I used to be pretty casual when loading my truck to go do a demo until I talked with a smith who had been in a panic stop situation and had the anvil that was riding in back by the tailgate slide all the way up and put the horn through the front of the bed and into the cabin as a new armrest.---about a foot over and he would have never walked again.
Now the anvils go in first and are *flat* against the front wall. I also put long stock only on the unused passenger side or down the middle if I have a passenger.
My personal experiences include moving a triphammer in my van lying down; but without tying it down and having a farmer pull out in front of me in his granny gears on a steep hill down and having the hammer slide forward and push my seat up against the steeringwheel.
Also once using a tree to unload a triphammer and seeing the trunk split.
In the shop I try never to be under anything that would hurt and also try to crib anything being mechanically lifted so if there is a failure the item can only drop a very short way onto the cribbing.
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Thomas
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