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   mark_cadioli | Dec 10, 2000 10:09pm | #1

   *
   Crane

   Barn raising party

   Wife

   Skyhook

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   Jim_Walters | Dec 11, 2000 01:32am | #2

   *I've raised those babies alone before and it can be done, but one slip up and you'll be falling off the ladder and probably end up under a very heavy beam with a smashed head. Get some help.

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   Tim_Kline | Dec 11, 2000 01:35am | #3

   *b WBA At Your Servicebetter be a big wife...call your rental center and rent a lift that you crank by hand. it is like a portable forklift that can lift 750# to around 17'. they usually rent for about $50 per day here.

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   Mike_Smith | Dec 11, 2000 03:14am | #4

   *come on guys.. it's a bleedin garage door header..no .. wait.. it's 1/3 of a bleeding garage door header....just tell the wife to suck it in.. & pick that baby up...gary.. y'd ya post this thing 2x ?are u a ejeet ?http://webx.taunton.com/WebX?50@@.eed7ea3/11

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   doug_hubbard | Dec 11, 2000 03:52am | #5

   *what mike said. I do this all the time- kinda the point of using lvl's...

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   jim_at_great_white | Dec 12, 2000 12:06am | #6

   *What JW said if the wife ain't up to it. I think it may be called a Beam Genie.jim

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   Jim_Walters | Dec 12, 2000 12:07am | #7

   *Duuuuh, yeah it's just a garage header, I half read the post and was thinking of something else. That's easy to do by yourself.

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   Darrell_Hambley_PE | Dec 12, 2000 12:59am | #8

   *Gary,I just raised a 22ft 5x18 GLB saturday. Rent a pair of wall jacks. Make a guide with 2x4's on either side of the beam. Brace these firmly in place. Get a nieghbor to help. After it's done, sit and drink beer and look at the beam(s). I've raised smaller ones with a come-along. Screw in large eyebolts to the beam and lift it that way.Darrell

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   doug_hubbard | Dec 12, 2000 02:07am | #9

   *you guys are embarassing me. I'm almost dead I'm so old and I just set inch and three quarters by eighteen by thirty feet - eight feet overhead - by myself. Took about forty minutes to secure the staging- up she goes. three ply's no sweat no danger.yer talkin about a garage door header? puh-lease...hub

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   Ryan_C | Dec 12, 2000 03:16am | #10

   *A couple of ropes on each end, lift here, lift there, maybe evey a ladder to set one end on while your're working. I must be missing something here.And by all means, if it's too heavy to lift all three as an assembly, lift one at a time.

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   Jim_Walters | Dec 12, 2000 01:05pm | #11

   *After reading my initial post on this subject I realized since I'm new to this sort of communication, I only half read it. After the initual read my mind took off and I visualized the days when I used to set beams when building Lindal Homes. It was always done on the fly and really dangerous, especially the higher roof bearing ones. Cranes were expensive and we were cheap, what can I say.Lesson learned here for me, read the damn thing through before you drop your pearls of wisdom. Garage headers can be heavy, especially if there's a flitch plate involved and it's all put together on the ground, but the way you've planned doing it makes good sense to me.

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   SamD_ | Dec 12, 2000 03:23pm | #12

   *Yeah.... What ya' all said... But I'm thinking that Jim is on to something with the "Beam Genie" business. Fertile ground- so to speak. Sam

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   George_Lentulo | Dec 12, 2000 11:05pm | #13

   *Just to help clarify one little point ....If anyone needs to find one - "Genie Lift". Shows up on my invoice as HOIST/1/2 TON/MANUAL/20'. $60.00/day, $170.00/wk. Hertz Equipment RentalGeo.

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    Dave_Richeson | Dec 13, 2000 04:37am | #14

    *George, is the Genie Lift the same thing the tin benders use to hang large ducts in commercial work? If it is, it needs to be sitting on a fairly flat surface on both side of the beam center line. I've used them to set steel I beams in block wall pockets on a remodel. They are great on a good surface, but I don't think they would roll very easy on a dirt,mud, gravel, etc. floor.Dave

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    GACC_DAllas | Dec 14, 2000 06:08am | #15

    *You could build a rebar ladder. set 2 2x6" verticle at each end. Brace them off good to the house. Drill a 1" hole about 12" O.C. all way up. Jack up one end a little and slide a piece of rebar through both holes. do the same at the other end. Just keep walking it up one end at a time.Be careful, and don't hurt your back.....it ain't worth it.Ed. Williams

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    doug_hubbard | Dec 15, 2000 01:54am | #16

    *here's a question- how big are these lvl's Gary?

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    blue_eyed_devil_ | Dec 18, 2000 01:21am | #17

    *Gary, you are wisely using a trick that is older than politics...it's the old i divide and conquertheory.Sometimes lack of manpower makes up smarter. You are certainly wise to lift them one at a time, if you are alone, without mechanical advantage tools.No matter how large, these beams are managable if you are only raising one end at a time. Set up some kind of safty staging and go to it.That's how I'd do it.blue

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   Gary_Bopp | Dec 18, 2000 01:21am | #18

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   I'm building a basement garage with a floor over and installing 3 LVL's for the garage door header. Because of the weight and lack of manpower, I plan to raise one LVL at a time then bolt them after all 3 are in place. Any better ideas?