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On Sun, 02 Oct 2011 21:20:13 -0700, "Bruce L. Bergman (munged human
readable)" wrote:

On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:26:08 -0700, Winston
wrote:

Larry Jaques wrote:
On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 06:50:25 -0700,
wrote:


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You-Tube! You-Tube! You-Tube!

Yes, under the "Hold my beer and watch this!" category.


I am unanimous in this.


No, they make airbag jacks to do exactly that. Anywhere between 24"
and 36" square, and Steel-Belted so thy reduce the chance of
unintended punctures.


Yabbut, those are trained professionals, not Winnie. gd&r


They'll move a lot of weight when you combine a few hundred PSI and
a generous quantity of SI's for the Ps to work off.

Perfect for when someone has a cement truck land on top of their
car, Dispatch says the Crane will be two hours, and if they want to
get the passengers out while they're still alive they need to make it
move in a hurry - they stack cribbing to fill the gap, stick in the
lift bags, then inflate and "Up she goes!"


They do the same thing after bombs or earthquakes take down buildings.
Mighty handy li'l things.

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