If you run the box down to the table and set the spindle against a piece of wood, the lift can be attached at the top of column and the center of gravity will be low enough to help stabilize it all, just be sure to run your lifting straps from under it for support and around the column a few times and loop if front of column just short of the top. The object is to cradle it so it can not move or pop out of the cradle. I found that putting bars into the bolt holes in the sides of the base are a good mounting location for lifting. But the column must be locked into the lifting loop or it will topple over.
Don
IH v-3 early model owner