todd wrote:

Well, there is a very large LVL beam sitting in my driveway right
now. It's 3 1/2" thick, 14" deep, and about 19 feet long waiting
to start holding the second floor of my home addition so it
doesn't become part of the first floor.

When I was a carpenter we used to set those things all the time. Was
actually pretty dangerous. Imagine joist hangers nailed every 16" on
each side while it's still on a pair of sawhorses (and 14" is small).
Two guys on one end and two on the other. You then proceed to hoist
this thing on your collective shoulders and up a pair of step ladders
into position. Being a big and tall guy, I was always one of the main
shoulders. I used to have nightmares of those things starting to slide
or fall and those joist hangers taking out chunks of shoulder or neck
flesh before breaking a few bones. The Gods must have been smiling
because never once did we lose control of one.

Joe Barta