Randy and Bob:
Why lifting by hand from grouond? To trucks especially? Weren't you ever shown liftgates and kelly floor trucks for saving backs? I've used both whole life and noting hard and I still wheel 4-5 deeps loading and unloading.........
Might lift a super doing spring splits or during spring workup when boxes are not so bad, but then I lift normally 2 or 3 position and with thighs for balance/stability in doing. But never from the ground. and I don't load them, for when that time comes you use floor trucks and lift gates for bulk loading.
Feel sorry for both your backs.............that adds up over the years.......but doens't seem like logical beekeeping practices for doing!
Dee A. Lusby
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