going down the freeway. But it made it AOK!

 

Some types of tv's like plasma are not supposed to be laid on their side, must be transported upright.

 

Not sure of dimensions offhand, but for large/long objects you can
gain another inch and a half of effective height by unbolting the
rear seatbacks and shoving them forward slightly. [The one with the
seatbelt is easiest to leave in the car someplace, just shift it]
I had to do this for the dryer.
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_H*

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(kinghuang @ Jun 5 2007, 05:19 PM) [snapback]456001[/snapback]</div>

Got a tape measure?

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(kinghuang @ Jun 5 2007, 03:19 PM) [snapback]456001[/snapback]</div>

I moved a 37" hdtv plasma last weekend... it just barely fit, but I had to put the back seat down. Passersby at Costco were impressed it fit in the Prius. As suggested before, measure it.

 

I just transported a 40-gallon water heater (larger than most because it had extra insulation) WITH THE HATCH CLOSED!!!!

 

I do not know about a TV but I can tell you a 6'x8' fence panel won't fit.

There are times I miss my pickup. I had to strap it to the top of the Grand Cherokee and hope I didn't get enough speed to create lift. I don't have a pilot's license.

*sigh* I looked like Jed Clampet with that thing up there.

 

I fit a bathtub once! (kidding)

All these responses are pointless, the only way the OP can determine if his particular TV will fit would be to measure the cabin of his Prius himself. Us telling stories of what we've fit doesn't help in any way.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(BexarWolf @ Jun 6 2007, 10:02 PM) [snapback]457161[/snapback]</div>

You need one of these:

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Its mileage is about one billionth of a billionth of an inch per electron. In Washington State that works out to about 1.9 cents per mile. It's the cost equivalent of filling your Prius with under-$1/gallon gas.

 

Those dimensions CAN'T be right! Can they?!? :blink: Anyway, I was able to fit a 42" Plasma in its box in our Prius with the seats down. I wanted to lay it down, but had to end up standing it up because it wouldn't fit.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(quagmire0 @ Jun 7 2007, 08:20 AM) [snapback]457345[/snapback]</div>

Note that the dimensions were in centimeters....

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(daniel @ Jun 7 2007, 07:55 AM) [snapback]457330[/snapback]</div>

Great use of units Daniel. 10^-18 inches/electron. Did you actually do that conversion?
Do you mean per eV, or an electron at the voltage from the batteries on your Xebra?
Granted, the difference wouldn't be more than a factor of 300.
Sounds like a good homework question for a physics class.
I'll have to consider it next year.

Dave M.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hobbit @ Jun 6 2007, 04:15 PM) [snapback]456915[/snapback]</div>

For some reason I found this really really really funny.

Average driver: "Oh, damn, it won't fit. I guess I'll go rent something."

Hobbit: "Oh, damn, it won't fit. I guess I'll just take my car apart a little."

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(zqfmbg @ Jun 7 2007, 06:00 PM) [snapback]457716[/snapback]</div>

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(SW03ES @ Jun 7 2007, 08:21 AM) [snapback]457274[/snapback]</div>

Ahhhh, but THIS post was so much more helpful. :lol:

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(dmckinstry @ Jun 7 2007, 02:23 PM) [snapback]457607[/snapback]</div>

Actually, I was calculating electrons (not electron-volts) at the wall outlet. My actual calculation is here and as noted there, is probably wrong. I enjoy the puzzled look on people's faces when they ask me my mileage and I tell them I get a billionth of a billionth of an inch per electron.

BTW, the pickup pictured in this thread is Allan's, but it gets the same mileage as my sedan. But you would NOT fit a big-screen TV into my sedan. A TV like people used to have would fit fine.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(daniel @ Jun 8 2007, 06:59 AM) [snapback]457972[/snapback]</div>

Yep. I recognize Allan's. I saw it the Saturday before you and he got together. About 3 weeks ago?

Anyway. I'll take a look at your link.


Dave M.