> Have one person stand at the keyboard end with a foot on the skid, grab the > strap with left hand (lid side) and something solidly screwed into the > keybed with the right hand. On the count of three he should jerk his weight > backwards while the lifter on the tail end lifts. It takes quite a bit of > weight off the lifter. > > Dean Yes. A highly skilled position that even the average maintenance man with a bad back that always shows up as moving help can handle with a few hours of patient training and applied suspension of disbelief. Counterweight - measurement of people as a volume or mass quantity. Now we're getting somewhere. Ron N Alright, cynicism aside. I automatically volunteer as counterweight without being asked in hired pick up at the shop situations. I figure my own personal gravity counterbalance ought to be good for something for somebody once in a while. It's always appreciated by the counterbalanced lifter - which often enough is me. Ron N again
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