Re: Moving 3000lbs?

Build a dirt ramp up to the 2 foot step you have to go to - this must be
long and gradual.

Use a block and tackle with very thick ropes around the block - several
times around  - if the corners are sharp use rags around the ropes where the
corners are toughing the ropes.  Keep the ropes below middle of the block so
it doesn't tip over.

Get 4 2X6 planks.

Use a car or a truck or a tree to anchor the block and place 2x6 planks with
grease on them right even with the bottom of the block and flat against the
ground - no space under them.  You need 4 of them because you load the block
onto the first 2 and drag it onto them place the next two after them and
slide onto the next 2 boards - then re load the 1st two.  Make sure you
place the planks as far apart as you can under the edges of the block - do
not put them in the center.

The grease on the planks makes a big difference so grease them well - make
the dirt slope up to the step a gradual easy ramp angle.

rick

-----Original Message-----
From: Schuyler Blanchard [mailto:smanblanchard@...]
Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 2:24 PM
To: stone@...
Subject: [stone] Moving 3000lbs?

does any body have any clever ideas on how to move a 3000lbs block of marble
roughly 20 feet without the convenience of a forklift. Oh yeah also across a
gravel path  and then up 2 feet onto a work pedestal.  It's got me stumpt
I'd love what ever ideas you have to offer   Thanks

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