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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 6031935" data-attributes="member: 24302">The rule is be able to lift 70lbs and handle up to 150lbs with assistance and equipment.  The reality often is you're under a deadline to get everything delivered, there's no one available to assist, and a 150 lb pkg is still very heavy to maneuver.  Done repetitively often leads to injuries.  I pushed an out of gas motorscooter weighing 360 lbs 4 miles once.  Pulling a bike upright like that is far different than trying to pick up concentrated dead weight completely off the ground because of the way the bike is balanced and the ground bears much of the weight.  Doesn't prove anything.</blockquote>