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Default Handling a very heavy steel beam

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
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On 20 Dec, 11:32, "Roger Mills" wrote:
In an earlier contribution to this discussion,

Webmaster wrote:
Let a crane take the strain you'll be glad you did in the end.
Please don't use a cherry picker for lifting anything other than
personnel and small work equipment, it's illegal and deadly
dangerous. You have been warned!


Have you considered using a fork-lift truck - both to move it and
lift it into position?



I did but the problem is that the beam would be perpendicular to the
direction of motion so would need a 7m wide path to the garden -
unfortunately it is only 3m. A fork lift truck which could travel
sideways would do the trick but not seen one.


In that case, maybe you need a side-loader - see
http://www.forklifttrux.co.uk/why_sideloaders.html
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Roger
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