Janet Tweedy writes
In article , K
writes
Back trouble comes from lifting with your body bent forward. If you're
upright when you lift, no problem. So a standard water butt on a
couple of rows of bricks works well for me - about chest height, so
I'm not bending as I heave the watering can out. But I do have to be
careful when I'm balancing on a tree branch bending down into the butt
trying to get out the last few inches of water ;-)


Actually I'm pretty strong but trying to lift a full Haws can of water
from lower than halfway down the 350gll butt we have is incredibly
strenuous! I can only just lift it!

That surprises me, because you are a lot stronger than I am! My watering
cans hold between 1.5 and 2 gallons - are you trying to lift out more
than I am?

The lifting from lower down isn't the problem for me - that's much the
same as lifting off the ground. It's the last bit, lifting it clear of
the butt at about shoulder height, which I find hardest, and I have to
do that however full or empty the butt is.

The only problem I have with a nearly empty butt is that to reach the
can I have to let my feet come off the ground, so I have to be very sure
my CG is on the outside of the butt, not on the inside!


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Kay