Here's an answer for the car gridlock protests:

[MineralMan]

You'd need a few of these. You could pick them up with the people still inside, too. No problem:

[cyclonefence]

1. "He tried to kill me with a forklift" nt

[Jeebo]

2. I would think the weight of those cars...

...would cause those things to tip over onto their nose. They don't look like they have enough weight in their hindquarters to counterbalance the weight of a car.

-- Ron

[MineralMan]

4. Depends on the forklift. Clearly, the ones in

those photos can handle a car. I used to operate one that would have no problem with a car. Just drive up with the forks low, stop, and lift. No big deal.

The average car is 6' wide. That puts the load center at about 36". The average car weighs less than 3000 lb. So, a forklift with a 5000' capacity at a 24" weight center could lift just about any compact car. A 7,000 lb. capacity at 30" weight center would handle almost any standard car or minivan, even at a 36" center.

Lots of forklifts out there with those capacities. You'd have to look at the capacity label on the lift. The larger lift I described could basically handle any passenger car with ease. I'd want the right hand fork closer to the front wheels, since cars are front-heavy. Otherwise, no big deal. You wouldn't want to lift a car really high, though. Just high enough to clear lower obstacles, and then lower it before moving very far.

[MineralMan]

3. Here's another method that would work:

[ThoughtCriminal]

5. Or this.

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[MineralMan]

6. Don't drop it in the water, though.

Cars have a lot of oily waste that might pollute the water.

[ThoughtCriminal]

7. Unfortunately

You can't always find the crater of an active volcano just anyplace when you need one.