[SEL] BIG HELP

[Leroy C.]

Jim and Diane wrote:

>OK Leroy tell us what you have that weighs 18,000 lbs.
>  
>

Ok here is the deal......      Friday I met with a friend, out of 
stater, to load a piece of history. This chunk is sitting at an old 
factory in Fostoria Ohio and was headed for the scrap pile, had I not 
talked my friend in purchasing it. He, my friend, arrived at 11:00 am 
and had with him a trailer rated at 15,000 lbs, my guess was only 4 ton 
and Ed ( my brother) had guessed it at 5-6 ton range. It took three fork 
lifts all they had to raise this into the air and allow the trailer to 
go under it, everything went well. As the forklifts lowered this onto 
the trailer it was soon, QUICKLY!, noted that it ain't going to work. 
The trailer tires went down so low you could not read the writing on 
them. I have never seen a tire blow out from an overload but trust me 
these had to be close!!! We had 9 inches to possibly move this item 
forward on the trailer and wanted to move it 10 inches over to be dead 
middle and as all three lifts got themselves into proper position, under 
my guidance, and started to lift, the timbers it was sitting on broke 
through the trailer deck! She rocked hard and I thought we was going to 
lose the load but it came to a rest with only a few broken trailer 
plank, and my wet pants, and now it was decided that if we did reload it 
the trailer would not haul it out of state!  The company, National 
Carbon, now want no part of a reload attempt and have given us another 
week or it is cut up and off to the junk man!!!
   
Here is the deal "I" have invested my friend money into something "I" 
talked him into and now we can not move it. "I"  might have a lead on a 
low boy, unsure what it will cost per mile,  but still no way to move it 
( pick it up and load it). My friend, my brother , and myself have 
arrived at a total, guess, weight of 18,000 pounds!  We have removed 
some of the smaller items to lessen the load.  Any and all ideas are 
welcome and a big crane would be better yet!   Any one with some 
HELP?????????  
ps my friend is on list so be careful what you say.
pss over a six hour trip one way and my friend went home empty handed.
psss I still swear that cast iron had 17 ounces in each pound
pssss my brother missed all the action but loved my wet pants!
psssss did I tell you what this is???
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		C-ya

		  Leroy Clark

"We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give."
            W.A. NANCE


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