Stonhenge revisited

[warren11 at cox.net]

On Sun, 5 Dec 2004, Lan Barnes wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 05, 2004 at 12:18:25AM -0800, Lewis Wolfgang wrote:
>> Lan Barnes wrote:
>>> On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 10:20:08PM -0800, Neil Schneider wrote:
>>>
>>>> Mike Pitts, editor of British Archaeology, says: "Few archaeologists
>>>>
>>>> "It occurred to me that a megalith could be picked up, moved a short
>>>> distance, put down and moved again. Further research suggested this
>>>> would be quicker, require less manpower and negate the need for muscle
>>>> power. Also, the initial inertia the body experiences when attempting
>>>> to drag large stones, is all but nullified."
>>>
>>>
>>> I don't get this. We all gather 'round the stone. Neil says "on my
>>> count: 1 ... 2 ... 3!" We grunt. We lift. We stagger six steps toward
>>> El Cajon. Repeat until stone is there?
>>>
>>> How many people does it take to pick up a 6 ton stone?
>>
>> How about a saw-horse type structure that straddles the stone.
>> Then, with rope and levers it might be possible to lift it
>> clear of the ground, swing the stone forward, drop, then advance
>> the saw-horse and repeat.  Interesting to think about...
>>
>> Regards,
>> Lew
>>
>>
>
> Yeah, I can see that working.
>
> But even if they had 18-wheelers, they must have _really_ wanted to get
> those rocks there. Nothing says commitment like megalith transportation.
>
> -- 
> Lan Barnes                    lan at falleagle.net
> Linux Guy, SCM Specialist     858-354-0616

Lan, you have bad vision - still requires lots of human pushing to swing 
it.

Back in the late fortys, say 1948, I was working at a truck garage in 
Galion Ohio, I drove a tractor-trailor with a 4 wheeler trailer on end of 
that, both tankers out an narrow alley, turned right and didn't go far 
enough straight out before starting turn thus hanging the 4 wheeler 
against a building and could not back it up either to redo the start of 
turn.  It only lacked a few inches to clear so what to do ???

I went back into garage and rolled out one of those floor jacks that is 
used to jack up a car or whatever that is hydraulic,  the front 2 wheels 
are about 6 inches farther out than the lifting pad and back end is on 
casters.

I jacked up the ass end of that big trailer and by moving the jack 
sideways inched it away from building, letting down and repeating till 
clear.  Of course the jack handle was long and it was hydraulic but idea 
is same !

Warren (been there, did that)