Forearm Forklift Lifting Straps May Save More Than Your Back
As I was enjoying the holiday programming on TV last night, I saw a commercial for the Forearm Forklift Lifting Straps and thought back to how this simple product might have saved not only my back but also a loud and embarrassing scene between me and my husband in our front yard.
He came home one day with a huge new desk he had just picked up for $30 at GoodWill. It was in perfect condition, all we had to do was get it into the house, through the kitchen and living room and into his office. Did I mention that it was about six feet long, five feet wide, three feet high, L-shaped (too awkward for a dolly) and weighed a ton? How were we going to lift this heavy piece of furniture?
We slid it out the back of my truck and promptly gauged it all the way down its surface on a hook that stuck out of the bed. So off to a bad start. Then, I tried to lift my end. I couldn’t get a grasp on it – however I tried to hold it, it kept slipping. This went on for a while, me getting more upset, him getting more frazzled and impatient and annoyed, until we finally managed, with a more than a bit of huffing and puffing, to get it as far as the front step – about 6 feet from the car. I was already exhausted. On the TV, Forearm Forklift enabled two tiny women to effortlessly carry a washing machine.
Picture us now at the front door, with me inside the house, him outside the house, me screaming “I can’t f***ing hold this, put it down,” him screaming “Stop f***ing screaming, what is your problem?” and the distinct possibility that we would be stuck with a giant desk in our front doorway and a reputation in the neighborhood as “those people.” Could an As Seen on TV product save my marriage?
Eventually, we did get the desk into the house to the office, where we went through most of the above again to get it through the door. It was not one of our best days as a couple; I wonder if it would have gone differently if we had only purchased the Forearm Forklift Furniture Moving Lifting Straps?
Forearm Forklift – a great last-minute Christmas Gift Idea!