I just had my first privilege of lifting off a deep full of honey yesterday. WOW!! I think I pulled something. Not sure what, but man if there was anything that made me want to convert to all mediums, it was that!
For our spring public presentation I made a deep super simulator so that people would know what they were getting into. Here is an excerpt from my blog:
A super full of frames full of honey is heavy. A 10-frame deep weighs 70 - 80 pounds. Plus you have to pry it off the lower box and then lift it in an awkward position.
My idea was to build a 10-frame deep, but instead of honey-filled frames, I'd put concrete blocks, so that an accurate training aid would be presented.
I had an extra box, so me and dad cut up a 2x4 and attached the pieces to the bottom of the box. I wanted it to be sturdy enough to hold the weight and not tear the box up.
Installing the 2 x 4s
Cutting the top and bottom
Adding the blocks
Cutting the shims to stabilize the blocks
The box ended up weighing 72 pounds. I encouraged people to try to pick it up. My thought was that it was better for someone to know what it was like before they bought a bunch of equipment. I'd hate for someone to invest a lot of money just to find out that they couldn't lift the boxes when they were full of honey.
