Show CARRY A SIXTON SIX TON BUILDING squad of soldiers move structure 72 by 24 feet without aid of any machinery carrying a six ton building without the aid of machinery or other equipment was one of the unusual tasks performed by north dakota soldiers when they were on the mexican border according to the popular mechanics magazine the frame structure that was moved housed the army Y M A at mercedes and measured 72 by 24 feet because its site was undesirable it was proposed to hire a contractor to move the structure to a new location but the army engineers devised n plan by which the men themselves could perform the task and so s nc money they estimated that with soldiers helping each would have to carry less than 50 pounds accordingly the building was well braced and its walls provided with runners since there was no floor the men were stationed along nil four walls inside as well as out each soldier standing next to a beam inserted beneath at the word ot command they lifted the building from the ground and marched away with it to a site yirda all stant |