Oh Dan. I'm hurting just from reading your post. I think that device with the webbing is quite ingenius. I hope someone is keeping track of all these things so that Sofia will be able to truly appreciate her big strong, dedicated dad. Betsy At 02:48 AM 4/1/2010, you wrote: > > >Yesterday morning, the truck carrying my lumber order showed up at the >bottom of the stairs. I struck an agreement with the two guys, that they >would back the truck right up to the steps, pull their ramp to the first >landing, which skips the first 10 steps, then hand carry to the long >landing, which is another 10 or so steps. For that, I'd give them an >extra 10 bucks each. Then I would have to carry the lumber from the end >of the long landing, up another 25 steps, down the courtyard, around the >house, and into the basement. > >This not being my first time at this, I broke out my tools, a 20 foot long >length of flat tubular webbing. With this, and a fist full of Ibuprofen, >I can move just about anything. > >I don't think I can accurately describe this. I tie the webbing into a >large loop. I then stack up some lumber on top of a couple of bricks. I >slide one end of the boards through the loop of webbing. I then crouch >down next to the lumber, with the stack of boards to my right. I pull the >doubled webbing up my back and over my left shoulder, then down in front >of me. I take the doubled webbing and wrap it around the stack of boards >twice, leaving enough of the end for me to hold. > >When I stand up, all the weight of the lumber is on my shoulder, not my >hands or arms. Even the free end of the webbing has very little tension >on it because the friction of it against the wood holds it in place. > >It makes it quite easy to haul the lumber for any distance. > >Because I had a mix of treated and untreated lumber, it reminded me of >just how damn heavy the treated boards are. > >Lastly, my handy dandy, brand new, panel carrier did not come in handy. I >tried hauling one of the OSB sheets with it, but it was just to damn >heavy. So I tried looping the webbing around my shoulder and then hooking >the handle of the carrier through the loop. No joy. Still too heavy to >maneuver it up the stairs. So I ended up ratchet strapping the boards to >a dolly. it took a long time, but I eventually got everything up there. > >I'm hurtin today. > >-- >Blue skies. >Dan Rossi >Carnegie Mellon University. >E-Mail:<mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu>d...@andrew.cmu.edu >Tel:(412) 268-9081 >
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