hello guys, I have to move the machine tool, I was suggested to build a spreader beams with steel beams to balance the load during lifting and translation, can you help me load it is 3 tons the length of the spreader beamc 8 feet could you help me out how to conceive and build it through to the next

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a pic of what you're trying to move is needed !!

with out knowing what you're doing I will not tell you how to Hurt you're self !

there are many ways to pick up eqt safely

Another lifting equipment post!

There is a difference between a "spreader beam" and a "lifting beam" ..........

We need a better idea of what you are lifting AND what you are using for the lift.  Some info on the nature of the move would help also:  Moving it across a shop vs onto a truck, 5000 miles of dirt road, and 300 feet up a loose gravel hill are 2 different things.  Some machine tools like lathes are notoriously unbalanced and might require a different set-up.  

From my experience, you also might be over-complicating things--but without info it's hard to tell.

 

spreader beam" and a "lifting beam  were is the different?

.....torsion and compression.