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[โ€“] EvacuateSoul@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

He's walking in a big wheel with a rope wrapping around a small wheel on his axle. That's the mechanical advantage.

[โ€“] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Ah, yeah.

So would that work? Can that dude treadmill stones to the top of the apparently 50-60ft wall with that mechanical advantage all day?

Would it help if I whipped him while he did it?