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Homeowner Forum / Construction / May 2006Hosts? Any cheap rigs?
I'm going to be building a house and was wondering if anyone is aware of any low cost hoists or some sort of rig like that for getting materials up to a second story easily. This might be as simple as some kind of a wench with motor and rigging. It does have to support much more than a couple of hundred pounds. I'm obviously not needing anything like a crane. The only rig we had for that circumstance was a strong back and a weak mind helped somewhat. (Actually considerably) > I'm going to be building a house and was wondering if > anyone is aware of any low cost hoists or some sort of [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > ------= Binary Usenet downloading made easy =--------- > -= Get GrabIt for free from http://www.shemes.com/ =- You cannot go wrong renting a "LULL." This rig is widely used in the construction industry and can move about in tight spaces and lift plywood,shingles,studs,etc. in a safe and efficient manner. Takes ten minutes of training to run it. If your project is only one house then I would suggest you just use your back and a good ladder! jack > If your project is only one house then I > would suggest you just use your back and a good ladder! Carrying materials up a ladder, although I'm guilty doing my share of it, is not safe. The guy on top pulls the stuff up with a rope. Smaller things can go in a bucket. A pulley and rope is better yet. And a motorized winch, as OP suggested to himself, would be better than that. -- (||) Nehmo (||) > I'm going to be building a house and was wondering if anyone is aware of any low cost hoists or some sort of rig like that for getting materials up to a second story easily. This might be as simple as some kind of a wench with motor and rigging. It does have to support much more than a couple of hundred pounds. I'm obviously not needing anything like a crane. There are numerous sites that have training manuals online for rigging. http://www.tpub.com/content/construction/14251/css/14251_179.htm Google hoisting rigging gin pole. R on a two story house it's worth it to build the stairs as soon as the second floor is framed, even if you use tempory stringers. think of all the trips up and down a ladder you will save. also, does your lumber yard have a boom truck? they can boom materials straight onto the deck. after i have a second floor decked, i have all the second floor materials and the roof sheathing boomed onto the second floor. in one job with a tight stairway, the same crane that lifted our trusses also boomed the drywall up there. I have no idea what materials you want to use a hoist for. Plywood, 2x4's, 2x10's, ect can be handed up to the second story easily. You will spend more time trying to lift 2x4's up to the second floor than it is worth. The only problem is getting trusses up on top of the second story walls. I have left out an end wall so they could be handed up from the ground to the second floor and then to the top of the second floor walls. After all the trusses are up, you build and stand up the last wall. Or maybe onto the garage roof and then onto the second floor walls. Whichever way works the best.  SignatureJerryD(upstateNY) "I'm going to be building a house and was wondering if anyone is aware of any low cost hoists or some sort of rig like that for getting materials up to a second story easily. This might be as simple as some kind of a wench with motor and rigging. It does have to support much more than a couple of hundred pounds. I'm obviously not needing anything like a crane. Watch this about the Laddervator. There are >>several<< varients that are in use today. We used to use one for shingles and plywood hoisting to second story roofs. http://www.burrowsmoving.com/hoist.html Robert |
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