i'd like to trade you my aluminum one for the army type you have.

actually, what you should do is use them and still put the foam mattress on top of it so nothing goes to waste.

maryanne

Hi again pattico,

Now all that you need is ... an ambulance! Formerly military one preferred?

o j

P.S. When the stretchers aren't needed ... make loops of rope hanging from the rafters in the garage and slip them over the ends of the poles (far enough overhead that the head of the tallest person clears).

OTOH ... tie one end of the rope to a rafter a couple of feet out from the wall, let a loop hang down, with the other end of the hanger rope passing through a metal loop hanging below the rafter just beside the wall, with two nails hammered into the adjacent stud, one far enough down that when you hook the loop at the free end of the rope to it, the stretcher clears the head of the tallest person. The other nail high enough up that when you hook the rope-end loop on it, the hanging loop is high enough to let you put the handles of the stretcher into it easily, preparatory to hauling it up out of harm's way.

(Think of all of the interesting stuff that you can stash on those stretchers while they're hanging! Actually, maybe it would be better to not collapse the stretcher and have two hanging loops at each end, one for each pole of the stretcher. You'd need to tie the loose ends of the lifting ropes together, so that they lift at the same rate.).

Unless you always have two persons available to lift both ends at the same time, probably need several nails, so you can lift each end alternately, in small increments, to avoid dumping the stuff on the floor as the stretcher rises.).

Reduce. euse. Recycle.

And .. just think ... if you can make one appliance do double duty ... so much the better!

HTH.

o j

If you posted this in Garden Junk, someone is sure to suggest making a planter out of it!!