Dumb but true post..how far can you carry a W123 300D engine block? - Page 3 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

boneheaddoctor · #31 12-06-2005, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton

I always love this line of thought.

No matter how you look at it, the entire 250 lb. weight of that block needs to pass through your back to get to the ground.

Of course, if you can get underneath it, the chance of injury to the back is lessened, but, don't let anyone convice you that the back does not have to support the load.

if you hold the weight tight to your chest you are holding not lifting with your back...far different thing....you can support far more than you can lift with other than your legs...I agree you don't lift 250 lbs with your back...that is begging for trouble...but you can carry it with no issues...(for most people)

Carrameow · #32 12-06-2005, 12:01 PM

But I guess even somewhere in Thomas Edison or Albert Einstein's pysche, there lurked an ape....I mean somewhere in Einstein's letters, I'm sure you find scribbled somewhere, "Couldnt get that Uranium to fission, so I finally I got so angry, I got out a slegehammer and hit it 5 or 6 times. That sure proved that Mass is produces energy at the speed of light"

MBeige · #33 12-07-2005, 09:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brian Carlton

I always love this line of thought.

No matter how you look at it, the entire 250 lb. weight of that block needs to pass through your back to get to the ground.

Of course, if you can get underneath it, the chance of injury to the back is lessened, but, don't let anyone convice you that the back does not have to support the load.

The quote only applies to moving the said parts. Lifting a heavy weight with a bent back will break it. If you keep your back straight up while you bend your legs, you'll have a much less chance of injury

mplafleur · #34 12-07-2005, 09:51 PM

I lifted the block of my '75 300D up and into the trunk (hatchback) of my Escort and then back out twice when I had the cylinder bored and honed for new pistons. I was probably ~28-30 yrs old then and about 150 lbs.

I shouldn't have done it. I lifted it and moved it as correctly as possible, straight back and using legs, but I did have to bend over the hatchback at some point. I've had back problems ever since lifting farm machinery as a teenager.

Dumb, dumb, dumb.

Austin85 · #35 12-07-2005, 10:37 PM

I'm a few yrs over 45 and still love to kick the butts of bigger 18 & 20 yr olds on the basketball court...."in the paint".

Carrameow · #36 12-08-2005, 08:37 AM

a double pane sliding door at Home Depot. She was a tall athletic lady and kind of attractive to boot and she knew how to handle and position her body effieciently. The moment I saw her move that door I could tell she was very athletic and graceful and that made her all the more attractive. She could out work her male counterparts because she used good leverage and not sheer muscle.

No matter how efficiently you work, there always comes the day..when you need to use a lot of muscle, hopefully in a very safe way. Just putting tires on can be a leverage intensive job. Likewise, moving a floor jack, engine hoist or transmission can be equally taxing. I guess as long as one follows good rules for body positioning, anything can be done safely.

t walgamuth · #37 12-08-2005, 09:03 AM

when my late father was in his seventies he came up with a hernia. i said "dad how did you get the hernia?" dad always had interesting stories so i anticipated a good one. "well son, i used the walgamuth method of determining if somehting was too heavy to lift".. "oh right...dad, what is that?" now i really was intrigued...dad always was full of scientific knowledge... "well son, i grabbed it and lifted as hard as i could, and i couldn't lift it. so it was too heavy"

so that is how a man in his seventies came to have hernia surgery. he would come down here well into his eighties and work on my cars for me.

tom w

boneheaddoctor · #38 12-08-2005, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by t walgamuth

when my late father was in his seventies he came up with a hernia. i said "dad how did you get the hernia?" dad always had interesting stories so i anticipated a good one. "well son, i used the walgamuth method of determining if somehting was too heavy to lift".. "oh right...dad, what is that?" now i really was intrigued...dad always was full of scientific knowledge... "well son, i grabbed it and lifted as hard as i could, and i couldn't lift it. so it was too heavy"

so that is how a man in his seventies came to have hernia surgery. he would come down here well into his eighties and work on my cars for me.

tom w

That was a good one.....