On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 18:24:59 -0600, Jim Kovar
brought forth from the murky depths:

In article ,
says...
I've used a comealong [sp?] like this:

http://www.centralonlinesales.com/sh...uct.asp?ID=440

to lift a 500 lb combination sheetmetal machine onto a stand. I hooked it
over a rafter in my garage near a supported end but 900 lb is probably a bit
much for that.

Best Regards,
Keith Marshall


Yeah, probably. Why did you even post this? Hanging 900 pounds from
the bottom cord of a 2X4 truss or rafter is *really* asking for trouble.
What you do in your own garage is your business, but hanging almost a
half ton with a come along from a garage rafter is the dumbest thing
I've heard of in quite awhile. Rafters and trusses are built for a TOP
load, not a bottom one.

It's less of a load if you run a 4x4 perpendicular to
them, hook the strap over that, and use support 4x4s
on either side of the load to keep most of the load
off the trusses, but ya gotta be careful to distribute
the load.

To get my (mere) 225 lb bandsaw onto the mobile base alone,
I tilted it over onto a milk crate, levered the bottom up,
and lowered it down onto the base. That limited my handling
to 75 lbs or so.

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