Top Tips for Lifting Manhole Covers
Top tips for lifting manhole covers |
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| Wonkee Donkee advises you to follow these steps to ensure safe lifting of heavy duty manhole covers. | ||||
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Use the correct manhole keyRemember lifting keys are made for lightweight, medium-weight and heavy-weight manhole covers. |
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If your manhole cover is stuck…Use a crowbar for prising open a stuck manhole cover particularly if the cover has prising slots around the edge. |
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Prising slotsThe slots around the edge of a manhole cover are the prising slots. |
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Lift with your legsLift with your legs, not your back. |
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Remove debris (and squirrels!)Make sure that the manhole is free of obstructions! |
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Using screwdriversWhilst they shouldn’t be used to lift heavy manhole covers, in certain circumstances, a screwdriver can be used to prise or lift some manhole covers, such as those made out of pressed steel or plastic. |
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Prise with a crowbar, don’t liftDo not lift a manhole cover with a crowbar. Crowbars are suitable to prise a cover open, not to lift it! |
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