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Stone shifting 5

Steve Gray S
Steve Gray Sep 17, 2003 09:08:26
Replying to GordonP

You can do it with a 50 foot pole and roughly twice the weight. The tension in the rope will be the same.

S Steve Gray
Steve Gray Sep 17, 2003 09:11:03
Replying to Steve Gray

In fact, why don't we use the lintel as the counterbalance weight and just calculate the length of pole necessary to get the desired force? At a guess I would say about 40 feet should do.

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