I really like the idea of a beam jack for lifting from floor to ceiling height. Any favorites? Cost? Limitations?
Beer was created so carpenters wouldn’t rule the world.
I really like the idea of a beam jack for lifting from floor to ceiling height. Any favorites? Cost? Limitations?
Beer was created so carpenters wouldn’t rule the world.
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How about something like this?
http://www.toolfetch.com/Brand/Genie_Lifts/Material_Lifts_Handling/gl-8w.htm?per=25
I think that that Genie is the lift we rented last winter to retrofit a 19' steel I beam flush in a ceiling. Be very careful if you want to use them for flush beams, you may have to set the beam on cribbing above the forks because the lift mechanism may not fit into the joist bays.
Piffin and I spoke about one recently in a different thread, I borrow it from a local iron working shop. The manufacturers is Vermette. I probably spelled that wrong.
The one I borrow is great, lifts alot of weight quickly. But it weighs a ton.
My eaars were tinglinghttp://www.industrialladder.com/products/Vermette_Lifts.htm
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I was hoping you would read this thread, you or someone else had posted a link in that other thread.
I was sort of hoping for a little less high tech, less $. Thanks for the links though.
Most of the beams I'm thinking of are only two-to-three hundred pounds on each end--too heavy for two guys, but relatively light.
For now we'll continue to use comalongs/pulleys and some carefully supported verticle 4x4 posts.
Beer was created so carpenters wouldn't rule the world.
Some stone masons on my site were using an electric winch from Harbor Freight, I think it cost less than $100 and had a 600# capacity. About a 30 ft cable, and was a lot faster than my Maasdam comealongs.