Friday morning my plumber and I were trying to set the new whirlpool tub that's going into my bathroom. It weighs 250 pounds and about 70% of the weight is on one end. You aren't supposed to lift it by the rim and you have to get it into the air and set it straight down into a bed of mortar, so there is no sliding. We were thinking about chainfalls, pallet jacks, engine hoists - all kinds off crazy stuff. We were really stymied. He left for lunch and I continued to think about it and suddenly it came to me. I put eye bolts into the end of an 8 foot 2x4 and into the center of a shorter one. I screwed the shorter one to the wall and connected the two eye bolts with a short piece of rope. I wrapped a long rope around the tub and over the long 2x4. I was testing it, putting the long 2x4 on my shoulder and lifting with my legs and lifting the light end with my hands - and it slipped right into place. When the plumber came back I lifted it again and we set it on some 2x8s on edge while we put the mortar under it. Piece of cake!
