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Taking advantage of leverage
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
-Archimedes
Different ways to use leverage
The 2x4 jack
Burke bar
How to move a shipping container by yourself
Farm jack
Farm jack safety
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Flip-flop winch
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[2]
[3]
Gin pole
[1]
[2]
[3]
Dirt anchor
(Here, I mean 'anchor' in the way that
rock climbing folks use it
.)