Josiah Bartlett
10-22-2007, 6:22 PM
I have a truss roof on my shop with a floor, so I use it to store small wood scraps and some of the SWMBO's boxes o' Christmas junk. I had small 440lb capacity electric hoist that somebody gave me a few years ago that I didn't know what to do with.
I built a bracket for it and mounted it over the access hole to the attic. Now I have a little freight elevator to haul stuff up and down. It's great, what a back saver. No more hauling stuff up and down the ladder. I just loop the cable around the box or bundle of boards that I need to move and push the button.
Now I just have to be careful not to overload the upstairs floor.
I built a bracket for it and mounted it over the access hole to the attic. Now I have a little freight elevator to haul stuff up and down. It's great, what a back saver. No more hauling stuff up and down the ladder. I just loop the cable around the box or bundle of boards that I need to move and push the button.
Now I just have to be careful not to overload the upstairs floor.