Moving Exercise Equipment: Pelotons, Racks & Treadmills

Home gyms are the newest specialty category: equipment that's heavy like furniture, delicate like electronics, and bolted together like a project. Each machine has its own move logic:

Machine by machine

• **Peloton bike:** the screen comes off (4 cables, unscrew the mount) and packs like a monitor; pedals off if tight doorways; the frame blanket-wraps and 2 movers carry its ~135 lbs
• **Peloton Tread / treadmills:** genuinely heavy (250–450 lbs) — fold if foldable, screen off, and it's a 3–4 person stair item; declare it at quote time, always
• **Squat racks/cages:** full disassembly into posts and crossmembers (hardware-bag discipline), 30–60 minutes each way — DIY it ahead or add assembly service
• **Weight plates & dumbbells:** the classic mistake is boxing them — 40 lbs per small box MAX, or better: plates stay loose and hand-carried/stacked in the truck like the dense metal they are
• **Rowers/ellipticals:** most rowers split in two (the easy one); ellipticals are awkward-shaped but lighter than they look

What to tell your movers

The inventory line "home gym" is doing a lot of work — spell it out: machine models, whether you'll pre-disassemble, and the floors involved. A Peloton in an elevator building is a footnote; a Tread down four flights is a crew-planning event. Priced right up front, both are routine.