摘要 |
<p>A lifting appliance comprising upwardly extendable jacking means (28), at least three legs (54) adapted to support and position the jacking means substantially above an object (10) to be lifted, attachment means (12) adapted for secure attachment to the object to be lifted, the attachment means being flexible and substantially non-extensible, the attachment means being located to opposed sides of the jacking means and being operatively connectable thereto whereby the attachment means can be tensioned to lift the object upon upward extension of the jacking means. The invention also includes a method of operating and using a lifting appliance according to the invention, particularly to obtain multi-lift of the object to be lifted e.g. a buried tree stump.</p> |