Hoisting a Keg using Garage Ceiling - misc.consumers.house

Message from discussion Hoisting a Keg using Garage Ceiling
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That was kind of what I was thinking.   The initial purpose of this
hoist in the garage would be for removing kegs out of the pickup
safely, by myself, with no danger to my back.   I had all kinds of
other ideas in mind for things that it might be useful for down the
road.   I have a zero turn mower that I could maintain easier using the
same garage hoist.

I think I am set on a 4x4 in the attic going across 4 trusses and
screwed in to the trusses with a simple screw.  No gigantic lag bolts.
 I like the idea of the super strut but I am just nervous about not
screwing it to the trussess, I can just picture the superstrut spinning
90 degrees for some reason and come crashing down through the
sheetrock.
Same for the 4x4, I can imagine the same thing happening if not screwed
in to some degree....   I wish I could just trust the superstrut idea
and do the no screw method....

Chris Lewis wrote:
> There's something to be said for engineering your solutions to be
> a bit more generalized than the original problem.  They often
> get used for more things than you originally intended.
>
> I do that a lot.  Overbuild/overcomplicate things.  But over the
> years, it's usually turned out to have been a very good idea.
>
> Yeah, I could have lifted the lawn tractor motor with a 2:1 pulley
> setup.  But (a) I already had the chain hoist and (b) now I can do
> a lot of other things that a simple pulley arrangement can't do or
> can't do very well.
>
> I could have used an engine hoist instead - a little more flexible.
> But I don't have one, I had a chain hoist.
> --
> Chris Lewis, Una confibula non set est
> It's not just anyone who gets a Starship Cruiser class named after them.