Hello Stringer, do you have access through the shop with a cart? Many shops I have been in will use carts to bring beams and such in to their saws. The carts are the types that have an axle in the middle with a set of heavy wheels on it and then on each end they will have a swivel caster that is set up slightly higher than the other one, in that way whether the cart is tipping forward or back you will always have the center axle contacting the ground and one of the swivel casters at one of the ends. They also have a bunk type of set-up on them that allows a forklift to get under the parts, they may also have fixed or removable side posts to keep stuff from rolling off. Best regards, Allan

Edit: I have included a sketch of the type of cart that I mentioned. You may be well aware of this sort of thing, or you may already have something that you use, if so, possibly others might gain from this or get some ideas or share them. Sorry about side-tracking the thread folks.