3000 lb

["Kent and Karen Ivey" <kkivey@zzzzzzz>]

what are the dimensions?

Flat bottom ?  Square, Rectangle, rough?

You might check at your local rental shop for machinery moving rollers, these are  what I use to set heavy boilers and such , of a magnitude heavier than 3000. They make life a breeze. Well, a stiff gale anyway.

Get them under the block, lay a leapfrogging surface of two sheets heavy plywood to roll on , and away we go. Getting it up to work surface.... use lever and cribbing , first one end then the other, and sheet of ply or steel to roll it across to work pedestal and set 'er down.

The machinery rollers come with detachable handles, so that you can steer the load.

Or you could just use pipe cut to appropriate length  for rollers, first building simple wood crate for bottom of block to bear on the rollers, and the block an tackle Mr. Rick spoke of. .

or... you could build a set of wood partial circles  to fit each end of the block, connected to each end piece... when you strap  these together around the block, it makes the block into a cylinder and you just roll it where you want to go, easy as Pi. Just remember, Pi R round, cornbread R square.

Or, you could  go to a junkyard and find an axel and wheels and strap it to the block and move it like a trailer.

Or , you could  make a stone boat to  cradle the block  from three pieces of timber bolted with one bolt on each long arm in the shape of a U, with holes near the tops of the U to attach a rope or cable to. Spread the U with long arms on both sides of block, bottom away from the way you want to travel, attach cable to holes on arms. , run cable to snatchblocks anchored in the direction you want to go. Dally off on a vehicle , and when you put strain on cable it will force long legs together and with persuasion the long legs will go under the block , making a skid  for it . This is a stone boat, like  the teamsters used with oxen and horses to move blocks... you are using a team of many horses when you attach the cable to your vehicle. Then you can drag it  to where you want to go, moving the snatchblock anchor site to change direction, and either dragging straight on the ground, on leapfrogged ply sheets, or rollers or combination of your choosing.

I rarely find anyone that  cares to help me move heavy stuff, and rarer still do I have  the cash to hire it done, so innovation, or should I say a trip back to the history books of moving heavy stuff is usually in order. Innovation is a term for something new, and moving heavy stuff without a crane  is certainly not new.

Think about it long and hard before you start, easier to think of all that can go wrong  than it is to say "Oh Shoot". And make sure you let someone know what you are doing before you start, so if that block ends up on your shin  pinning you to the ground  someone will find you before you have to gnaw it off.