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On Jun 24, 10:09*pm, GeoLane at PTD dot NET GeoLane at PTD dot NET
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On Fri, 24 Jun 2011 04:18:22 -0700 (PDT), Jim Wilkins


The biggest hoist I've built weighs about 150# total, 4x 35#, and
lifts 6k#. And it takes an hour to set up.
jsw


Although it's not for a cargo container, how about posting pix
somewhere.
RWL


It's a larger version of this:
https://picasaweb.google.com/KB1DAL/...88505171720306
with a chain fall instead of the lever hoist.

A friend gave me the pipe tripod when he moved to the city. 6k# is an
untested estimate, I don't remember lifting over 3500.

Two of the pipes can be up as shear legs, to lift loads off the ground
and move them sideways onto a truck bed or my sawmill. I turned ball
joints for the base from a dumbbell. The socket is a glued stack of
plywood.

Here it is, cleaning up after a little accident:
https://picasaweb.google.com/KB1DAL/...60810975036994

jsw