I had not heard of using solid soap for lubricant to move something. I have used Dawn dish soap to lubricate 20 long 3 foot diameter augers that I slid in machines as apart of a rebuild process.
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A former hotel in Nova Scotia was moved by a construction firm with help from 700 bars of soap.
