I actually thought about doing this - not with trees, but with stakes in the
ground (there aren't any trees. I guess I could use the bumper of a car if cars
still had bumpers...).
Anyway, I figured the chance of a stake failing, or the extra geometry involved
(as it would be 'pulling' from ground level) as I approached the roughly 4' bed
might be problematic....

We're still a couple of year away, and there is always the chance that I'll just
pay someone to move it for me (one of the advantages of being old enough to be
able to budget a bit....)

-J

-----Original Message-----
From: cswingle@g... [mailto:cswingle@g...]
On Behalf Of Christopher Swingley
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 7:32 PM
To: james duprie
Cc: OldTools List
Subject: Re: [OldTools] Lifting heavy things - clarification

James,

On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 2:48 PM, james duprie  wrote:
> The hard part is how to get it up the ramp and into the truck without 
> an anchor point in the truck ( a winch or come along would be easy if 
> there was an anchor)...

Is there a way you could park the truck facing something that could be used as
an anchor point for a rope such that the center point of the rope would be at
the front of the bed of the truck (nearest the cab), and that rope could be the
anchor point for a winch?  For example, park the truck such that there's a tree
ahead and to the left and right of the front of the truck.  Tie a rope to one
tree, extend it back around the cab and then tie to the other tree.  Hook the
winch to the middle of the rope and pull.

Pretending we're using the Internet of the 90s (fixed width font required).  O's
represent the fixed objects, W is the winch.

O               O
 \             /
  \ +-------+ /
   \| TRUCK |/
    \-------/
    |\     /|
    | +-+-+ |
    |   W   |
    |   |   |
    |   |   |
    |   |   |
    +---|---+
        |
        |
      HEAVY
      LOAD

Cheers,

Chris
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Christopher Swingley
Fairbanks, Alaska
http://swingleydev.com/
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