In the a couple of years, I am going to have to figure out how to move a
1500 pound machine into a closed truck. There are no anchor points in the
truck that can take the load, and it will be going up a ramp in order to get
into the truck.

Right now my concept is rollers (how I moved the machine last time - 2"
thick dowels I turned out of firewood), some sort of choc/wedge anti
back-roll, and a long lever bar. Walk it up the ramp in little steps using
the lever bar between the ramp and the bottom of the skid - lift, chock,
reset bar, continue.

I've lifted large boulders uphill in a similar fashion, but they don't tend
to roll back down the ramp....

-JD

-----Original Message-----
From: OldTools [mailto:oldtools-
bounces@s...] On Behalf Of paul
womack
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 4:13 AM
To: Christopher Swingley; OldTools List
Subject: Re: [OldTools] Lifting heavy things

Christopher Swingley wrote:

>
> Every time I go back there, I'm amazed that I was able to do all that, 
> by myself, with nothing but a couple winches, a pulley, some ropes and 
> a simple A-frame.  Physics is pretty cool.

There was an excellent program on UK TV concerning the erection (not
casting) of Abraham Darby's Iron Bridge.

Short version - A frames and rope.

Long version:

http://www.hdowns.co.uk/ironbr
idge4.htm

(hell, it was back in 2001)

  BugBear