[SEL] BIG HELP

[Richard Strobel]

Leroy, I mentioned this several years ago when 7 monsters needed new homes. 
If you have military such as the Army National Guard or Army 
Reserve...transportation or tank outfit resonably close, they are 
public/history help oriented.  Huge cranes, lowboys, tank recovery, vehicles 
will definetly do the job.  They get the training and you get the reward. 
Everyone wins.

   Suggest you give your Governor and the local AG (State Adjutant General) 
a call.

Good Luck
RickinMt.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leroy C." <oldengin at udata.com>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 8:08 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] BIG HELP


> 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???
> -- 
>
> 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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