Weight of concrete slabs

[<me9]

I got some 3'x2'x2½" at one time. I gave up after 3. 2½'x2'x2" are much more managable.

[<me9]

I did my last paving job as block paving, to avoid the heavy lifting. Unfortunately the wacker weighed 83K, and was a pain to manouver, particularly at the bottom of the downhill slope (about 1 in 20). However do those with a 1 in 3 slope manage?

[somebody]

In message , Guy King writes

No I didn't :-)

[Tony Bryer]

So true. In my 20's I just managed 50kg sacks. Now at 52 25kg sacks are just as heavy. Must be inflation

[Tony Williams]

One of my better diy purchases around about age 50, (mumble,mumble years ago), was a sack truck. Used yet again just last week to swap a new electric cooker in. Pneumatic tyres were a good buy, because the pressures can be let down to make it easier when going up and down steps.

[The Natural Philosopher]

I vividly remember, in my youth, coal being delivered in 1 cwt sacks, which were carried in ion the back of a 'coal man'

I guess thats about 50kg more or less.

[John Cartmell]

I have even more reason to remember actually delivering* 1cwt sacks (of potatoes) in my youth!

*First holiday job during Christmas break. I took care to get less backbreaking jobs thereafter. ;-)