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Thank you all for your kind advice and tips. On friday two of us moved in
into place, unfortuntley due to the weather I was unable to take any
pictures (it rained for most of the day). I ended up building a set of
rails out of 2" pipe sitting 2 x 8's as sleepers and rolled it along using
more 2" pipe as rollers and a couple of 5' bars as levers.

Every thing ran very smoothly and in a controled fashion, but if I was to do
it again I would of liked to of had another toe jack and an extra pair of
hand would not of gone a miss. I certainly would tackle a similar task
again. Once again thank you all for your advice.

Stuart

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On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:00:29 +0100, "Stuart Pearson"
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Thank you all for your kind advice and tips. On friday two of us moved in
into place, unfortuntley due to the weather I was unable to take any
pictures (it rained for most of the day). I ended up building a set of
rails out of 2" pipe sitting 2 x 8's as sleepers and rolled it along using
more 2" pipe as rollers and a couple of 5' bars as levers.

Every thing ran very smoothly and in a controled fashion, but if I was to do
it again I would of liked to of had another toe jack and an extra pair of
hand would not of gone a miss. I certainly would tackle a similar task
again. Once again thank you all for your advice.

Stuart

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Thanks for the feedback, and I am glad we did not lose a
participant.

Good luck with the rest of the project.


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The mere spot they stand on
does not constitute so strong an attachment
as that from which they draw their gains.

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Thank you all for your kind advice and tips. On friday two of us moved in
into place, unfortuntley due to the weather I was unable to take any
pictures (it rained for most of the day). I ended up building a set of
rails out of 2" pipe sitting 2 x 8's as sleepers and rolled it along using
more 2" pipe as rollers and a couple of 5' bars as levers.

Every thing ran very smoothly and in a controled fashion, but if I was to
do it again I would of liked to of had another toe jack and an extra pair
of hand would not of gone a miss. I certainly would tackle a similar task
again. Once again thank you all for your advice.

Stuart


It's just like dice. You think it through. You place your bet. You roll
the dice.

Steve


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On Jul 29, 11:00 am, "Stuart Pearson" wrote:
Thank you all for your kind advice and tips. On friday two of us moved in
into place, unfortuntley due to the weather I was unable to take any
pictures (it rained for most of the day). I ended up building a set of
rails out of 2" pipe sitting 2 x 8's as sleepers and rolled it along using
more 2" pipe as rollers and a couple of 5' bars as levers.

Every thing ran very smoothly and in a controled fashion, but if I was to do
it again I would of liked to of had another toe jack and an extra pair of
hand would not of gone a miss. I certainly would tackle a similar task
again. Once again thank you all for your advice.

Stuart


I'm happy everything worked well for you.

Your comment:
"Every thing ran very smoothly and in a controled fashion..."
is the key that allows you to "back up and try again" if
necessary and keeps everyone safe.

Good work.

dennis
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Every thing ran very smoothly and in a controled fashion, but if I was to do
it again I would of liked to of had another toe jack and an extra pair of hand
would not of gone a miss. I certainly would tackle a similar task again.
Once again thank you all for your advice.


Congratulations and thanks for taking the time to come back and let us know.
I was actually wondering about you the other day.

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