Amazing Technique for Solo Heavy Lifting

[Billhook]

Just shows what you can do on your own with a bit of ingenuity, makes Stonehenge look easy!

 

 

[westphalian]

Aliens with anti gravity rays much quicker

[Billhook]

7 minutes ago, westphalian said:

Aliens with anti gravity rays much quicker

Amazing what you think of when you are stoned!

[westphalian]

Nah, hungover mate

[Steve Bullman]

I want to know how he got the first wedge underneath it

[Rough Hewn]

Anyone seen the documentary about moving massive stones on wooden rails with spherical stones as bearings?

[Billhook]

12 hours ago, Steve Bullman said:

I want to know how he got the first wedge underneath it

Would he dig away the earth under one half of it, perhaps leaving the end supported by a small piece of wood.  He could then slip the wedge under it and knock away the support, the block would tip and so on.

[wisewood]

I saw a program last year where they moved a massive block of stone along a carpet of seaweed, it literally glided across!

[Steve Bullman]

1 hour ago, Billhook said:

Would he dig away the earth under one half of it, perhaps leaving the end supported by a small piece of wood.  He could then slip the wedge under it and knock away the support, the block would tip and so on.

ok smart arse, but how did he get the block into that position to start with ?

[Billhook]

6 hours ago, Steve Bullman said:

ok smart arse, but how did he get the block into that position to start with ?

He built a large wooden box and gradually filled it with a cement/sand mix until it weighed 20 tons.  in fact this way he would have already put the wedge under the box to save him digging the hole and going through the risky first procedure.

I cannot help being a smart arse, it comes naturally, I was born with one!

 

Actually I found this video on youtube where a man did a bit of lateral thinking on the building of the

highly precise walls in places in Peru.  So I am not really that smart!