At 12:12 PM 2/19/02 -0600, you wrote: The amount of allowable lift weight has gone steadily down. When I was in the USAF (mid '70s) it was 75 lbs for a man. It's since been lowered to 50 lbs and about 10 -12 years ago was lowered again to 40 lbs. I'd say that you'll need *at least* six big strong guys. If they're not big and strong, you'll need up to twice as many. Joe