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From: "Jim Wilkins" <muratlanne@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.metalworking
Subject: Re: Moving a 40ft High Cube
Date: Mon, 5 May 2025 07:15:09 -0400
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"Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:vv90dq$30r45$1@dont-email.me...

On 5/4/2025 4:19 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
> "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:vv8qd8$2e9h9$1@dont-email.me...
>
> I thought I might be able to push the container onto the slab with my
> little tractor, but that just wasn't working.  I'd push one end in and
> the other would swing out.  I kind of expected that.  At about 8500 lbs
> it far exceeds the 750 rated load of the tractor bucket, so lifting one
> end and carrying it into place was definitely out.
> ------------------------------
> Sorry, can't help, that's twice the weight I can lift and move by myself 
> with home made equipment.
>
> https://www.pbs.org/video/how-ancient-easter-island-statues-walked-lz6y8g/
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction_of_the_Egyptian_pyramids
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBbnvOqVNyM
>

Its done.  Come-a-long by hand at one end, and battering ram with the
tractor at the other.  The last few inches to bump off the timber at the
come-along end were brutal.  I found an old 8 foot metal fence post for
a cheater bar, and walked back and forth to give my arms a rest.
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https://www.amazon.com/VEVOR-Prylever-Bar-Capacity-Pry/dp/B0BV6SQPSZ/ref=asc_df_B0BV6SQPSZ?

I recently acquired a wooden handled one from a flea market. When I was 
building industrial machinery we used them to move up to 5000 Lbs onto the 
flatbed. In addition to straight pulling or pushing they can lift and swivel 
to move sideways. It's effectively a mobile manual toe jack.