Hay dan, I like the webbing idea. I think I will try that myself. Great job!
Dave A. Working together, sharing the light of salvation seen through the cross of Jesus Rev. Dave Andrus, Director Lutheran Blind Mission 888 215 2455 HTTP://WWW.BLINDMISSION.ORG -----Original Message----- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dan Rossi Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 7:48 AM To: Blind Handyman List Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Hauling lumber. 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: d...@andrew.cmu.edu <mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu> Tel: (412) 268-9081
