Thanks. Yeah, it had to bend and twist into some less than comfortable positions to read the gauge on the beam wrench, while applying 55 ft lbs of force. But it was a good workout.
Is it okay to use the beam wrench like a breaker bar, as I was doing? I know they say not to do this with clicker style torque wrenches. But I couldn't really see why it mattered with the beam style wrench. And it allowed me to measure the torque it took to get the lug nuts to loosen.