Best way to transport turntable to new home

Thank you also to @slaw slaw the warm welcome 

Thank you all for your suggestions and advice - looks like I will need to disassemble most of the table and repack in original ctns...
hopefully  I will be able to reassemble on the other end...!!

I recently packed my Stabi R turntable and 4P tonearm for transport.  The directions were pretty clear in the manual in terms of how things are packed.  Plus it's very well designed with openings in the styrofoam as necessary. - its like a simple puzzle.  You may or may/not have to drain the oil depending whether the box may be tilted on not (oil spill). For the Stabi R - lowest level is the turntable base, mid level - arm and wings and the top level is the platter.  For the 4P (11), the tube with the vertical bearing points were on the top with the VTA tower and armbase on the bottom.  Assuming the Stabi Ref and 4P (9) is very similar.  If you have any questions, shoot Franc Kuzma an email - he is very responsive and helpful with questions. Hope this helps.

Be smart don’t take the risk - pack her up.

Setting up a table is not that difficult!

Here’s some of the issues the OP might need to address.

Kuzma Stabi Reference Turntable

The turntable chassis (top plate) is suspended by large springs submerged in silicone oil, with a low resonance of 2.2 Hz, which dampen movement of the springs themselves.

The main base (bottom plate) is supported by three aluminium and stainless steel spikes. The top plate is easily levelled by four knobs, one at each corner.

When this plate is lifted (for transport) the silicone suspension reservoirs are automatically sealed.

Two symmetrically-opposed motors power the sub-platter, which has an inverted bearing with a ruby ball. Both ball and sliding ring have their own oil bath for lubrication and damping of any vibration within the bearing.’

That's a lot of oil and silicone swishing around so I would suggest plenty of padding and cushioning on the sides to make certain it can’t move around too much or be subjected to any hard knocks.

I’m sure you know that it’s essential to remove the platter and secure the arm and the lid with tape but it could be forgotten in all the stresses of relocating.

Extra cautious driving will help too. You’ll want to avoid the bumps and knocks that regular driving often involves. If someone else is delivering/driving, then that’s another level of concern.

Anyway you might want to see here for a manual, even if you’re not too keen to have to get hands on, sometimes it’s just not practical to avoid it completely:

https://www.manualsdir.com/manuals/697718/kuzma-stabi-ref-2-101014.html

@staggerlee57,

Welcome to NC brother. I'm in Greensboro. Not too far apart.

Right millercarbon, since you are such a big hero, why don't you hop over to NC and do it for him?

Sorry, but this is exactly why I'm always strongly urging people to learn to do their own setup. Oh well. 

The best way is to repackage it using the factory packaging. But generally speaking, if you can pull off the platter and secure the tonearm they will transport pretty good. For the distance you are driving though, I'd put it into the original packaging.