Thank you for the info, Lyn! Don't worry, careful is the name of the game. If I do end up utilizing the pallet-out,stand-in beneath the hoisted lathe method, I will be employing a dolly and rope to move them. I never trust hydraulics enough to be anywhere I could be caught beneath the load should they fail.
I think I will be giving the maneuver-the-crane method some consideration, though. Seems like a better way to get it leveled initially.
Did you have to shim it at all?
Oh, and I just noticed...check your threading dial, it looks like it is on backwards..